Football is a really big business nowadays; unfortunately it is the fans that often pay the price. Most of the premier leagues clubs have hiked the ticket’s prices. And they run into thousands of money.
If you are very keen in watching live football, here are some few tips on how you can save money on the tickets.
Premier League
Despite the all-time highly priced tickets, many ardent fans still want have to buy a ticket for a season. But unless it is a very important game, some seats are usually reserved for all the fans.. They however vary greatly price-wise. At Stamford Bridge for instance, the Chelsea’s football club home ground, you can buy tickets for Chelsea’s matches, the ticket which is the cheapest ticket may be costing £27 while the most expensive could be £129.50. At Hull, you can watch a match at very reasonable price of £16, with the more expensive sears weighing in at £50 a pop.
If you are an ardent supporter of a certain club, to their website find where cheaper seats are found. Most of the time they are found behind the goal towards the corner. There are normally A,B and C, categories. If you therefore want to save a few coins look for the availability among the categories. Though in some cases you may not really get a good view of the match but rest assured that the atmosphere is the best.
Consider cheaper matches
The top flight matches as well as the big games command a premium in terms of tickets. However if you are fun a strong fun of football you can still do enjoy good football for a lower bargain price. You can consider going to watch the matches for the under 21s or testimonials. Tickets are much priced reasonably. For instance, under 21s match’s tickets at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge are only £5 for adults and £3 for concessions.
Testimonials presents the opportunity to watch some of the celebrated names, mostly both the past and the present. So watch out for the upcoming games at club’s website. You should also keep in mind that there are friendlies. Sometimes there are friendlies between Euro qualifiers which will often not cost you so much.
Go local
Even if you are a fan of one of the Premier League teams, it doesn’t mean that you cannot enjoy watching and cheering a low level or a more local team. The tickets are more cheap compared to the top flight.
The championship which is only a league down the Premier, offers very exciting football cheaply. For instance tickets to watch Hove Albion & Brighton range can be £20 for seniors to £25 for the adults, with the under 18s managing to get in with £10 and under 10s for £5. Depending on the location of the seat, prices vary a lot.
You can even go much lower the scale of leagues and you are going to watch football live without paying so much. So do not forget the small local teams. They may even prove to be the best and kill the giants in FA cup.