SPFL away fans face tickets of up to £34 as supporters call for a price cap

SPFL away supporters face adult ticket prices of up to £34 at fixtures this Saturday, according to a BBC Sport Scotland report published on 7 October 2026. A Kilmarnock fan visiting Rangers at Ibrox faces that charge, while other travelling fans face prices from £28 to £30 at selected Premiership games. Supporters have called for a league-wide limit, but the BBC reports that an away-ticket cap is not on the SPFL’s agenda.

What away fans will pay at Scottish league grounds

The BBC asked all 42 SPFL clubs what they charge visiting supporters. Its examples for Saturday include £30 for a Hibernian adult at Dundee United’s Tannadice, and £28 for Dundee fans at Falkirk and St Mirren fans at Hearts. Those prices come before travel, food and other costs of following a team away from home. They describe particular fixtures, rather than a single price paid by every away supporter at each ground.

The report also lists £24 for a Morton supporter visiting Arbroath in the Championship, £21 for a Hamilton supporter at Alloa in League 1, and £18 for a Kelty Hearts supporter at Stirling Albion in League 2. Adult prices are broadly similar within each division, the BBC says, but concessions vary more widely. The charge may also depend on the opponent, where a seat is located and whether a ticket is bought in advance. Some clubs offer promotions, including free entry for a child accompanying a paying adult, which a range of individually purchased ticket prices does not fully capture.

Why supporters want an away-ticket cap

Aberdeen supporter Glen Schreuder told the BBC he makes fewer away trips because tickets and other prices have become unaffordable for him. He said he would like a cap. Dundee fan Ethan Hampton said he valued the culture of travelling to watch football but questioned how much more supporters could be asked to spend. Their comments show how the admission price forms one part of a larger day’s expense; they do not establish how many supporters have stopped travelling.

The BBC says SPFL rules already prevent clubs charging visiting supporters more than home supporters for equivalent seating. That rule addresses unequal pricing for comparable seats; it does not set an upper limit on what either group pays. The Scottish Greens called for a £25 away-ticket cap before the May 2026 Holyrood election, according to the BBC. The report identifies no recent SPFL discussion of a cap or scheduled league decision on one.

How the Premier League’s £30 limit compares

The English Premier League has capped away tickets at £30 since 2016. In a March 2026 statement, it said its clubs had unanimously agreed to extend the limit for two more seasons, bringing the cap to 12 consecutive seasons. The league cited the contribution away fans make to match atmosphere and the extra costs of travelling. Its policy offers a working example of a league-wide ceiling, although it does not establish what level would suit Scottish clubs.

The Premier League says attendance at away games increased from 82% to 91% since its cap began. That is a trend reported by the league, not proof that the price limit caused the rise. Michael Brunskill of the Football Supporters’ Association told the BBC that some home supporters initially complained when they sometimes paid more than away fans, but said attitudes later changed. Neither experience shows what a Scottish cap would do to attendance, club income or affordability.

Scotland’s strong crowds and the unanswered question

The debate comes against a backdrop of large Scottish crowds. In May, the SPFL said 3,901,065 people had attended that season’s top-flight matches at that point and projected a total above four million. It also reported more than 5.1 million attendances across its leagues, cup competitions and play-offs by then. The SPFL said a UEFA report published in September 2025 had placed Scotland first in Europe for top-flight attendance per person for a third consecutive year. Those figures describe the scale of support, not the effect of current ticket prices on individual fans.

A Scottish Parliament motion lodged in September cited more than 4.1 million attendances across all matches in the 2025–26 season and an average Premiership crowd of 17,903. Those numbers are claims in a member’s motion, rather than findings adopted by Parliament. For now, supporters have examples of high away charges, a cap in England and differing views on how a Scottish limit might work. The BBC’s account identifies no SPFL plan to introduce one, and the financial or attendance effects of doing so remain unknown.