Today Helen Grant told BBC reporter Dan Roan that the government was 'really concerned' with the findings from the BBC's annual Price of Football survey.

The average price of the cheapest tickets across English football has risen at all most twice the rate of the cost of living since 2011. League 1 Charlton Athletic's £150 season ticket is the cheapest in England's top four divisions. However, Barcelona charge about £103 for their lowest-priced season ticket.

The Minister told the BBC that it was not her role to tell football clubs how to price their tickets, but expressed her dismay at how much it cost the average family to attend a football match in the Barclays Premier League.

In her interview, Mrs Grant also referred to the Government's proposed plans for setting up 'expert groups' of supporters football clubs to tackle some of the findings of the report, details of which have not yet been launched.