THE LATEST NEWS ON THE GAS STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOX SIGN UP Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email

Airline company easyJet are apparently aware of Bristol Rovers' famously good away following.

This morning Gasheads started planning their football seasons as the League One football fixtures were announced.

The longest away day of the season in League One for Rovers, which will see fans travel more than 7,000 miles in round trips over the season, is relegated side Sunderland.

The Gas play Sunderland at the Stadium of Light on December 15.

With the journey by road close to 300 miles and more than five hours long many fans were planning on catching a direct flight from Bristol Airport on to Newcastle on Friday, and return on Sunday - with no flights available on the Saturday.

Early this morning as the fixtures came out, at 9am, flights cost £85 for a round trip, by lunchtime they cost £350.

Train tickets for December are not on sale yet, however if you bought a return ticket to get you to Sunderland for a 3pm kick off this Saturday, with a return the following day, a ticket would set you back £157.90 - with the journey taking a minimum of 5 hours 45 minutes.

Sports fans are only too familiar with being ripped off by host cities and airlines for major sporting events but the latest huge price rise has left fans angry.

With the big away day just 10 days before Christmas the huge price of travel is likely to put off many fans.

esayJet responded to explain their pricing

A spokesman for the company said: “easyJet does not increase ticket prices around a sporting fixture, our pricing is demand-led which meant that the more tickets which are booked the lower priced fares sold out.

"We always recommend that all customers aim to book as early as possible to secure the lowest fares.”