The Government has announced new rules to help tackle violence and disorder at football matches, as “Middle-class coke heads” could face five-year football bans if convicted of selling or taking class A drugs at matches. The rules announced on Thursday by policing minister Kit Malthouse, are part of a bid to tackle a rise in violence and disorder at sports matches. Mr Malthouse said some football games have seen shocking “ugly violence”. “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 have been a game-changer in rooting out racism and violence at football, and now we want them to do the same for drug-related disorder”, he said.

Source: The Star May 19, 2022 06:46 UTC