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CPS advising football clubs on best practice for tackling rising crowd disorder

The Premier League, the EFL and their clubs are receiving advice from the Crown Prosecution Service on how to build the strongest cases possible against any individuals that attack players on the pitch. The issue of crowd disorder and player ...

19 May 2022 at 17:31

Ticket tout jailed for travelling to Qatar World Cup despite match ban

A ticket tout who flew almost 5,000 miles to the Qatar World Cup despite being banned from all football grounds has been jailed. Stuart O’Brien, 48, claimed he was in Ireland, but was caught when detectives rang his home and a relative told ...

28 Apr 2023 at 16:54

Football banning order for fan who sent player Ivan Toney racist abuse

Football banning order for fan who sent England’s Ivan Toney racist abuse

A fan who racially abused Premier League footballer Ivan Toney online has been banned from every football ground in the country in a legal first. Antonio Neill, 24, sent the abusive message to the Brentford striker in October and police ...

14 Mar 2023 at 16:27

Northern Ireland

Police carry out first arrest for breaching football ban order in NI

A man has been arrested for breaching a football banning order, the first arrest of its kind in Northern Ireland. The man, 21, was arrested on Friday at a match in Ballymena on suspicion of three counts of failure to comply with a ...

19 Aug 2023 at 18:35

England fan handed three-year banning order after ‘serious assault’ at Euros

England fan handed three-year banning order for serious assault at Euros

An England fan has been handed a three-year football banning order after reports that a fellow Three Lions fan was seriously assaulted at the Euro 2024 tournament in Germany. Josh Waugh, 34, of Conway Road, Redcar, Cleveland, was ...

30 Aug 2024 at 14:29

Scotland

Ministers considering if football banning orders could help curb pyrotechnics

Ministers are considering how special orders which ban football fans from all grounds could be used to crack down on the problem of “uncontrolled pyrotechnics” at matches. Community safety minister Siobhian Brown said ...

26 Feb 2025 at 17:14

Violent UK football fans to be banned from travelling to Fifa Club World Cup

Violent football fans will be banned from travelling to a major tournament this summer in a bid to “crack down on the hooligan minority”. Manchester City and Chelsea fans with a record for previous thuggish behaviour ...

02 Apr 2025 at 12:51

Man who sent racist social media message to footballer banned from all games

A man who sent a “vile and disgusting” racist message to a professional footballer on social media has been banned from attending any matches for three years, police said. Harry Dunbar, 20, from Fareham, Hampshire, ...

20 Jun 2025 at 17:32

Man Utd fan admits ‘slap’ assault on Man City’s Grealish

A football fan admitted assaulting Man City and England star Jack Grealish by slapping his face after the footballer insulted him, he claimed. Alfie Holt, 20, pleaded guilty to a single count of assault on ...

14 Jul 2025 at 15:53

Scotland

Football banning order powers could be extended

Powers to ban individual fans from football games could be extended, the Scottish Government has said. Community safety minister Siobhian Brown will launch a consultation on the issue on Monday, seeking ...

30 Nov 2025 at 10:32

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