A visiting club gets 3,000 tickets for a Premier League away match, or 10 per cent of the stadium capacity if the ground holds fewer than 30,000. That allocation must also include at least 10 per cent of the home club's disabled spectator accommodation.
How the away allocation is set
Here is what the home club must provide to the visiting club.
| Element | What the rules require |
|---|---|
| Allocation, ground holding 30,000 or more | 3,000 tickets |
| Allocation, ground holding fewer than 30,000 | 10 per cent of the stadium's capacity |
| Disabled seating | At least 10 per cent of the home club's disabled spectator accommodation |
| Where the away supporters sit | One or more segregated, self-contained areas |
| Pitch-side | At least one block, subject to the local authority's approval |
Disabled seating sits inside the away allocation rather than outside it as an extra category. On concessions, both clubs must offer concessionary prices for senior citizens, junior supporters and young adults, with each club deciding who falls within those groups.
Where away supporters have to sit
Away supporters must be placed in one or more segregated, self-contained areas of the stadium. The tickets are issued in seating blocks that match the away area, and those blocks are defined by the points where home and away supporters can be separated.
There is no maximum or minimum size for a block. If there is a dispute or a question about the size of a block or where a segregation point falls, the board decides it.
Subject to local authority approval, at least one of the away blocks must be pitch-side. In this context, pitch-side means the front row of that block is the row closest to the pitch available for general admission in that stand.
How the visiting club orders and pays
The visiting club can order and sell the tickets block by block, but in the order set by the home club.
The final order has to be confirmed at least four weeks before the match. If the league confirms a change of date, the deadline becomes within two working days of that confirmation.
The visiting club pays for every ticket it orders. There is one exception for returns: if it has sold 50 per cent of the last block it ordered from, it may return the unsold tickets in that last block.
Price limits and concessions
The visiting club cannot sell the tickets above the away ticket price cap. That cap is a maximum the clubs agree at a general meeting from time to time.
Concessionary prices are mandatory for both clubs. The groups that must be covered are senior citizens, junior supporters and young adults, though each club decides how those categories are defined.
FAQ
Where do away fans sit at a Premier League ground?
They sit in one or more segregated, self-contained areas. Those areas are divided into seating blocks based on the points where home and away supporters can be kept apart.
Is there a cap on away ticket prices?
Yes. The visiting club cannot charge more than the away ticket price cap for the tickets in its allocation. The cap is a maximum agreed by the clubs at a general meeting from time to time.
Do Premier League clubs have to offer concessions?
Yes, and the duty applies to both the home club and the visiting club. The required groups are senior citizens, junior supporters and young adults, with each club free to set its own definitions.
Does every away section have to be right by the pitch?
No. The requirement is for at least one block to be pitch-side, and that only applies where the local authority approves it. The rest of the away allocation can still be arranged across one or more segregated blocks.