THE cheapest and most expensive pies and pints at Premier League stadiums have been revealed.
Tucking into a pie and grabbing a pint at the football is a long-standing tradition in English football culture.
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AlamyThe cost of the combo at different stadiums ranges from £11.30 to £6.20[/caption]
But over the years it has become a great financial burden for fans at some stadiums around the country.
According to data compiled by Betting.com, this includes £5 pies and £6.30 pints at one ground down to £3 pies and pints elsewhere.
Indeed, the most expensive pint and pie combo at a stadium will set you back £11.30, while the cheapest costs a far more economical £6.20.
But where do each of the 20 Premier League teams rank in the table?
Kickstarting with the most expensive pies in the division, you will not find a pricier one than at West Ham‘s London Stadium, which charges a staggering £5 for one of the savoury snacks.
Hopping from East to North London, there is only a 20p gap between West Ham pie prices and those at Arsenal‘s Emirates Stadium, while another post-2000 build in Manchester City‘s Etihad Stadium charges £4.70 a pop.
Three more London clubs come in joint fourth with Chelsea‘s Stamford Bridge, Fulham‘s Craven Cottage and Crystal Palace‘s Selhurst Park all charging £4.50.
Old Trafford is next with Manchester United charging punters £4.20 per pie, which is 10p more than Brighton’s Amex Stadium.
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There are only three other grounds in the top flight that hit the £4 threshold for pies, those being Brentford‘s Gtech Community Stadium, Bournemouth’s Vitality Stadium and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Similarly, three venues – Luton’s Kenilworth Road, Newcastle’s St. James’ Park and Everton‘s Goodison Park – charge £3.90 for a pie.
Midlands outfits Wolves and Aston Villa come in next with fans paying £3.60 at Molineux and Villa Park respectively.
The gong for the third cheapest pie in the top flight is shared by Liverpool and Sheffield United, with Anfield and Bramall Lane charging fans £3.40 for a pie.
The second-cheapest pie can be found at Nottingham Forest‘s City Ground for £3.30.
While the most pie-eater-friendly venue is Turf Moor, with Burnley charging fans just £3.
London clubs make up five of the six most expensive football grounds to buy a pie
So now we have looked at pies, what about something to wash them down with?
Well, it would come as no surprise that your wallet would not thank you for going to a game in London, with each of the top four most expensive pints all being located in the capital.
And once again we find ourselves at West Ham and Arsenal when looking at the most expensive pints in the division, with the two sides charging a whopping £6.30 for a pint.
West London sides Chelsea and Fulham are next on the cost list with fans charged £5.70 and £5.50 respectively.
There is then a 30p drop in the prices at Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest, with £5.10 Spurs and £5 Palace being the final clubs who charge £5 or more.
Moving up the line again we find the Toon Army pay £4.90 per pint with Man City fans then being charged £4.60.
Man Utd and Sheffield Utd are unmatched in terms of pint cost
Fans in the city of Liverpool of both red and blue persuasions come in next, with the Toffees charging 15p more than the £4.40 the Reds pay for their drink at Anfield.
Four grounds charge a rounded £4 for pints, those being at Brentford, Brighton, Luton and Wolves.
Taking third in the ranking for cheapest pints are pie champions Burnley, who charge £3.20 per pint.
But the joint winners of the low-cost pint contest are the Red Devils and Blades, with pints costing just £3 at the respective stadiums.
Across the 92 English Football League clubs, however, the cheapest pie put the Premier League to shame, though the same cannot be said for pints.
Of the data collected, the cheapest pie in the Football League costs just £2.50.
This wallet-friendly pie charge can be found at four stadiums, three of which are in League One.
These are Blackpool’s Bloomfield Road, Stevenage’s Broadhall Way, Port Vale’s Vale Park and League Two‘s Crown Ground, the home of Accrington.
In pint terms, you will actually not find a better rate than the £3 at Old Trafford and Bramall Lane, with only Morecambe’s Globe Arena in League Two charging fans an equivalent rate.