BBC’s Price of Football: How does the National League fare?

THE BBC’s revealing Price of Football survey has been released, showing us the best and worst National League teams to follow for your wallet.

The survey analyses data from 223 clubs across Britain and Europe to find out how much it costs supporters to follow their team.

It looks at a variety of costs that fans run up, including the prices of season tickets, replica shirts and even a pie and a programme.

On the whole, the National League clubs have done themselves proud with season tickets, on average, falling in price compared to last season.

The average cost of the cheapest season ticket has dropped seven per cent from £255.13 to £236.64 while it’s also a tenner cheaper than 2014-15.

Sutton United offer the best priced season ticket in the top five divisions of English football with an early renewal price of just £85 while fellow promoted club Maidstone have the dearest ‘cheap’ season cost at £315.

If you prefer to pay on the day, Macclesfield Town will give you the best bang for your buck and you can get into the Moss Rose for £13.

We all know how important a good pie is and you’ll have to part with just £2 to get one at Braintree Town, with the Iron also offering the cheapest cuppa alongside Barrow, North Ferriby, Chester, Guiseley and Solihull Moors.

Prices of programmes have slowly risen over the past few years but some decent reading material will knock you back just £2 at North Ferriby and Gateshead. The Villagers also offer the cheapest adult replica shirt at £29.99.

To view the full survey, you can visit the BBC’s website here