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Five Carlisle United fans faced with banning orders

One of the banning orders was issued during the 2021-22 season.
One of the banning orders was issued during the 2021-22 season.

Fans of Carlisle United faced five banning orders at the end of last season, new figures show.

Football banning orders are given to those who commit certain offences within a stadium, travelling to or from a game, or are crimes that are deemed to be football-related.

If issued, the fan cannot go to any football match within the UK, and has to surrender their passport when a national game is played outside of the country.

Across England and Wales, football-related disorder has surged.

Football-related arrests were up by 59% comapared to the last season undisrupted by the pandemic, to 2,198.

And the authorities dished out 516 new football banning orders in total, meaning 1,308 are in force.

Chief Constable Mark Roberts, the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for football policing, said: “Disorder is a problem that has not gone away, and throughout the whole of last season we saw an increase in crime at football matches across the country."

“The statistics released today show a worrying rise in these crimes, which are both extremely dangerous for players, staff and fellow fans alike.”

 

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