How Bristol City's season ticket prices compare with Leeds, Derby and their Championship rivals

Bristol City have one of the most expensive adult season ticket prices in the Championship, with a seat in the Lansdown Lower only matched or exceeded by the price of a lounge at Norwich City.

A place in the Lansdown Lower, or middle section of the upper tier for an adult cost £700 based on a renewal from last term and is now on general sale for £736.25, that is marginally more than the West Upper at Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium which is available for £735 having been initially priced at £671, while Norwich City’s County, Castle, 59ers and Cathedral Lounges at Carrow Road are the highest in the division at £914.

City’s most competitively-priced season tickets are in the Lansdown Upper, within the family section, which were available for renewal at £390 - as one of the more affordable in the league - and are now on general sale for £410.

As a result, calculating the average season ticket price for an adult for 2024/25, based on renewal prices, reveals City to have the joint third-highest overall with supporters paying an average of £545 to watch football in BS3, the same as Sheffield Wednesday and behind only Middlesbrough (£590.50) and Norwich (£729.50).

The Canaries and Boro also boast the most expensive “cheap” tickets at £545 and £510, respectively, with only Luton Town, Portsmouth and Sheffield Wednesday exceeding the £450-mark for an adult.

City’s average is skewed to an extent by the high price of the Lansdown Stand tickets, because if you remove that from the equation, the average balances out at a more agreeable £494 based on renewal prices, and £519 in terms of general sale.

City have sold in excess of 13,500 season tickets for the 2024/25 campaign on the back of a season in which the average attendance at Ashton Gate reached 22,550, the highest figure since returning to the Championship in 2015/16.

At the other end of the scale, that the £65 Under-12 ticket that was available at Ashton Gate prior to it rising to £70 for general sale, which also includes a free replica shirt, is only bettered by Hull City (£60), Cardiff City (£59), Burnley and Millwall (£58), Watford (£35), West Brom (£23), Stoke City (£23) and Blackburn (£23), while QPR allow Under-8s to enter free of charge if accompanied by a ticket-paying adult and Plymouth charge £10 in that age band.

Championship season ticket prices

Cheapest adult season ticket / most expensive / average

Norwich City - £545 / £914 / £729.50

Middlesbrough - £510 / £671 / £590.50

Sheffield Wednesday- £460 / £630 / £545

Bristol City - £390 / £700 / £545

Sunderland - £440 / £590 / £515

Luton Town - £470 / £530 / £500

Coventry City - £400 / £550* / £475

Queens Park Rangers - £252 / £686/ £469

Derby County - £399** / £537 / £468

Portsmouth - £455 / £475 / £465

Leeds United - £434***

Watford - £402 / £524/ £463

Oxford United - £359 / £560 / £459.50

Sheffield United - £403 / £513 / £458

Plymouth Argyle - £405 / £505 / £455

West Bromwich Albion - £399**** / £499 / £449

Burnley - £352 / £525 / £439

Stoke City - £344 / £519 / £432

Swansea City - £397 / £459 / £428

Millwall - £380 / £475 / £427.50

Hull City - £342 / £480 / £411

Cardiff City - £279 / £529 / £404

Blackburn Rovers - £349 / £444 / £397

Preston North End - £294 / £399 / £346.50

Championship average - £394 / £552 / £473

All prices based on initial renewal/early bird cost. Not general sale.

*Coventry’s highest season ticket price is based on the offer of a free season ticket should the Sky Blues earn promotion to the Premier League.

**Derby’s pricing is based on loyalty with figures reducing based on how long a fan has owned a season ticket. We’ve used the 0-4 years option.

***Leeds United’s figure is their lowest priced per game rate. The club has not disclosed its full pricing structure.

****West Brom charge £10 more for fans purchasing from the ticket office. We’ve used the online price.

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