With crowd problems seemingly on the increase here we identify the clubs, whose fans have been the worst behaved so far this season in England.
The number of arrests around the country is the highest in almost a decade.
While 11 teams can boast to not having a single fan arrested, it seems more fans were taken in by the police throughout last season than any other year in the last decade. It’s not quite an all-time high number, but 2,264 fans were arrested last season, more than the 2,198 the year before and more than every year all the back to 2013/14.
The figure that year was 2,273, nine more than the season just gone. The highest total of arrests in a season came in 2010/11 when 3,089 fans were caught causing trouble by the police.
Season Arrests
2010/11 3,089
2011/12 2,363
2012/13 2,456
2013/14 2,273
2014/15 1,873
2015/16 1,895
2016/17 1,638
2017/18 1,542
2018/19 1,381
2019/20 1,089
2020/21 116
2021/22 2,198
2022/23 2,264
Here’s the list of last season’s worst-behaved fans in terms of arrests:
1.West Ham United – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 89
This year the “crown” goes to West Ham United fans.
2. Manchester United – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 83
3. Leeds United – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 69
4. Manchester City – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 66
5. Arsenal – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 51
6. Tottenham Hotspurs – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 51
7. Burnley – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 50
8. Leicester City – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 49
9. Everton – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 48
10. Birmingham City – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 47
11. Millwall – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 47
12. Chelsea – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 45
13. Newcastle United – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 39
14. Southampton – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 39
15. Bolton Wanderers – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 35
16. Middlesbrough – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 35
17. Peterborough United – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 35
18. Derby County – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 34
19. Blackburn Rovers – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 31
20. Hull City – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 30
21. Plymouth Argyle – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 30
22. Sunderland – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 30
23. Blackpool – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 29
24. Liverpool – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 27
25. Sheffield United – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 27
26. Wolverhampton Wanderers – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 27
27. Lincoln City – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 26
28. Stoke City – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 26
29. Torquay United – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 26
30. Barrow – Number of fans arrested so far this season: 25
