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At five of the six London Premier League clubs, home tickets go to season-ticket holders and paying members weeks ahead and rarely reach the public. There are still legitimate routes in, and none involves a tout.
💡 The Short Version: You almost certainly cannot just buy a ticket. Home league tickets at Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Crystal Palace and Brentford go to paying members first and rarely get past them. So buy the membership — Crystal Palace Adult £25, Brentford Bees Overseas £30.30, Arsenal Red £38, Tottenham One Hotspur from £45, Chelsea CFC Blue £45, Fulham £50 — and enter that club’s ballot or sale window, usually four to eight weeks before the match. The seat itself costs £40–£145. Fulham is the one club that reaches a real general sale, and Brentford holds back 100 tickets per home game for overseas members. For a sold-out match the only lawful resale is the club’s own exchange: selling a football ticket any other way is a criminal offence, and the ticket will not scan. Hospitality always works and needs no membership, from £285 plus VAT at Selhurst Park. And Championship and League One London clubs sell to anyone: Charlton from £20, Bromley from £25.
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Which London clubs are in the Premier League in 2026/27
Six: Arsenal, Brentford, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Fulham and Tottenham Hotspur.
West Ham United are not. They were relegated at the end of 2025/26 and play in the Championship with Queens Park Rangers, Charlton Athletic and Millwall; see the alternatives below.
Why general sale barely exists
- Season-ticket holders take most of the ground.
- Members take what is left, in order of tier. A membership is a place in the ticket queue, and the higher tiers go first.
- By then it is usually gone. Arsenal put 273,000 tickets into member ballots across 2025/26, more than 9,100 a match, and every competitive men’s home fixture sold out to paid members. Brentford says a membership is, apart from a season ticket, “the only way to purchase tickets for Premier League matches”.
⚠️ A membership buys a chance at a ticket, not a ticket. £38 for Arsenal Red enters you in the draw for every home game and guarantees nothing, though 105,000 Arsenal members who entered at least one ballot in 2025/26 won at least once, up 11 per cent on the season before.
What changed for 2026/27
New Premier League rules mean every seat sold is registered, by name, to the person who will use it.
- Buying four tickets means assigning four named accounts at purchase.
- A ticket not correctly assigned may not scan.
- At Crystal Palace a guest ticket not transferred 24 hours before kick-off is deactivated, and the holder has to go to the box office with the purchaser’s name, address and client reference number.
The six clubs at a glance
| Club | Cheapest membership with ticket access | When home tickets are released | Realistic chance without a membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | Red, £38 (Silver £59, capped) | Ballot opens ~7 weeks out, closes after 3 days | None. Home tickets are balloted “exclusively for Arsenal Members” |
| Chelsea | CFC Blue, £45 (True Blue £60, True Blue+ £80) | Application window opens ~42 days before each fixture | Effectively none for the league. Domestic cup home ties have a general-sale phase |
| Tottenham | One Hotspur, from £45 (One Hotspur+ from £60) | Members’ on-sale, five home games at a time | Very low. The club says home games are “unlikely to get to General Sale” |
| Crystal Palace | Adult, £25 (Gold £60, International from £35) | Gold first, all members three days later, guest tickets five days after that | Only as a member’s guest in the third sale phase, or via hospitality |
| Fulham | Membership, £50 (Membership+ £65) | Members, then season-ticket holders, then booking history, then general sale | Real. Some home matches reach general sale |
| Brentford | Bees Overseas, £30.30 (UK adult £45.45) | Overseas ballot closes 72 hours after kick-off is confirmed | None, but the overseas ballot needs no loyalty points |
Arsenal
Emirates Stadium, N5. Home tickets are sold by ballot, open only to members. There is no public sale.
| Membership | Price for 2026/27 | What it gets you |
|---|---|---|
| Digital | Free | Content only — explicitly no ticketing rights |
| Team JGs (4–11) and Young Guns (12–16) | £15 lite, £25 full | Ballot entry for every home match, plus Ticket Exchange |
| Cannon (17–18) | £32 | Ballot entry for every home match, plus Ticket Exchange |
| Red | £38 | The standard adult tier: ballot entry and Ticket Exchange |
| Silver | £59 | Same, but balloted before Red. Numbers are capped |
Prices are from Arsenal’s own membership guidance; all tiers auto-renew.
💡 Silver cannot simply be bought. Numbers are capped and a place comes up only when a Silver member does not renew. Red members join the waiting list automatically, in order of purchase, and lose their place if Red lapses.
How the ballot runs. It opens about seven weeks before the match and closes at noon three days later. Silver winners are charged around three days after it closes and Red winners around eight days after. Category A prices for 2026/27 run from £78.00 to £145.50.
- Apply alone or as a group of up to four members.
- Pick up to two preferred price bands.
- Applying early does not improve your odds.
If you lose the ballot, the Ticket Exchange opens to you, unsuccessful Silver members first. It handled more than 156,000 purchases in 2025/26, roughly 5,200 a game, and closes three hours before kick-off. Red and Silver members cannot transfer a ticket to anyone else.
New for 2026/27: licensed standing in the Clock End lower tier, extending to the North Bank lower tier from 2027/28, when around 13,500 supporters will be in standing areas.
Chelsea
Stamford Bridge, SW6. Chelsea takes applications in a window and picks winners with a random selection algorithm.
| Membership | Price for 2026/27 | Where it puts you in the queue |
|---|---|---|
| Ticket Forwarding | £15 | New for 2026/27. Lets you receive a forwarded ticket; no application rights |
| Junior Blue (under-16s) | £35 | Phase one |
| CFC Blue | £45 | Phase two |
| True Blue | £60 | Phase one |
| True Blue+ | £80 | Phase one, plus the season-ticket waiting list |
How it works, from Chelsea’s ticketing policy:
- Applications for a Premier League home match open about 42 days before the fixture.
- Phase one is True Blue+, True Blue and Junior Blue, one ticket per person. Phase two adds CFC Blue and those who missed out. Further phases follow only if seats remain.
- League matches have no general-sale phase; only domestic cup ties do.
- Applying early does not help. A 1p pre-authorisation validates your card, and results arrive by email within four working days of the window closing.
What it costs. Chelsea’s 2026/27 prices for Category AA, its top band:
| Area | Adult member | Under-20 / 66+ | Under-23 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Upper, West Lower | £78 | £39 | £59 |
| East Lower South, Matthew Harding Upper, Shed Upper | £71 | £36 | £53 |
| Matthew Harding Lower, Shed Lower | £66 | — | £49.50 |
| East Lower North Family Centre | £52 | £26 | £39 |
| Restricted view, Matthew Harding Lower | £27 | — | — |
General-sale tickets cost £5 more than member prices in every category.
Loyalty points come only from attending: the ticket, including an exchange or forwarded one, has to scan at the turnstile.
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, N17. In the club’s words, home tickets are “unlikely to get to General Sale and are often only available for our One Hotspur Members”.
| Membership | Price for 2026/27 | What the extra buys |
|---|---|---|
| Adult One Hotspur | from £45 | Ticket on-sale access, Ticket Exchange, £15 shop voucher |
| Adult One Hotspur+ | from £60 | An additional 24-hour ticket access window and a season-ticket waiting list place |
| Junior One Hotspur | from £20 | Ticket on-sale access |
| Junior One Hotspur+ | from £25 | The extra window, plus free entry to women’s matches |
All 2026/27 memberships expire on 31 May 2027 whenever you buy, and each membership buys one ticket per fixture, so two people need two memberships.
Ticket Exchange is the only authorised way to buy a general admission seat for a sold-out Spurs league game. Season-ticket holders and premium members list seats at face value plus a small administration fee, up to four hours before kick-off, so seats keep appearing until matchday. What you buy there is non-transferable and non-refundable.
Occasionally Spurs open listings wider, without notice: a Guest Sale lets members buy extra seats for friends and family, and a General Sale opens them to everybody.
There is no public car park at the ground. See how to get to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Crystal Palace
Selhurst Park, SE25. The cheapest adult membership of the six, at £25, plus an International tier for a single visit.
| Membership | Price for 2026/27 | What it gets you |
|---|---|---|
| Adult or Junior | £25 | Home ticket access subject to availability, 100 loyalty points, Ticket Resale |
| Gold or Junior Gold | £60 | A 72-hour priority window on home tickets, plus away ballots |
| International | from £35 digital, welcome pack £10 more | Priority access for one home match before general sale |
| Season Ticket+ upgrade | £50 | For existing season-ticket holders |
The International Membership adds Palace TV+ and a discount on international shipping over £100.
The sale phases. For the home match against Manchester United on Saturday 12 December 2026:
| Phase | Date | Who can buy |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mon 2 November | Gold Members, Junior Gold Members, Season Ticket+ holders |
| 2 | Thu 5 November | Adult Members, Junior Members, International Members |
| 3 | Tue 10 November | Guest tickets for all season-ticket holders and members; the guest does not need a membership |
| 4 | Mon 7 December | Ticket Resale opens to Gold and Junior Gold Members |
| 5 | Tue 8 December | Ticket Resale opens to Adult, Junior and International Members |
Other fixtures follow the same pattern: Gold members three days ahead of everyone else, guest tickets five days after that. The full list is on Palace’s on-sale dates page.
Phase three is the way in without a membership. A member can buy a guest ticket for someone with a free Palace ticketing account who is on the member’s friends-and-family list.
Fulham
Craven Cottage, SW6. The one London club where a visitor with no connection to it can expect to buy a ticket.
Fulham’s 2026/27 membership is £50 for adults and £30 for juniors; the limited-run Membership+ at £65 and £45 adds a £20 retail voucher and a gift.
The order of sale is members, then extra seats for season-ticket holders, then supporters with a booking history, then general sale.
- Booking history means a Fulham men’s first-team ticket bought in the past five years, not counting one bought only for the same opponent.
- Join in good time. The membership has to be in place a few days before the members’ sale opens.
- General sale does happen. The derby against Crystal Palace on 5 September 2026 was released to General Sale, up to four tickets per person, with none in the Putney End.
Prices fall into five fixture categories. A Category B seat in block H4 of the Hammersmith End is £61 for an adult and £36 for a junior. Members get £10 off in The Riverside and £5 off elsewhere on one ticket per fixture, and restricted-view seats are £2 cheaper. The full grid is on the 2026/27 match ticket prices page.
Brentford
Gtech Community Stadium, TW8. The only London club that reserves a block of seats for supporters who live abroad.
My Bees memberships for 2026/27, prices frozen at 2025/26 levels: Adult £45.45, 18–24 £30.30, Bee Team (3–10) £20.20, Swarm (11–17) £20.20, Babees (2 and under) £10.10, and Bees Overseas £30.30.
The Bees Overseas ballot gets 100 tickets for every home Premier League fixture.
- No loyalty points needed.
- Enter as many ballots as you like; you are charged only if you win.
- It closes 72 hours after the broadcasters confirm the kick-off time, roughly four to six weeks before the match.
| Fixture category | Adult | 18–24 and senior | Junior |
|---|---|---|---|
| A* | £50.50 | £40.40 | £15.15 |
| A | £45.45 | £35.35 | £15.15 |
| B | £40.40 | £30.30 | £10.10 |
⚠️ Bees Overseas ballot tickets are not digital. Collect them from the Brentford FC Box Office on matchday against valid photo ID, and allow time for it before kick-off.
Everyone else needs Ticket Access Points (TAPs), earned by scanning in at matches, on a rolling balance over the previous four seasons plus the current one:
- Category A*: window one is 300+ TAPs, window two 100+.
- Category A: 30+ TAPs, lowered for 2026/27.
- Category B: open to all members.
A new member starts on zero. The full system is in Brentford’s ticketing guide.
The Ticket Exchange opens three weeks before each fixture to members including Bees Overseas, with the same TAPs thresholds, so it works for Category B games only.
Ticket touts: why football is different
⚠️ Reselling a football ticket without the club’s written authorisation is a criminal offence under section 166 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994. The fine is unlimited.
- “Selling” includes offering, exposing or advertising a ticket for sale, and giving one to someone who pays for other goods or services, which catches “free match ticket with your hotel package” offers.
- It covers every fixture on this page, from Arsenal to Bromley, under the 2007 designation order.
- No general resale marketplace can lawfully sell you a Premier League ticket, whatever guarantee it offers.
- Buying is not the offence, but the ticket is void. It will not scan, you will be refused entry and the club will not refund you. Chelsea says tickets from any source other than the club or an authorised partner “will be confiscated and entry will be refused”.
- One digital ticket can be sold to several people, and it scans once.
- Clubs enforce it. Arsenal banned more than 19,000 accounts in 2025/26 alone for getting tickets through unauthorised means.
The official resale platforms
Every London club runs its own exchange, the lawful route into a sold-out match, at face value.
| Club | Platform | Who can buy | How it works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal | Ticket Exchange | Members, unsuccessful Silver balloters first | Closes three hours before kick-off; more than 156,000 purchases in 2025/26 |
| Chelsea | Ticket exchange | Members; unsuccessful applicants who met the loyalty criteria first | Closes three hours before kick-off |
| Tottenham | Ticket Exchange | One Hotspur Members, or everyone if the game goes to General Sale | Face value plus an admin fee; holders can list up to four hours before kick-off |
| Crystal Palace | Ticket Resale | Gold Members first, then all members | All seats released on one published date |
| Fulham | Ticket Exchange | Members and supporters, depending on the phase reached | Runs alongside the ordinary sale sequence |
| Brentford | Ticket Exchange | Members meeting the TAPs threshold, including Bees Overseas | Opens three weeks before each fixture; 100+ TAPs for Category A*, 30+ for Category A, none for B |
💡 When to look. Crystal Palace releases all its resale seats on one published date, so set an alarm. Everywhere else seats appear as holders drop out, so keep checking up to matchday.
Hospitality: the route that is always open
No ballot, no membership, no loyalty points, and you choose the fixture. Chelsea says you do not need to be a member or season-ticket holder to buy its non-Westview Club Chelsea packages.
Crystal Palace publishes a standing matchday rate card. Prices are per person and exclude VAT, so add 20 per cent:
| Package | Price, ex VAT | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Legends Restaurant | £285 | Goal-line view, three-course buffet, half-time and full-time refreshments, drinks included |
| Speroni’s Restaurant | £375 | Directors Box seat over the halfway line, pre-match dining, drinks included |
| The 1861 Lounge | £410 | Main Stand seat, cocktail bar, dining, all drinks |
| The 2010 Club | £425 | The club’s smallest room, sparkling reception, table service, set menu |
| Executive Box | £3,750 | A private ten or twenty-person box |
The other five clubs price hospitality fixture by fixture. Brentford gives Bees Overseas members 10 per cent off selected hospitality.
⚠️ Buy hospitality from the club or an agent the club names. Arsenal publishes a list of authorised hospitality agents for overseas buyers and a checker for whether a website is authorised. An unauthorised package is an unauthorised ticket and just as illegal to sell.
Where you can just buy a ticket
Below the Premier League, clubs sell to anyone.
The Championship
Four London clubs in 2026/27: West Ham United at London Stadium, Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road, Charlton Athletic at The Valley and Millwall at The Den.
At Charlton a bronze-category match starts at £20 for adults and £5 for under-12s, with a family bundle from £35 for two adults and two under-12s. Every home fixture has a published general sale date.
For West Ham, see how to get to London Stadium.
League One and League Two
AFC Wimbledon (Plough Lane, SW17), Leyton Orient (Brisbane Road, E10) and Bromley (Hayes Lane, BR2) are in League One; Barnet (The Hive, HA8) are in League Two.
Bromley charges £25 for an adult in advance and £27 on the day, £19 and £21 for over-65s, £10 and £12 for under-18s, and £7 and £9 for an under-12 with a paying adult. Prices rise at midnight the night before, so buy ahead.
Women’s football
Chelsea play all 13 Women’s Super League home games at Stamford Bridge in 2026/27, on sale to anyone. Matches are graded A, B or C and sold in three windows: early bird, general sale and last chance (from about 48 hours before kick-off).
| Category | Early bird, Tier 1 / Tier 2 | General sale | Last chance |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | £25 / £18 | £27.50 / £20 | £29 / £22 |
| B | £21 / £14 | £23 / £16 | — |
| C | £12 | — | — |
Tier 1 is the West and East Lower stands; Tier 2 is the rest of the ground. Over-66s and under-23s get 20 per cent off, under-16s 50 per cent. Cup matches move to AFC Wimbledon’s Cherry Red Records Stadium.
Arsenal Women play at the Emirates and need no membership. Tickets sell in four phases: early bird, general sale, last chance, and on the day, from midnight to half-time, with a £1.65 booking fee per ticket.
Cup ties
League Cup and FA Cup home ties can reach general sale. Chelsea’s cup phases end with “any remaining Match Tickets will go on general sale”, up to four per person, and prices drop: its home League Cup tie against Luton Town was Category G, against Category AA for a Premier League Sunday. Early rounds against lower-league opposition are the ones to watch.
On the day
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Bring photo ID. Chelsea may ask for it on any general-sale ticket, and Brentford hands over overseas ballot tickets only against it.
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Check the ticket is assigned to you. A ticket bought by a member has to be transferred to your account before the deadline, 24 hours before kick-off at Crystal Palace and three hours at Chelsea, or it does not scan.
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Stay out of the away end. Chelsea will not sell general-sale tickets to non-members “who appear to be supporters of the opposition club”, and every club can eject a visiting supporter found in a home area.
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Children sit next to an adult. Chelsea requires under-16s to attend with and sit next to someone 18 or over; Arsenal requires children 13 and under to sit within reaching distance of an adult 18 or over. Both cancel bookings that break the rule.
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No alcohol in sight of the pitch. It is an offence to have a drink anywhere the match can be seen, or to arrive drunk. Drink in the concourse bars, which serve up to kick-off and at half-time.
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Don’t drive. Tottenham has no public car park and London Stadium has 229 spaces for a 60,000-plus crowd. Arrive two hours before kick-off, as Tottenham’s regional coaches do.
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🚇 How to get to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium — four stations, the £160 parking penalty and getting home
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🏟️ How to get to London Stadium — Stratford’s seven services, and the two stations that skip Westfield
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🏴 Wembley Stadium and Arena — for cup finals and England internationals
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🏈 NFL London Games — the other reason those stadiums sell out
Continue planning your London trip
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- 🏃 London Marathon: How to Get a Place
- 🎭 London Theatre Guide — day seats, lotteries and rush tickets
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- 💷 London on a Budget
- 🚇 Getting Around London
- 🛏️ Where to Stay in London
- 📅 Best Time to Visit London — the season runs from August to May
- 🗓️ Things to Do in London in December — every London home game from 2 to 30 December, Boxing Day included.
- 🗓️ Things to Do in London in January — every London home game in January, from 2 to 30 January.
Membership prices, sale phases and ticket prices are as published by the clubs for the 2026/27 season. On-sale dates move with broadcast selections, so check the club’s ticket page for the match you want.
Common questions
Can tourists buy Premier League tickets in London?
Yes, but rarely by just buying a seat on a club website. Five of the six London clubs sell home league tickets to paying members first, and most fixtures sell out to them. Buy a membership — Crystal Palace Adult £25, Brentford Bees Overseas £30.30, Arsenal Red £38, Tottenham One Hotspur from £45, Chelsea CFC Blue £45, Fulham £50 — then enter that club's ballot or sale window. Fulham is the exception: some of its home matches reach a general sale, as the Crystal Palace fixture on 5 September 2026 did.
Why can't I buy Premier League tickets?
Season-ticket holders have most of the seats, and the rest go to paying members in priority order before anything reaches the public. Arsenal put 273,000 tickets into member ballots in 2025/26, more than 9,100 a match, and every competitive men's home fixture sold out to paid members. Tottenham says home tickets are 'unlikely to get to General Sale'. Brentford says a membership is, apart from a season ticket, 'the only way to purchase tickets for Premier League matches'.
How much is a Premier League ticket in London?
Roughly £40 to £145 for an ordinary seat, plus the membership. Arsenal's ballot for a Category A home match ran from £78 to £145.50. Chelsea's top Category AA band is £78 for an adult member in the East Upper, £66 in the Matthew Harding Lower and £27 for a restricted view, with general-sale seats £5 more. Brentford's overseas ballot charges £40.40 to £50.50 for an adult and £10.10 to £15.15 for a junior, depending on the fixture category.
Which London club is easiest to get Premier League tickets for?
Fulham and Brentford. Fulham sells to members, then season-ticket holders wanting an extra seat, then anyone who has booked in the past five years, then on general sale; its home match against Crystal Palace on 5 September 2026 was released to general sale, up to four tickets per person. Brentford holds back 100 tickets for every home Premier League match in a ballot for Bees Overseas members only, which costs £30.30 a season and needs no loyalty points.
Is it illegal to buy football tickets from a tout in England?
It is illegal to sell one. Under section 166 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, selling a ticket for a designated football match without the organisers' written authorisation is an offence, and 'sell' includes offering, advertising or bundling it with other goods. The fine is unlimited. Buying is not the offence, but the ticket is void and you will be turned away at the turnstile.
Can I use StubHub or Viagogo to buy Premier League tickets?
No. Reselling a football ticket without the club's authorisation is a criminal offence in England and Wales, so no general resale marketplace can lawfully sell you a Premier League ticket. Chelsea says tickets bought from anyone other than the club or an authorised partner 'will be confiscated and entry will be refused'. The legitimate equivalents are the clubs' own exchanges, where season-ticket holders resell at face value.
How far in advance do Premier League tickets go on sale in London?
Around four to eight weeks. Chelsea opens applications about 42 days before each fixture. Arsenal's ballot opens about seven weeks out and closes three days later. Crystal Palace opens sales about six weeks out, to Gold members first and to everyone else three days later; for its home match against Manchester United on 12 December 2026 that is 2 and 5 November. Brentford's overseas ballot closes 72 hours after the kick-off time is confirmed, usually four to six weeks before the match.
Do I need a membership to go to a Premier League match in London?
For a home league match at Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Crystal Palace or Brentford, in practice yes. The exceptions: a member can buy you a guest ticket in a later sale phase at Crystal Palace and Brentford; hospitality needs no membership (Chelsea says so for its non-Westview Club Chelsea packages); and Fulham reaches a genuine general sale.
Can I buy a Premier League ticket on the day of the match in London?
Not at a ticket window, and not from anyone outside the ground. The only matchday route is a club resale platform: Arsenal and Chelsea close their exchanges three hours before kick-off, Tottenham season-ticket holders can list a seat up to four hours before, and Brentford's exchange opens three weeks before each fixture with seats appearing up to the game. All need an account, and most a membership.
Do I need ID to get into a Premier League match?
Increasingly, yes. From 2026/27 every seat sold must be registered to the person who will use it, so a ticket bought in someone else's name has to be transferred to you before the match. Crystal Palace will not activate a ticket not transferred 24 hours before kick-off. Brentford's overseas ballot tickets are collected at the box office on matchday against photo ID, and Chelsea may ask for photo ID on any general-sale ticket.
What is the cheapest way to watch professional football in London?
Go down the leagues or watch the women's game. Charlton Athletic in the Championship charges from £20 for adults and £5 for under-12s for a bronze-category match, with a family bundle from £35 for two adults and two children, and its tickets reach general sale. Bromley in League One charges £25 for an adult in advance and £27 on the day, £10 for an under-18 and £7 for an under-12 with a paying adult. Chelsea play all 13 Women's Super League home games at Stamford Bridge in 2026/27, from £12 for a Category C match.
Is Premier League hospitality worth it in London?
It is the one route reliably open to a visitor, and priced accordingly. Crystal Palace, the only London club publishing a standing matchday rate card, runs from £285 plus VAT in the Legends Restaurant to £425 plus VAT in The 2010 Club, with a ten or twenty-person executive box at £3,750 plus VAT. That is many times a £25 membership and a £40 seat, but it needs no membership, ballot or loyalty points, and you pick the fixture.
