Who Should Pay for the Cost of Policing at Football Matches?

An Investigation into the Cost of Policing Football Matches and the Levels of Security on Matchdays

Football’s Chief Police Officer has called for clubs to pay for all of the policing costs in wider areas around football stadiums on match days.

Assistant Chief Constable Andy Holt from the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) says that football clubs should pay more towards the cost of policing which is currently being paid by the taxpayer.

This comes after research commissioned by ACPO shows there is a significant rise in crime and disorder that occurs up to 3 kilometres away from football ground on match days. 

The study conducted by University College London shows that four out of the five football clubs examined showed there was a significant increase in crime and disorder occurring in wider areas away from football grounds on match days.

This prompted me to investigate who really does pay for the cost of policing amongst the football league clubs in the North West. 

My Special Report will be posted in due course, but for now here is a history on hooligan incidents that have occurred in football history as examples of the crime and disorder that have broken out at football matches in Great Britain and Europe.

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Contact the author: ascarisbrick@uclan.ac.uk

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