More Blackpool FC supporters were arrested last season than in any of the previous eight years, new figures show.
Boy in critical condition after being hit by lightning at schoolHome Office figures show police arrested 29 Blackpool FC supporters throughout the 2022-23 campaign – up from 26 the season before, and the highest recorded since records began in 2014-15.Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Lancashire Evening Post, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more.
Nationally, 2,264 football-related arrests were made, up from what was already an eight-year high of 2,198 in the previous campaign.This included 200 arrests for the possession of class A drugs – which was added as an offence under the Football Spectators Act in November – and 101 arrests in England and Wales relating to the World Cup in Qatar.No Fleetwood Town fans were arrested for possessing class A drugs.
In 2022-23, incidents were reported at 1,516 of 3,024 monitored matches – slightly lower than the 53 per cent of matches in 2021-22.Douglas Mackay, sports lead prosecutor at the Crown Prosecution Service, said football banning orders are “one of the many tools available to the justice system” to help reduce disorder at football matches.
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