The top 12 most expensive EFL League Two clubs to follow as a fan | OneFootball

A look at the 12 most expensive clubs to follow in League Two via train in the 2026-27 season.

Trains in England are famously expensive and often unpredictable and so following the club you love and support has become even tougher for everyday match going supporters.

That said, such is the breadth and depth of support in English football across the pyramid, teams still pull in remarkable crowds, both home and away, from the Premier League all the way down to the lower reaches of non-league football.

Unparallelled anywhere in Europe or across the world, and even in Germany in terms of just how deep the level of support goes, attendances at football matches in England remain one of English football’s greatest selling points.

Despite that, the powers that be that control and run the prices of tickets for fans and even the train prices of train companies continue to squeeze every penny that they can.

We take a look at the 12 most expensive clubs in League Two for their supporters to follow around the country via train, courtesy of mytrainpal.com.

*calculated based on each club’s officially recommended home station.

Accrington Stanley (£72.38 per game)

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12th on the list for the most expensive clubs to follow in League Two are Lancastrian minnows Accrington Stanley who are paying fairly high fares despite a range of teams in Manchester/Lancashire, such as Rochdale, Oldham Athletic and Salford City.

Well connected in terms of a train station in walking distance to the ground and accessible to the larger station of Blackburn, getting the train for Accrington supporters is practically feasible but still incurs the hefty cost of £72.38 per game in the fourth-tier.

Newport County (£73.73 per game)

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The only club playing their football in Wales in League Two this season is Newport County, who have already had their shortest trip of the season when they faced Bristol Rovers in a 5-3 defeat at the Memorial Ground in August.

The Exiles do have a few other trips to England’s West Country, such as Swindon Town and Cheltenham Town, but heading across the country for fair distance is set to see Newport fans spend an average of just short of £74 per game on train fares.

Bristol Rovers (£74.45 per game)

Bristol Rovers fans, like Newport, have Cheltenham and Swindon around them as well as a hop across the border to face County and a dart down south into Devon to face Exeter.

As per, though, Gasheads will face lengthy trips for the large part this season and that will see Rovers supporters have to cough up around £74.45 per game to follow their team away.

Fleetwood Town (£76.38 per game)

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More or less level with York City as the most northerly club in League Two this season, Fleetwood Town supporters face a few tough trips, primarily going via Blackpool, to follow The Cod Army.

On the Lancastrian coast, Fleetwood do have trips to Accrington and the likes of Oldham, Rochdale and Salford to soften the hefty fares, as well as Tranmere Rovers on Merseyside.

York City (£80.93 per game)

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Like Fleetwood and Accrington, York will mainly be heading south this season and that is set to see the newly-promoted Yorkshire outfit have some fairly expensive outings.

At an average of just short of £81 per game to follow The Minstermen across the country this season, York would have likely preferred a more welcoming long awaited return into the EFL, with only one Yorkshire derby against Rotherham United – of which they have already played with an early season trip to the New York Stadium in August. Surprisingly, Rotherham fans have the 17th highest average train fare cost in the fourth division this season.

Barnet (£81.54 per game)

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The only club officially based in the capital city of London, albeit not playing in the borough of Barnet but rather Harrow at The Hive, Barnet’s closest trips will be eastern to Colchester United and Gillingham, as well as making their way through the capital and down to Sussex to face Crawley Town.

The Bees’ supporters have to fork out an average of £81.54 per game if they want to follow their likely promotion challengers to every away game this season.

Grimsby Town (£82.49 per game)

On England’s east coast, Grimsby Town do have a couple of shorter trips to York City and Rotherham United in Yorkshire, as well as Chesterfield in Derbyshire, but beyond that, Mariners fans will have to get trekking.

Another team with aspirations of promotion after reaching the League Two play-offs last season, Grimsby supporters face average prices of £82.49 for train fares this season in order to watch their beloved side try and get into the third-tier.

Swindon Town (£90.84 per game)

A fairly steep rise now as we head into the £90+ bracket on average for their train fares takes us to Wiltshire and Swindon Town, who will be without matches against arch-rivals Oxford United once again this season, albeit do have shorter trips to Cheltenham Town and Bristol Rovers, as well as over the border and into Newport County in South Wales.

The only professional football club in Wiltshire, Robins fans will require deep pockets in order to travel to watch their club in every away game this season, with so many games in the north – 14 clubs above Birmingham, to be exact.

Crawley Town (£95.80 per game)

Just south of London and heading across the border into Sussex, Crawley Town supporters are set to pay the fourth highest amount of cumulative train fares of League Two supporters.

The Red Devils do have one ever so slightly local-ish game if they travel to North London to face Barnet but, beyond that, Town supporters will face some serious treks this season.

Gillingham (£102.17 per game)

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Into the top three is another member of the quartet of south east teams in League Two this season and the only Kent-based side as Gillingham supporters are one of three teams who will have to pay over £100 on average to follow Gills via train this season.

Gillingham are the only professional football club in Kent so do tend to have to do some travelling but this season sees their closest derby day game being that of Crawley Town, some 55.4 miles away.