The Home Office have released the stats for the total number of fans arrested during the 22/23 season listed by Club. There were a total of 2,264 arrests in the top 5 divisions of which 39 were Saints fans. Worst behaved of the lot were West Ham with 89 of their delightful East London darlings falling foul of the boys in blue.
Here is the complete list courtesy of the Stoke Sentinel newspaper, the link to their original article is as follows:
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-port-val
Here is the complete list - if it was worked out as a percentage of the average attendance I guess Leeds or Millwall would be top! On the one hand, no surprises there, on the other, not all arrests will have been at home games...
West Ham United - 89 / Manchester United - 83 / Leeds United - 69 / Manchester City - 66 Arsenal - 51 / Tottenham Hotspur - 51 / Burnley - 50 / Leicester City - 49 / Everton - 48 Birmingham City - 47 / Millwall - 47 / Chelsea - 45 / Newcastle United - 39 / Southampton - 39 Bolton Wanderers - 35 / Middlesbrough - 35 / Peterborough United - 35 / Derby County - 34 Blackburn Rovers - 31 / Hull City - 30 / Plymouth Argyle - 30 / Sunderland - 30 / Blackpool - 29 Liverpool - 27 / Sheffield United - 27 / Wolverhampton Wanderers - 27 / Lincoln City - 26 Stoke City - 26 / Torquay Utd - 26 / Barrow - 25 / Cambridge United - 25 / Coventry City - 24 / Sheffield Wednesday - 24 / Aston Villa - 23 / Barnsley - 23 / Nottingham Forest - 23
Bradford City - 22 / Swansea City - 21 / Brighton & Hove Albion - 19 / Reading - 19
Southend United - 19 / Exeter City - 18 / Notts County - 18 / Cardiff City - 17 / Wrexham - 17 Brentford - 16 / Luton Town - 16 / Portsmouth - 16 / Bristol Rovers - 15 / Oldham Athletic - 15 Bristol City - 14 / Crewe Alexandra - 14 / Crystal Palace - 14 / Grimsby Town - 14
Huddersfield Town - 14 / Mansfield Town - 14 / Watford - 14 / Chesterfield - 13 / Oxford United - 13 / Preston North End - 13 / Stockport County - 13 Swindon Town - 13 / Carlisle United - 11
MK Dons - 11 / Rochdale - 11 / West Bromwich Albion - 11 / Gillingham - 10 / Port Vale - 10 - QPR - 10 - Charlton Athletic - 9 / Doncaster Rovers - 9 / Fulham - 9 / Hartlepool United - 9 / Norwich City - 9 / Ipswich Town - 8 / Scunthorpe United - 8 - Walsall - 8 / Wigan Athletic - 8 / AFC Bournemouth - 7 / Shrewsbury Town - 7 / Stevenage - 6 / York City - 6 / AFC Wimbledon - 5 / Crawley Town - 5 / FC Halifax Town - 5 / Fleetwood Town - 5 / Rotherham United - 4 / Tranmere Rovers - 4 / Cheltenham Town - 3 / Forest Green Rovers - 3 / Leyton Orient - 3 / Newport County - 3 / Wealdstone - 3 / Aldershot Town - 2 / Bromley - 2 / Maidenhead United - 2 / Maidstone United - 2 / Northampton Town - 2 / Wycombe Wanderers - 2 / Accrington Stanley - 1 / Barnet - 1 / Burton Albion - 1 / Colchester United - 1 / Dagenham & Redbridge - 1 / Dorking Wanderers - 1
Take a bow Altrincham, Boreham Wood, Eastleigh, Gateshead. Harrogate Town, Morecambe, Salford City, Solihull Moors, Sutton United, Woking & Yeovil Town all with zero arrests.
[Post edited 1 Oct 2023 19:35]
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