Chelsea sliced £126 off 'prawn sandwich' tickets
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TASTY OFFER ... Chelsea are cutting prices for 'prawn sandwich' match packages
CHELSEA have sliced £126 off a 'prawn sandwich' ticket for their next Champions League crunch. In a bid to keep up the numbers, Blues are asking punters to shell out just £99 for a 3-course meal, top match ticket, programme, team sheet and snacks for the visit of Atletico Madrid on October 21.
The same deal normally costs £225 and will also include early admission and late departure.
Blackburn's visit three days later and the Carling Cup tie with Bolton on October 28 also offer the knockdown price.
Chelsea slashed the prices for the Champions League group match against Porto to £24.50. The ploy paid off with almost 39,500 watching boss Carlo Ancelotti's side win 1-0 in the Group D opener last month.
It can cost up to £64 for a Premier League game and the fear is that supporters will not continue to pay big bucks for the high number of Euro and Prem matches.
The Blues have turned to an outside travel company, TravelZoo, to flog the cheap deals for fear of upsetting their regular customers who have already paid top whack for their matchday experiences.
The Chelsea hospitality package office admitted yesterday that cheap packages are being sold "to drive the volume".
A spokesman said: "We have exactly the same package and exactly the same price for the Bolton Premier League game. "I don't know if we will do it again but if we do, it will be through TravelZoo."
Tight times at the Bridge are also reflected in Chelsea's Carling Cup pricing policy which sees tickets available all around the stadium for a maximum of £19.50.