'Middle-class coke heads' could face five-year football bans if convicted of selling or taking class A drugs at matches, the Government has announced. 'It's been a thrilling football season, but at some games we've seen ugly violence that that has shocked all the leagues', he said. Football banning orders are imposed by a court and can currently only be imposed on offenders convicted of violence, disorder and racist or homophobic chanting. Latest figures show that last August there were 1,359 football banning orders in force, with 208 new orders issued that season. An official Home Office report said: 'The total number of football banning orders has been on a consistent downward trend since the 2011 to 2012 football season.'

Source: The Star May 19, 2022 10:26 UTC