Football banning orders issued in Scotland statistics: FOI release
- Published
- 30 November 2020
- Directorate
- Safer Communities Directorate
- FOI reference
- FOI/202000098029
- Date received
- 13 October 2020
- Date responded
- 9 November 2020
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
You asked for information regarding the number of football banning orders issued to fans in the 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 seasons in Scotland and also the specific number from each club in Scotland if available in order to provide a clearer picture with relation to each individual club.
Response
From our files we have identified that the Scottish Government holds the following information regarding the number of banning orders in seasons 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20 and numbers broken down by club. It is important to note that these figures were obtained during 2018 and 2019 from Police Scotland and the final figures would not have been known at the time the information was provided.
The Scottish Government is not responsible for the collation of football banning orders across Scotland. Police Scotland collates and holds football banning order information and we strongly advise that you contact them to obtain final figures for the years you are interested in. For the most up to date football banning orders information Police Scotland can be contacted at foiglasgow@scotland.pnn.police.uk.
| SEASON |
NUMBER OF FOOTBALL BANNING ORDERS ISSUED |
| 2017/18 |
34 |
| 2018/19 |
33 |
| 2019/20 |
1 |
Information September 2019.
| Team supported |
FBOs Issued |
Current FBOs |
| Aberdeen |
41 |
2 |
| Airdrieonians |
7 |
5 |
| Ajax |
1 |
0 |
| Albion Rovers |
1 |
0 |
| Auchinleck |
5 |
0 |
| Ayr United |
15 |
4 |
| Berwick Rangers |
1 |
0 |
| Boness United |
1 |
0 |
| Carluke Hearts |
1 |
0 |
| Celtic |
123 |
12 |
| Chelsea |
1 |
0 |
| Cowdenbeath |
3 |
0 |
| Cumnock |
1 |
0 |
| Dundee |
10 |
1 |
| Dundee United |
16 |
1 |
| Dunfermline |
13 |
2 |
| East Fife |
1 |
0 |
| England |
2 |
0 |
| Falkirk |
11 |
2 |
| Glenafton Athletic |
1 |
1 |
| Hamilton |
12 |
2 |
| Heart of Midlothian |
39 |
6 |
| Hibernian |
122 |
32 |
| Inverness CT |
4 |
2 |
| Irvine Meadow |
1 |
1 |
| Kilburnie |
1 |
0 |
| Kilmarnock |
9 |
2 |
| Largs |
1 |
0 |
| Manchester United |
3 |
0 |
| Morton |
2 |
0 |
| Motherwell |
13 |
1 |
| Musselburgh |
1 |
0 |
| Newcastle |
2 |
0 |
| Patrick Thistle |
9 |
3 |
| Peterhead |
1 |
0 |
| Preston Athletic |
1 |
0 |
| Queen of the South |
6 |
1 |
| Raith Rovers |
5 |
2 |
| Rangers |
285 |
73 |
| Southampton |
2 |
0 |
| Spartak Moscow |
6 |
0 |
| Stirling Albion |
1 |
0 |
| St Johnstone |
5 |
0 |
| St Mirren |
6 |
0 |
| Unknown |
8 |
1 |
| TOTAL |
805 |
158 |
Figures March 2018.
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