Chelsea hospitality prices soar

The price of corporate hospitality at Chelsea is to soar next season.

The club have almost doubled the cost of season tickets for parts of Stamford Bridge stadium reserved for companies.

Seats in the Di Matteo executive lounge are going up by £1,000 and some corporate renewals will cost £3,200 compared with £1,700 last season.

However, fans said they did not object to the hikes, so long as they were limited to corporate packages.

Rob Hobson, editor of the CFCnet forum, said: "If these people want to pay £3,000 a ticket instead of £2,000 then let them. Let's face it, they are not real Chelsea fans."

Chelsea will parade the Premiership trophy and the Carling Cup on an open-top bus ride from Stamford Bridge to the New Kings Road on Sunday.

The players, manager Jose Mourinho and club staff will leave from the Britannia Gate at midday.

The convoy will travel east along Fulham Road, turn right on to Hortensia Road and right again on to the New Kings Road, before finishing at Parsons Green. Roads in the area will be closed from 8am.