Football Banning Orders

[Damo70]

I think I read a story a few months back about a bloke who was banned from Villa Park and the area around the ground to a certain point on matchdays. If I remember right the police received a tip-off that he was in a pub near the ground and arrested him. Without the tip-off I'm guessing he would have carried on to the match, I'm pretty sure someone I know attended quite a few games whilst banned.

[Percy McCarthy]

No, he was picked up after the game. He hadn't been to the match. He's so 'high profile' and well-known to the police he'd never get away with it.

[Meanwood Villa]

I was playing poker with Ray Winstone's nephew in London a few years ago. He was most proud of his banning order from Millwall. Had it in his pocket, the tit.

Pwopa nawty

[Damo70]

No, he was picked up after the game. He hadn't been to the match. He's so 'high profile' and well-known to the police he'd never get away with it.

But would you say that is the norm or the exception? Would somebody less high profile and not so well known to the police be likely to get away with attending games?

[dave.woodhall]

No, he was picked up after the game. He hadn't been to the match. He's so 'high profile' and well-known to the police he'd never get away with it.

But would you say that is the norm or the exception? Would somebody less high profile and not so well known to the police be likely to get away with attending games?

Probably not. There are comparatively few banning orders and they're mostly known to the police.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

In these situations, I always find that a comedy moustache/nose/spectacles combination comes in handy.

[Damo70]

Or if you've got a beard do a Jeremy Beadle and disguise it with a false beard.

[willywombat]

No, he was picked up after the game. He hadn't been to the match. He's so 'high profile' and well-known to the police he'd never get away with it.

Was that SF?

[Percy McCarthy]

There you go.

[Lambert and Payne]

If its SF then its no wonder he got picked up!

[D.boy]

Sheila Ferguson?

[Simon Ward]

Stephen Fry?

[Percy McCarthy]

Actually it's Siegmund Freud. He's done some ground-breaking work on the psychological aspect of football hooliganism.

[sideshow]

If it was the occassion i saw, yes it was SF and it was from the King Ed.

I used to drink in a pub on the wood.  After the noses had played there last game of the season (forget which one), a bloke who'd ran on the pitch (away game) came in the pub later that night and proudly pinned a photocopy of his police charge over the bar.  Seem to remember it mentioned banning order on it, but not sure if it was the actual final order, would have thought it would take a court judjement to get one of those.

Anyway, he was well proud of it, the tit.

[Hopadop]

My dissertation topic will cover a section on Football Banning Orders. As some will know, the Football (Disorder) Act 2000 enabled courts to impose a banning order in the absence of conviction.

Anyway, my question - say you were told you were no longer allowed to go to Blackburn away because you'd been profiled as a potential hooligan (but had no criminal conviction to suggest you were), but you'd already booked your train and match ticket - would you be compensated by the police, because if not it almost becomes a fine by proxy. Does anyone know if there are contingencies in place? And if not, are there any examples of this happening?

Struggling to find anything on this area specifically (although there are a couple of high profile cases out there which have helped).

Thanks.

Can't see you've have any right to compensation in this scenario, unless there was some malfeasance or the court acted ultra vires in making the order.

Otherwise, isn't it analagous to filling your car with petrol and then being banned from driving?