Seats in Block D of the Cobbold Stand have again been named as the most expensive in the Football League in a BBC survey released this morning. A season ticket in that section costs £1,061, while a matchday ticket is £63.50.

The BBC carries out the survey annually with the Block D seats, which are aimed at the corporate market, also having come out top in previous seasons.

The survey, which has contained errors regarding prices and hasn't always compared like for like tickets in previous seasons, states that Huddersfield and Derby are the clubs with the lowest-priced adult matchday tickets at £10 with Town’s at £23.50, the seventh most-expensive cheapest seat in the division.

Blackpool have the Championship’s lowest-priced season ticket at £195 with the Blues’ cheapest at £390 with only Brighton (£455) and Leeds (£398) offering a higher-priced equivalent.

Regarding programmes, pies and tea, at £3 Town’s programme is the same as most others in the division. Tea, at £2, is about average for the Championship, while only Brighton and Middlesbrough (both £3.80) have pies priced higher than the Blues’ offering at £3.20.

Commenting on the survey, a Town spokesman said: "We recognise that we are more expensive in some areas of ticketing than a number of Championship clubs but in other areas we are very comparable with our league rivals.

"We have frozen season ticket prices for the third successive year and the seventh time in 11 years and we also offered the supporters a 12-month interest free direct debit facility to spread the cost.

"Our supporters under the age of 11 could again purchase a season ticket for just £10, which we believe it one of the best offers in the country. This information was requested but not mentioned in the survey.

"Figures can be angled one way or another in any survey but the bulk of our season ticket holders will pay an average of £14.70 per game to watch Ipswich Town in action at Portman Road this season.

"We have answered all questions honestly for the survey down to the fact that our D Block matchday ticket and season ticket come out considerably higher than the rest of the Championship.

"This has been the case for a number of years and, while the D Block ticket qualifies as a ‘standard’ ticket, it has the benefits of premium seating on the halfway line, padded seats, a complimentary matchday programme and access to exclusive bar facilities. There are 220 tickets in this area and 217 have been sold for the season, leaving just three available for matchdays.

"While it has been reported that our cheapest day out is more expensive than Manchester City, it’s worth noting that 12 clubs in the Championship are reported to be more expensive than Manchester City."

In this summer's TWTD Questionnaire, 83% of respondents thought that last year's matchday prices were either "A complete rip-off" (18.5%) or "Expensive" (64.5%), this year's prices not having been announced when the survey was carried out.

As for this year's season ticket prices, our survey found that 60.8% believed they were either "A complete rip-off" (6%) or "Expensive" (54.8%).

Overall, average ticket prices across the top four divisions have dropped by up to 2.4%, the BBC survey claims.

Full details of ticket prices here with more on Championship prices here and in football overall here.

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BlueVelvet added 12:27 - Sep 12 let the suckers pay 63.50 for their seats - after all, it includes prawn sandwiches. But honestly its joke- stack em high - sell em cheap is a well tested sales technique - we're not high end market stuff
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AbujaBlue added 12:36 - Sep 12 Justspivy, people may not but corporations do. All I am trying to say is that Block D should be the least of our worries given the prices elsewhere in the stadium.
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WillsbridgeBlue added 12:44 - Sep 12 Yet again a bad story for Town. I agree with most comments that ITFC need to lower ticket prices in general. We have a pretty poor average attendance for the Championship & this could surely be improved by lowering ticket prices across the ground. ITFC need to fill the stadium & then we can make some noise for the Tractor Boys! It's also a joke when the football on show for years now has been poor/mediocre & a far cry from the glory days! You can go to bigger grounds/clubs who are at a better level than us & pay less,not very good eh. Sort this out Evans & Co. or lose more fans I reckon..

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NITFC added 13:10 - Sep 12 I think my 3 year season ticket in the Lower North works out at less than £17 per game. I think that's good value
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TrueBlue93 added 13:13 - Sep 12 18000 tickets sold at £23.50 a ticket (rough average) raises £423,000 if the price falls to £17.50 average and the attendance rises to 24500 would see an increase in revenue of £5750. obviously this is accounted for without taking into account the costs of providing for extra fans and the increase in stewardship etc. But surely if we can raise the attendance through lowering the ticket price, we can not only raise the revenue at the club, but, it would also be a good opportunity to raise the atmosphere on match days which i feel wild really add to towns match day performances.

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Dog added 13:23 - Sep 12 This does not surprise me at all. When i go shopping i like to feel i get value for money - can anyone say they have had this in the five years since Marcus Evans took over. The investment into the side speaks volumes. It is abundantly clear that we are lightweight up front and yet Mick fails to sign Sharp - he is definitely the player Town need. For a £500,000 in wages until the end of the season it seems like a no brainer to me - afterall that is just one match income.

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Lennyboy added 14:02 - Sep 12 Phil, I like many others; have been going on about ticket prices on this forum for ages. Please could TWTD conduct a survey and present the results to the Town board? It's blatantly obvious to everyone that by reducing the ticket prices more people will come to a matchday and increase the support for the lads, and by doing this; would in effect increase the profit on ticket sales in general. Just imagine a full stadium, that would take me back to the glory days; and hopefully help inspire the return of such times. Do it NOW, you know it makes sense. COYB!!!!

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StowTractorBoy added 14:20 - Sep 12 D Block is partly made up of corporate membership hence Companies are paying and not individuals. I have sat in D Block on many occasions but the seats are certainly not worth £63.50 for an individual to pay. There really can be no argument though with the price structure, as this area is invariably sold out. Season ticket prices are very reasonable if you have been a regular season ticket holder and reaped the benefits of the price freezes. My biggest moan albeit I am a season ticket holder, is the match day pricing which is far too high. More incentives for match day prices must be on their way surely.

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kalypso added 14:37 - Sep 12 most expensive seats in the ground, most uncomfortable amd laest leg room
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commuterblue added 15:29 - Sep 12 Why are we worrying about £63 seats when there are only 3 available? I don't buy the argument that the atmosphere is that much better when crowds are bigger. The atmosphere is better when we are winning, and the 17,000 that turn up regardless make more noise. Adding a few more to churchamns or the co-op doesn't increase the volume (can you hear the Churchman's sing? No.) Sure, when we win, the crowds get bigger, but that doesn't drive the noise, results do.

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LankHenners added 16:16 - Sep 12 Let's cut to the chase: our ticket prices do not reflect the performance on the pitch. One or both of those factors has to change.
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BlueBob added 17:01 - Sep 12 It's become obvious to me season on season that the club is no longer 'aimed' at the people it used to be - things change but not always for the better sadly. I've supported the club for the better part of 40 years and have been trying to get my 9 year old interested in it as well. Sadly I live over 350 miles away so only get the chance to go to a couple of home games each season. I've taken him to 3 and we lost all of them and have yet to score a goal and he has started asking me why we support Ipswich as they're rubbish. I've given him the whole '3 generations of supporters' speech and the stuff about past glories but he said he wanted to support Tottenham because he liked their players better. In a final attempt to win him over I tried to take him to the Leeds game recently. A quick look on the website showed me a cost of £42 for seats for us both with a poor view and where you'd be soaked if it rained, while £47 would raise us up and give us the cover of the Cobbold Stand but frankly I just can't justify the cost anymore - I could take the whole family somewhere nice for the same or buy half our weeks shopping. We didn't go, he was upset at first as was I but when the inevitable loss came through on the radio I was relieved in some ways. A Tottenham shirt will probably cost about the same as a Town one and he won't have to constantly explain to his school friends who Ipswich are and why he supports a 'rubbish team'. Thanks for all the memories ITFC but unless you make a major change of direction I certainly won't be a 'customer' any more and you've already lost the next generation of potential 'income streams'.

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jas0999 added 19:46 - Sep 12 It's disgusting. Charging £39.50 for a ticket against Leeds is an outrage, particularly when you have an owner going on about FFP, but charges this for below average football, whilst spending just £20k in the summer. Shocking.
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TimmyH added 20:42 - Sep 12 Tight ass Evans really tightening the screws...you've got a half decent manager in (at last) and gives him nothing to spend over the summer whilst making some supporters pay more! In relation to this and the seat prices I heard on Look East a supporter/spokesman (I believe) saying that we now have a manager getting us playing better football?! - well more organised but still very mundane in my eyes.

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georgelamming added 23:13 - Sep 12 In all seriousness, and this may seem absurd initially, but maybe people should hold off going to the football for a selected game.. as a demonstration against the ludicrous prices for this less than exciting football..
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Monarch_Blue added 07:56 - Sep 13 Just as well some of this lot don't live in Spain!! My local team U.D. Almeria have just announced ticket prices for their La Liga game against Barcelona. Cheapest ticket is priced at €150, the most expensive €190. Now that is something to have a whinge about.
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BlueBob added 10:16 - Sep 13 Monarch Blue - that is indeed a ridiculous price for a game of football, but it is to see one of the greatest teams in the world and arguably the worlds best player playing. Without running down Ipswich too much they're quite literally not in the same league on any level!
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Facefacts added 20:58 - Sep 13 The survey didn't do us any favours. It doesn't understand the Cobbold Stand. Leave Block D alone - great business model, only 3 seats not sold out for the season. Used to sit near there. Agree it's a kind of exec box seating, fitting that it's in the Cobbold Stand, only crisis is when the alcohol runs out, with access to a tot of whisky in a small bottle at half time, sure it would be full only for big games like that Arsenal semi final or Norwich and maybe Colchester when we used to play against those two. TWTD and COYB and all that, chaps. Great view of the 35 yd Paul Mason goal against Crystal Palace, over the keeper and into the net at the Churchmans end.

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