§ Lord Harris of Greenwichasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many persons have been arrested and convicted of public order and other offences within the grounds of each football club in the fourth division of the Football League in the current season, and in the two previous seasons.
The Minister of State, Home Office (Earl Ferrers)The Association of Chief Police Officers collates the number of arrests at Football League matches each season in England and Wales. These figures do not distinguish between arrests made inside grounds and arrests directly connected with those matches made outside the grounds. Nor do they show the outcome of arrests. The available information for the two previous seasons is given in the table below. The provisional total of arrests at Division Four matches in the current season to 31st October, not broken down club by club as they have not been given a full end of season check, is 248.
1986/87 1987/88 Club No. of arrests Club No. of arrests Aldershot 29 Bolton Wanderers 21 Burnley 22 Burnley 90 Cambridge Utd 49 Cambridge Utd 29 Cardiff City 27 Cardiff City 43 Colchester Utd 8 Carlisle Utd 27 Crewe Alexandra 41 Colchester Utd — Exeter 61 Crewe Alexandra 21 Halifax Town 19 Darlington 5 Hartlepool Utd 29 Exeter City 83 Hereford Utd 53 Halifax Town 38 Lincoln 9 Hartlepool Utd 12 Northampton Town 57 Hereford Utd 28 Leyton Orient 15 Newport 35 Peterborough Utd 28 Leyton Orient 8 Preston 66 Peterborough Utd 15 Rochdale 59 Rochdale 32 Scunthorpe 49 Scarborough 146 Southend Utd — Scunthorpe 46 Stockport County — Stockport County 17 Swansea 14 Swansea 10 Torquay Utd 94 Torquay Utd 21 Tranmere Rovers 7 Tranmere Rovers 53 Wolverhampton Wanderers 117 Wolverhampton Wanderers 132 Wrexham 25 Wrexham 17 Total 878 Total 929