The Premier League should be applauded for their away ticket price cap of £30, although there is still more to do to recognise the fans that travel the length and breadth of the country week in, week out.

Given the unfathomable amounts of money top flight clubs are generating from TV deals and sponsorship, clubs can, and some do, go even further. You only have to look at Manchester United's list of partners to see the alternative revenue streams they enjoy from brands keen to ally themselves with one of the most marketable clubs in the world.

That being said, it is right to applaud a step in the right direction made by the clubs, especially when change appeared unlikely a few weeks ago.

The deal is likely to be more beneficial to fans of Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester City, who are all regularly charged the highest category for games.

Indeed, Gunners fans were angry they had to pay more for their game at Norwich than Canaries fans did when they visited the Emirates. This deal means that there is fairness across the board and stops the less glamorous Premier League sides treating away supporters like cash machines.

One main issue supporters have are the television companies changing the date and times of games at the last minute.

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Chelsea fans, for instance, suffered when their trip to Liverpool, originally scheduled for Saturday March 12, was moved to the Sunday.

Their progress in the FA Cup meant they then faced a trip to Everton. Now, instead of doing right by the supporters, the television companies moved the trip to Goodison back to the Saturday meaning fans lost out on train tickets and now can't get back from Merseyside if using public transport.

While that is an extreme example, Sky moving Leicester's trip to Arsenal was an insult to both sets of fans, particularly the travelling supporters.

If a TV company wishes to move a fixture within six weeks of the game, then they should have to fund the fans' travel costs.

I also believe more should be done to reward the supporters who travel to the furthest destinations or embark on long trips for midweek fixtures - a lower price cap could be imposed on them for instance which would be reciprocated.

Now the Premier League has bowed to fan pressure, attention will turn onto Football League clubs, in particular the Championship sides.

According to the BBC 'Price of Football' study conducted in October; Blackburn, Brighton, Derby, Ipswich, Leeds, Middlesbrough, QPR and Sheffield Wednesday all have their most expensive ticket for away fans above £30. The Owls 'top' the charts at £39.

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Brentford and Bristol City's most expensive away ticket is £30 but it is, of course, fair to point out that those most expensive prices will only be deployed for certain games a season – derby games for instance.

According to the data, Wednesday and Boro's cheapest adult ticket is also the same as the Premier League's price cap. Both of them will, of course, have games where they reduce prices further which will not be included in the data, while other clubs use their 'ticket reduction' games as their baseline.

It is also worth allowing for the fact that clubs in the Football League aren't receiving the £99million next season's bottom side in the Premier League will trouser from the new TV deal alone.

For Championship clubs like Brentford, their main source of income aside from transfer revenue will come from matchday sales because of the confines of their grounds; hence why both clubs are looking to build new stadia.

For others, including Brighton for example, their grounds allow them to benefit from the conference facilities in place while the likes of QPR, Fulham and Burnley benefit from parachute payments.

That is not an excuse for low-budget clubs like Brentford to justify high ticket prices and every club needs to make sure ticket prices remain affordable for away fans.

It was deeply concerning to hear Bees chairman Cliff Crown and co-director of football Rasmus Ankersen attempt to justify the £71 ticket price FC Midtjylland charged for their Europa League tie with Manchester United. Brentford owner Matthew Benham owns the Danish club with Ankersen as his chairman and Crown a director.

The comments led to the Bees being dragged into the row and, were they to attempt to do similar with at Griffin Park, there would be widespread condemnation.

In my opinion, the Football League needs to implement a price cap or, at the very least, enforce reciprocal pricing for away fans.

This means clubs will have to battle for their supporters in negotiations regarding pricing and ensure supporters' groups can put pressure on their clubs to make prices lower.