One in Seven fans won’t be renewing their season tickets

We’re all a bit hard pressed these days - each time we turn the ignition keys we face spending the equivalent of the GDP of a small African nation, and a loaf of bread now costs the same as a two bed semi in Bradford. While the Premier League’s finest are rubbing our noses in it by spending like it’s going out of fashion, it appears that the clubs themselves are about to become the latest victims of the nationwide belt tightening. According to Scott Mowbray of Virgin Money, nearly one in seven fans are refusing to renew their season tickets this year.

The worst affected club are West Ham, as 25 per cent of their faithful will now spend Saturday afternoons standing around in Jane Norman at Lakeside while the missus tries on dresses she won’t buy. This defection may be due to the fact that certain factions of Hammers fans are dissatisfied with Curbs and his boring brand of football, or it could be that the average ticket price is around £780, some £200 higher than the league’s average.

The least fickle of the current Premiership line-up are Blackburn and Liverpool fans, who both boast a five per cent disloyalty rate. Here’s the projected fallout, as published by The Sun:

West Ham 25%
Reading 22%
Portsmouth 21%
Man City 20%
Manchester Utd 19%
Fulham 18%
Bolton 17%
Birmingham 16%
Everton 14%
Spurs 12%
Sunderland 12%
Middlesbrough 11%
Newcastle 10%
Chelsea 10%
Arsenal 8%
Aston Villa 8%
Wigan 8%
Liverpool 5 %
Blackburn 5 %
Derby 3 %

Will you be renewing your season ticket this year? Are you one of the Johnny-come-lately Hull fans who queued up on the street to get a season ticket, but obviously weren’t privy to a season ticket renewal form from last season? Let us know with a comment below.

See also: The clubs who are raising their prices next season