A new campaign called Football Fans Not Criminals has been launched.
The campaign in conjunction with civil liberties group the Manifesto Club, wants to scrap a number of 'crimes' that only relate to football supporters.
These include offences of indecent chanting, encroaching on the pitch and possession of alcohol when entering a ground, civil banning orders, “bubble matches” where ticket purchases and travel arrangements are restricted, intrusive body searches, the filming of fans by police, and end the ban on drinking alcohol in stadium spectator areas.
Peter Lloyd, a director of Supporters Direct, said to The Guardian: “We want football-only laws to be rescinded and that the authorities focus on the wrongdoers, not the vast majority of people through blanket measures such as ‘dry trains’. They are just as likely to cause difficulties as they are to prevent them .
“I think if you corner people and treat them differently it gives the impression to those people that they are different and will be treated in a harsher way. It can actually lead to trouble, I’m not saying that is always the case but it can happen.
“The intensity of the authorities’ efforts might be reflective of the 1970s and 1980s era when there was trouble at nearly all matches. Now there’s no trouble at the vast majority, most are arrest-free and trouble free.”
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