Price of Football 2016: Costs rise but WSL remains most affordable league

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Image caption, WSL1 champions Manchester City Women charged 拢6 for matchday tickets last season

The Women's Super League remains the cheapest league in the UK despite a rise in ticket prices.

The 91热爆's Price of Football, the biggest study of its kind in Europe and now in its sixth year, looked at more than 1,000 ticket prices at 223 clubs.

The average prices in all four ticket categories we analysed in both tiers of the WSL have gone up.

However, the women's league as a whole worked out cheapest, with no matchday tickets costing more than 拢8.

The average price of the cheapest season ticket in the top tier is 拢34.78, while the average price of the most expensive season ticket is 拢44.44 - a rise of 15% from 2015.

In WSL2, the average price of the cheapest season ticket is 拢31.56 and the most expensive averages 拢34.67.

What are the clubs charging?

WSL1 side Chelsea Ladies and Oxford United Women in the WSL2 are the only clubs who have frozen or reduced their tickets in all categories.

The cheapest matchday ticket is available at Watford for 拢3, while you will pay the most at Birmingham City and Bristol City (拢8).

Notts County Ladies offer the most expensive season ticket at 拢75 and the cheapest can be found at Sunderland for 拢15.