The figures being produced by the BBC for their price comparision survey into the cost of football are not near the actual cost of attending a Coventry City match.
The BBC claim that the cheapest adult admission is £20. However, the BBC in their research, failed to pick up on the fact that price is for a ticket in in the Family Zone for adults with children and if the child is not a member of the Junior Sky Blues, then that is an extra cost.
The cheapest ticket for a single adult bought on the day is £24 for a City League One game at the Ricoh Arena, rising to £27 if you want a 'premium' seat.
Whilst programmes, pies and cups of tea are all optional items which the cash conscious can do without, the survey fails to take in the other big cost of going to to a football match - the cost of getting there.
Parking at the Ricoh Arena will set you back £10 per car (certainly amongst the dearest in the division but other cheaper parking areas are available), and add in your petrol costs or the costs of going by public transport etc, to a stadium which is not as easy to walk to as Highfield Road was for many supporters, and it is not hard to see why City supporters are picking and choosing their matches back at the Ricoh Arena.
City match day prices -
BBC Survey - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29614980