Europcar Reports Football Fans Staying at Home to Avoid a Kick in the Wallets

LONDON, September 16, 2010 - Europcar has revealed new research* that shows over one in
four football fans now believe that following their team and attending
matches is now a luxury they can't afford.

Already Wigan F.C. has made the headlines by taking a reported
60 away fans to their Premier League fixture at Spurs. Yet when it comes to
away support, the 'big four' are bottom of the league according to the new
research by Europcar.

While the league's top teams have legions of armchair fans,
the research reveals how few are prepared to hit the road for an away game.
On average, Chelsea, Spurs and Manchester United supporters will not even
make one Premier League away fixture this season - with Arsenal propping up
the away day league.

That's compared to followers of newly promoted Blackpool who
top the table of planned away games with an average of 5.6 per supporter
compared to an overall average of 1.9 games across all Premier League
supporters.

The same seems to apply to how far fans are prepared to
travel, with Blackpool followers again topping the poll, saying the furthest
they'd be prepared to travel to see their team play was an average of 171
miles - with Fulham (147 miles) and West Brom (144 miles) fans just behind.

At the bottom and propping up the travel league are Man United
supporters who would on average travel no further than 57 miles to see their
club play away - barely taking supporters out of the North West, or beyond
London for those living in Surrey.

With the average Premier League adult ticket price having
risen by 8.9%** in five seasons, more than one in four fans (27%) says going
to football games is a luxury they cannot afford because of the impact of the
recession.

Over one in three top flight supporters (37%) say the price of
match tickets are too expensive when added to travel costs; and more than one
in four football followers (29%) say they find the expense of travelling to
away games by train or coach too much to afford.

Nick Harwood, spokesperson for Europcar UK said: "A train
ticket from Newcastle to London can cost as much as GBP266 pounds. If you're
a Newcastle fan doing that trip five times a season, you've spent over
GBP1,300 on travel before you even cross a turnstile.

"It's understandable fans of Blackpool want to make the most
of their first season in the Premier League, but the atmosphere is lacking at
other games when fans decide not to travel in numbers.

"We'd urge all fans to consider grouping together and getting
on the road to bring back the atmosphere to away ends. That's why Europcar is
launching the 'away day deal', offering supporters 10% off car hire
(www.europcar.co.uk/)."

Fans wanting to take up the away day deal
(www.europcar.co.uk/) should quote 47267402 when booking by phone or
enter the code in the homepage promo box when booking online.

Notes to editors:

* Opinium Research carried out an online poll of over 1000 British
football fans, including at least 50 fans from each Premier League club.
Research was conducted from 20th - 31st August 2010.

** Source: The Times (The Game) September 6 2010

About Europcar
9www.europcar.co.uk/EBE/module/render/hire-car-fleet):

Europcar is the European leader in passenger car and light utility
vehicle rentals. The company serves business and leisure customers throughout
Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia-Pacific and offers
customers its hire rewards (
www.europcar.co.uk/EBE/module/render/loyalty-cards) loyalty scheme.
Excluding franchise operations, in 2009 Europcar signed 9.5 million rental
contracts, with 7,000 employees and a fleet exceeding 190,000 vehicles. In
September 2008, Europcar and U.S. market leader Enterprise Holdings joined
forces in a strategic commercial alliance to form the world's largest car
rental network, with more than 1.2 million vehicles and 13,000 locations
around the world. Europcar is owned by the French investment company Eurazeo.

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