BLACKBURN Rovers have received praise in parliament for slashing the price of their season tickets.

The plaudits have been handed out by MP John Leech who represents the Manchester Withington constituency.

And the Ewood Park club welcomed Mr Leech’s comments and said it was up to fans to back the club by buying their tickets for next season.

The club has dropped the price of a season ticket by around £100 to £199 for 19 games next season, making them the cheapest in the Premier League and third cheapest in the whole football league.

Mr Leech tab-led an Early Day Motion praising the efforts of Rovers chiefs.

In it, he states: “That this House welcomes the decision by Blac-kburn Rovers to cut a number of their season ticket prices to just £199 for the 2009/10 season.

“This represents the lowest priced Premier League season ticket for a decade.

“This will make the club's season tickets the third cheapest out of all four professional divisions with only Accrington Stanley and Huddersfield offering less expensive season tickets.

“I further welcome the fact that this move will make Premier League football more accessible to fans, especially in the current economic climate and urge other clubs to follow suit and cut their ticket prices.”

A Rovers club spokesman said: “It is gratifying to hear our initiative over ticket prices is gaining such recognition.

“Mr Leech clearly under-stands and appreciates what we are trying to achieve.Our hope now, of course, is that the offer generates a big increase in season ticket sales.”

The cut price tickets come on the back of last season's efforts to improve the atmosphere at Ewood Park.

This led chairman John Williams to launch a three games for £20 at the end of the season as Rovers battled against relegation.

This saw Rovers fans taking back the Darwen End and attendances surging towards 25,000.

The increase was hailed as playing a huge role in the team's escape from relegation as home wins against Wig-an and Ports-mouth ensured survival.

Season ticket prices for the 2009/10 season have been slashed in every area of Ewood Park, with supporters able to watch 19 games of top flight football for just over £10 a game.

Rovers chiefs now hope that this will reverse the trend of recent seasons that has seen attendances slowly declining.