DISGRUNTLED Wanderers fans are boycotting the team's next away game against league leaders Chelsea because of "outrageous" ticket prices.

Fans are refusing to pay £48 or £45 for a ticket to the match on Saturday, October 15.

Mike Gething, chairman of the London Whites - the Trotters' supporters club in the capital - says around 90 per cent of their members are refusing to go to the game at Stamford Bridge on principle.

Tickets at the Reebok Stadium are between £21 and £31.

Mr Gething said: "I think it's disgusting to charge that much for tickets. I would say 90 per cent of our members are boycotting the game."

Dave Crook, a life-long Bolton fan from Tonge who now lives in London is one of the London Whites who is refusing to go to the game because he thinks the big clubs are pricing too many people out of the market.

He said: "I am not paying £48. I think there's a limit to how much we should pay. Last year the top price was £45, next year it will probably be about £50 and that's too much money to watch football. I think they are taking the mick to be honest."

Mr Crook prides himself on going to all the London games and tries to watch homes games when he can.

"A load of us were talking about it in Bulgaria and not a single one of the London Whites I know is going to the game because the price is outrageous," said Mr Crook, aged 39.

Tony Pearson, chairman of the Bolton Wanderers' Supporters Association said: "It is a lot of money and one thing fans say is that if we pay that much to go there, opposition fans should pay the same price to come to the Reebok Stadium.

"The £48 is a massive amount and fans have to pay to travel and eat, so it could cost as much as £100 for the day.

"The Premier League and Football Association already know this is an issue. Unless action is taken centrally I can't see individual clubs being intimidated by a boycott.

"I'm not sure the boycott stands much chance of being successful."