New Wolves home ticket charge introduced to comply with EFL rules

Wolves supporters will now pay a 50p booking fee on every home match ticket under changes forced by EFL regulations.

The new charge comes into immediate effect after the EFL clarified rules requiring clubs that charge fees on away tickets to apply the same structure to home matches.

Wolves have removed their existing £1 transaction fee for away ticket purchases, with a single 50p-per-ticket booking fee now applying to both home and away match tickets. The changes mean away supporters will pay less than they did previously.

Wolves head of ticketing James Davies explained the change, saying: “We’ve spent a number of weeks discussing this regulation with the EFL, because our preference was to retain our existing model.

“However, the EFL have confirmed that if we continue to charge fees when selling away tickets, the same charging structure must apply to home match tickets. We therefore looked carefully at all of the options available to us.

“There are a number of costs associated with administering and processing individual match ticket sales and, having reviewed the position, we felt the best approach was to significantly simplify and reduce the existing structure.

“We have therefore removed the £1 transaction fee completely and introduced one consistent 50p fee per match ticket. That means supporters buying away tickets will pay less than they have previously, while the fee applying to home tickets has been kept as low as possible and below the equivalent charge applied by the majority of Championship clubs.”

The changes follow several weeks of discussions between Wolves and the EFL over Regulation 35.7.4, which requires clubs applying booking or transaction fees to away tickets to charge exactly the same fees on tickets for their own home matches.

The EFL confirmed that if Wolves continued to charge fees when selling away tickets, the same charging structure would have to apply to home match tickets.

As a result, the club opted to remove the £1 transaction fee completely and introduce one consistent 50p booking fee per match ticket.

Wolves will refund the £1 transaction fees already paid by supporters when purchasing away match tickets this season. The refunds will be automatically returned as credit to the relevant supporter’s ticketing account to be redeemed against future ticket purchases, with no action required.

The 50p booking fee will now apply to all home match-by-match tickets.