Home Office Statistics on Football Related Arrests and Banning Orders

[The Kid Frankie]

http://www.fsf.org.uk/media/uploaded/file/Home-Office-Statistics-2011-2012.pdf

Interesting to see we are fourth behind Leeds, Birmingham and Millwall in the number of arrests.

 

[GoldWithFalmer]

That's because we have some right tasty geezers

 

[Driver8]

Probably find most are in the park and ride queue or leaving Bennett's Field.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Let's all do our best to push for the top spot! Come on Brighton lets give those fuckers a damn good shoeing!,

 

[The Kid Frankie]

Actually I have a feeling the Palace home fixture and the total pigs ear the police made of controlling the crowds has distorted our figures. The number of people randomly arrested then released without charge or bailed before no further action was nothing short of embarrassing.

 

[8ace]

Highest # of arrests at home matches: 43
That'll rise even more now the grassers' hotline is in operation.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

So we had more arrested at home games ( table 10 ) than any other team by quite a way.

Bloody thugs

 

[portslade seagull]

Probably for swearing at a football match heaven forbid

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Probably for swearing at a football match heaven forbid

Have you seen anyone arrested for swearing?
3 of those arrests/banning orders are for pitch invasion that I can remember or does the England schoolboy streak count against us?

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Bradford? Small city, shit football but apparently a lot of hooligans. Who'd have thought.

 

[portslade seagull]

ERR yes me at the Goldstone by PC Beard banned for 6-months to boot as well

 

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

Would of won the title if it wasn't for our poor Away form ...

 

[Buzzer]

And only last week it was announced that for the third year running we're top of the league in drugs deaths in the UK. We're back on the map, baby.

 

[TS90]

Arrests mean nothing. I'm sure we all know people who have been arrested for very minor things that got dropped straight away.

 

[Buzzer]

Interesting to note that race-related arrests are recorded but not homophobic. And there were more arrests for ticket touting than racist chanting. Perhaps it's not the problem that the SBL would have us believe.

 

[Philzo-93]

Bradford? Small city, shit football but apparently a lot of hooligans. Who'd have thought.

They seek thrills in the terraces

 

[Buzzer]

Or South Yorkshire Police are stroppy gits who view all football fans with contempt and often make matters worse. viz. Barnsley away last season. End of season, 400-500 Brighton fans, many in fancy dress, early kick-off so less drinking time and they still had a whole load of police on horses...just in case.

 

[perseus]

Haven't met the West Yorkshire ?

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#not PC

 

[patchamalbion]

so that's 25-30 from Palace and bits and peices elsewhere along the way

can't believe Grimsby's figures!

 

[Woodchip]

Actually I have a feeling the Palace home fixture and the total pigs ear the police made of controlling the crowds has distorted our figures. The number of people randomly arrested then released without charge or bailed before no further action was nothing short of embarrassing.

Friend of mine got pushed from behind at at the station, so round housed the guy only to find it was a copper that pushed him for no reason. Needless to say he didn't get to see the game and all the CCTV coverage they had showed that there was no way he was to know who had pushed him. Never got to court and never got a caution either, will still be one of those numbers though.