Until now, a £1.50 fee has been added to the cost of each ticket purchased with a credit or debit card but from 9am on Monday onwards, this will no longer apply.

Chelsea’s commercial director Chris Townsend said: ‘We are pleased to introduce this saving for our supporters.

‘The government legislation that applies to such transactions is changing so that card purchases and cash purchases are to be treated the same. This gives ticket-selling organisations in general different options and it is possible that some might decide from now on to charge a booking fee on cash transactions as well as card sales.

‘At Chelsea, we have gone the other way and are rewarding our loyal and valued match-going supporters by scrapping the booking fee altogether, meaning no fee on any card or cash booking.'