The football policing unit of the Metropolitan Police applied for and received 197 orders in April alone, with the goal of minimizing matchday disturbances throughout the capital.
For home games, they can bar fans from the area around a stadium or town. For international or European events, they can have fans give up their passports.
Following the north London team’s 3-1 victory over Manchester United last week, Scott Law, 43, an Arsenal supporter, was found guilty of headbutting pundit and former player Roy Keane at the Emirates. As a result, he was banned from attending football games in stadiums for three years.
According to the news, 52 football supporters were given three-year bans for using Class A narcotics like cocaine, while eight fans were banned for racially aggravated public order offenses and eight others for tragedy chanting. This is the biggest ban ever for football fans.
According to the police, there were also 48 suspensions for football-related offenses, such as entering a pitch, using flares, and tossing missiles onto it, and 28 bans for assault.
