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Football Bans League Table

Maglor
Maglor Posts: 702
edited August 2008 in Other Football and Sports
In case anyoine missed the article in this weeks Economist, the top ten teams for football banning orders are:

Leeds United 119
Cardiff City 116
Millwall 112
Stoke City 102
Portsmouth 97
Coventry City 90
Manchester United 88
Sheffield Wednesday 86
Chelsea 83
Aston Villa 81

Any surprises there?

Aparently there are around 3000 football banning orders in place

Comments

  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,367
    Aston Villa 81

    Surprised me. Never had a bad day there.
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Always been okay at Pompey and Wednesday.
    Suprised no Wolves.
  • BlackForestReds
    BlackForestReds Posts: 17,952
    Surprised no Birmingham fans?
  • leftbehind
    leftbehind Posts: 8,581
    None are a shock while we might have good days there, we dont see what happens week in and week out
  • leftbehind
    leftbehind Posts: 8,581
    Shocked the Yeovil Ultra's are not top of that list ;-)
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,099
    [quote][cite]Posted By: BlackForestReds[/cite]Surprised no Birmingham fans?[/quote]
    That's what I was thinking.

    Also no West Ham!
  • Off_it
    Off_it Posts: 28,853
    I read somewhere recently that there are thousands of football fans who have had travel restrictions imposed on them - but only something like 2 paedophiles who have had to give up passports, etc.

    If that's true it's a truly shocking state of affairs imho.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,022
    Surprised at Coventry. Never had them down as that bad.
    Also i wonder how many of the 81 Villa fans got arrested during their games with Birmingham.
  • Ledge
    Ledge Posts: 7,179
    edited August 2008
    coventry are like wolves snidey liitle mugs try and do you in the little underpasses from the station. Man U can;t be right they must have more than that
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    Had many a run-in in Coventry, your right about the underpass thing ledge.
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  • leftbehind
    leftbehind Posts: 8,581
    Your right Off it
  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,091
    [cite]Posted By: Off_it[/cite]I read somewhere recently that there are thousands of football fans who have had travel restrictions imposed on them - but only something like 2 paedophiles who have had to give up passports, etc.

    If that's true it's a truly shocking state of affairs imho.

    I know a few at Charlton who are not allowed within 4 miles on matchdays, not defending their actions to earn such a restriction but in comparison it is over the top.
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    No surprises in the top 4 at all....Bit surprised at Pompey though, thought they had all retired. Coventry still have a few active faces, but Im a bit surprised they are top ten all the same.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,827
    edited August 2008
    Nowadays, there only has to be one major incident caught on camera, and the whole lot can be herded up via Facebook etc within a couple of hours.

    One of the easiest things in the world to police now, depending on if the relevent police force and club involved are keen to stamp out.

    Actually surprised its not more for a couple of them...
  • TEL
    TEL Posts: 10,100
    Good point Dan....what with Video camera units...(did you see them at Brighton?) and cctv...its now become a very easy nick indeed
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,607
    toothless tiger though

    if you break one, you get a fine at the very most

    waste of everyone's time imo
  • Maglor
    Maglor Posts: 702
    The article also said that foreign governments including Brazil (for 2014 world cup) are coming to the UK to seek advice on how to handle football hooliganism (South Africa 2010, Ukraine and Poland 2012 too).

    Arrests are down in the UK from 4227 in 1993/4 to 2,833 in 2006/7 while attendances increased 37% over the same period.

    Aparently 40% of matches are now police free relying on stewards only.
  • JohnnyH2
    JohnnyH2 Posts: 5,344
    Would have thought Burnley would have been in there.
  • vancouveraddick
    vancouveraddick Posts: 1,674
    No Geordies or Macams surprises me
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,481
    Come on you Spanners....with just a tad more effort over the next couple of weeks or so you can go top!
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  • InspectorSands
    InspectorSands Posts: 5,188
    And for those of you who aren't Economist subscribers... here it is from the horse's mouth.

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