Soccer fans travelling to away matches by car face another season of high gas payments, in accordance with new evaluation.
Pump costs have fallen from the near-record ranges seen in August 2022 however are nonetheless round 15p per litre increased than firstly of the 2021/22 season, RAC Basis figures shared with the PA information company present.
Supporters of Manchester Metropolis residing close to the Etihad Stadium can attain simply eight of the Premier League’s different 19 stadiums on £20 of petrol.
Oil costs have been comparatively robust in current weeks and the wholesale costs of petrol and diesel are heading up once more
Steve Gooding, RAC Basis
Newcastle United fans can drive to no different grounds inside that price range, whereas Luton City fans can attain essentially the most at 9.
For all 380 matches this season, the quantity of instances supporters of the away group can attain the venue with a petroleum invoice of not more than £20 is 133, up from 94 a 12 months in the past.
It’s a related state of affairs for fans driving diesel vehicles, with the overall rising from 115 to 165.
Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Basis, stated: “When drivers go to the storage forecourt many don’t look to replenish the tank however as a substitute spend a set quantity of cash, for instance £20.
“This evaluation helps present how far that quantity takes the ardent soccer fan, or doesn’t.
“While some fans would pay virtually something to see an enormous away win for his or her membership, high gas costs add insult to harm after they have spent quite a bit of money and time travelling away just for their group to lose.
“The excellent news is that, total, pump costs – and therefore the gas value of travelling by car – are decrease than what they have been final season.
“However that doesn’t inform the entire story. Soccer fans are nonetheless paying way more for his or her away journeys than they have been two years in the past and even then costs have been at traditionally high ranges.
“The dangerous information is that oil costs have been comparatively robust in current weeks and the wholesale costs of petrol and diesel are heading up once more.
“It will be solely essentially the most optimistic fan who thinks they received’t proceed to feed by into increased pump costs within the weeks forward.”
The evaluation relies on journeys between stadiums, and assumes a typical gas consumption of 33 miles per gallon (mpg) for a petroleum car and 41mpg for a diesel car.
It makes use of common pump costs per litre of 149.1p for petrol and 150.6p for diesel recorded this month.
