Shrewsbury Town in top tier for ticket prices

The Price of Football study released today – the biggest in British football – reports the best seat at the Greenhous Meadow would cost you a cool £475 per season.

The equivalent at Wolves is £460, while United charge £495 at Bramall Lane. However, Shrewsbury are competitive in other parts of the study.

Town's cheapest season ticket is the joint eighth lowest in the division, alongside Crewe. The most expensive is at Rotherham United's New York Stadium – which opened in July 2012 – at £355.

Shrewsbury's cheapest match ticket in advance is joint sixth lowest at £19 with Oldham and Carlisle United, while the most expensive is alongside Carlisle at £22.

All in all, Shrewsbury is rated as the ninth cheapest day out in League One at £26.70 with Leyton Orient the most expensive at £29.90.

Aside from getting in the ground, Shrewsbury's award-winning match programme is as cheap as any other team in the division, with all 24 clubs charging £3.

A pie at the Greenhous Meadow will cost you the joint fourth-highest price in League One, alongside Bradford City, at £3.10. Swindon are the most expensive at £3.40.

A cup of tea is the ninth-highest price in League One at £1.60.

Across the board the price of watching football dropped 2.4 per cent but prices rose in the Premier League.

Chairman of the Football Supporters' Federation Malcolm Clarke says there is "no justification"" for any increases in the top flight given a new television deal that is bringing in an extra £600m across the Premier League. He had called for the extra cash to be used to cut admission prices drastically, but during the transfer window clubs spent a record £630m on players.

Clarke said: "It is disappointing that the average price of the cheapest season ticket has still gone up despite the extra income and despite the very difficult economic circumstances."