Some bright spark on Small Heath forums reckoning all our arrests must be in Staffordshire. It amazes me the amount of people who cling to their myths. It really does.
There are statistics and there are lies. I, an octogenarian, am in those numbers as an away fan who was arrested for refusing to throw away a full can of beer over a mile away from the Arsenal ground and so is my son a middle aged television executive for kicking a football on Wembley Way.
Leeds and us must have had the largest average always in the country, with an extra 4 games to travel to so no wonder we're near the top.
Also remember that an increase in recording of an event doesn’t necessarily mean the frequency has increased. If certain Forces decide to clamp down on certain behaviours more than others then minor incidents can inflate the total.When we were all being marched by the Police from St Andrews across Brum I heard officers threaten fans with arrest if we attempted to leave the escort... hardly a serious incident. When I was 17 I was arrested for assault because I grabbed a lad who had broken into my mate’s car and taken the handbrake off while it was parked on a hill. Taken out of context it’s an arrest, but it’s hardly a social problem.
I haven't seen this being discussed elsewhere.Football hate crime at matches in England and Wales rose by 47% last season - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49752486We're 3rd on the list - not good at all. Higher than Blues and would've been 2nd if Stoke hadn't drawn Port Vale in the EFL Trophy last season. For all the (entirely justified) stick the FA are getting for their pitiful fine for the Blues fan who punched Grealish these stats (and the fact this isn't the first time we've been near the top of the list) suggest our club could do more to weed out the knobheads amongst our ranks.
Quote from: Ad@m on September 19, 2019, 06:52:53 PMI haven't seen this being discussed elsewhere.Football hate crime at matches in England and Wales rose by 47% last season - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49752486We're 3rd on the list - not good at all. Higher than Blues and would've been 2nd if Stoke hadn't drawn Port Vale in the EFL Trophy last season. For all the (entirely justified) stick the FA are getting for their pitiful fine for the Blues fan who punched Grealish these stats (and the fact this isn't the first time we've been near the top of the list) suggest our club could do more to weed out the knobheads amongst our ranks.The article says football hate crimes. What does that actually mean? Hating other clubs? Hating other races? Or just plain "disorder" offences? It's all a bit muddled.I travelled home and away last season many times and i'm glad to say i saw zero instances of racism and a marked rise in various ethnicities. It's noticable how much our lot like to get tanked up especially away and thats the main contributor to arrests for anti social behaviour. But on the whole our lot are good natured in my observation. This article doesn't make me proud or ashamed. It's a bit of fake news.
Quote from: The Edge on September 20, 2019, 04:13:15 PMQuote from: Ad@m on September 19, 2019, 06:52:53 PMI haven't seen this being discussed elsewhere.Football hate crime at matches in England and Wales rose by 47% last season - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49752486We're 3rd on the list - not good at all. Higher than Blues and would've been 2nd if Stoke hadn't drawn Port Vale in the EFL Trophy last season. For all the (entirely justified) stick the FA are getting for their pitiful fine for the Blues fan who punched Grealish these stats (and the fact this isn't the first time we've been near the top of the list) suggest our club could do more to weed out the knobheads amongst our ranks.The article says football hate crimes. What does that actually mean? Hating other clubs? Hating other races? Or just plain "disorder" offences? It's all a bit muddled.I travelled home and away last season many times and i'm glad to say i saw zero instances of racism and a marked rise in various ethnicities. It's noticable how much our lot like to get tanked up especially away and thats the main contributor to arrests for anti social behaviour. But on the whole our lot are good natured in my observation. This article doesn't make me proud or ashamed. It's a bit of fake news.Well it is misleading, as the 'hate' crimes are supposed to be racism, homophobia, etc. but the link to the arrests table is simply for all arrests. There is nothing that suggests we are one of the worst clubs for hate crimes.