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Price of Football survey: ticket price increases outstrip cost of living


The annual Price of Football survey by the BBC shows that the average price of tick- ets for English football clubs has risen at twice the rate of the consumer price index. The average price of the cheap- est match-day ticket (calculated for clubs from the English Premier League down to League Two) is now £21.49 – an increase of 13 per cent since 2011. In the same period, cost of living in the UK has gone up by 6.8 per cent.


Only five Premier League clubs have single match tickets available for less than £25 (Aston Villa, Hull, Leicester, Newcastle and West Ham), while fans of nine clubs will have to dish out at least £30 to see their team. There are, however, regional differences. The cheapest season tickets at North


The most expensive season tickets at Arsenal’s Emiarates Stadium cost more than £2,000


London-based Arsenal FC – a club which has only won one trophy in the past eight years – cost a whopping £1,014, while fans of defending champions Manchester


AFC Wimbledon submits Plough Lane stadium plans


AFC Wimbledon has submitted a planning application to Merton Council for a new stadium at Plough Lane in South London. The League Two football club is planning to build an 11,000-capacity stadium on the site of Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium – a location the club calls its “spiritual home”. The application was submitted in part-


nership with residential builder Galliard Homes and seeks permission to build 600 residential units along with retail and commercial space and a leisure club. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=z9Y5D


The Games were a boost for tourism An artist’s impression of the planned stadium


Glasgow 2014 contributes £282m to tourism economy


Olympic hero Jenny Jones launches snowsport club Jones won the bronze medal at the Sochi 2014 22


Olympic medallist snowboarder Jenny Jones has launched a new snowsports club aimed at 11-18-year-olds in Southampton. Located at Alpine Snowsports – a facility operated by leisure charity Active Nation – the Snowsports Club will give young peo- ple the opportunity to experience skiing or snowboarding for the first time. For those with previous experience, the club will offer taster sessions in ski racing and freestyle. Launched on 30 October, all sessions are led by qualified instructors. Read more: http://lei.sr?a=p4x5P


The Glasgow Commonwealth Games contributed to £282m worth of Scottish tourism revenue in 2014, according to a study carried out on behalf of the Scottish government, Glasgow City Council, Glasgow Life and Glasgow City Marketing Bureau. The Games Visitor Impact Study found that 690,000 people travelled to the city to attend the games and during August, hotel occupancy in Glasgow reached 95 per cent. The hotel occupancy rate exceeded 99 per cent on five nights that month, with visitors spending an average of five days in the country.


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City can buy a season ticket for £299. Arsenal also boasts the most expensive season tickets at £2,013.


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