With Fans 121 Arrests Manchester United Tops List Unwanted List; City 2nd with 94
A total of 121 United fans were arrested, followed by 94 for United's crosstown rival Man City and 77 at West Ham.
Manchester United fans have topped the list of Premier League sides with the most number of fan arrests as the Red Devils dethroned West Ham from the unflattering list.
A total of 121 United fans were arrested, followed by 94 for United's crosstown rival Man City and 77 at West Ham. The Hammers occupied the top spot in the list for the past three years. There was also a notable spike in the number of arrests during United's home games at Old Trafford.
'Forty-nine per cent of the arrests of United fans occurred at home games, with 34 of them for public or violent disorder," a report read.
Dethroning West Ham
The most recent season of the PL marked the first instance of a decline in football-related arrests since fans returned to stadiums following the Covid suspension. According to the report, the most common type of arrest was for public disorder, accounting for 32 per cent. Arrests for possession of Class A drugs saw the highest percentage since it became a Schedule 1 offence in November 2022, rising to 19 per cent from an initial nine per cent in the 2022-23 season.
The report also highlighted an overall increase in the number of banning orders. As of June 1, 2025, 2,435 fans were banned from entering stadiums in England and Wales, which is 12 per cent more than the same time in 2024. This figure represents the highest number of bans since the 2012-13 season.
Fans banned from stadiums in the UK may, in some cases, be required to hand over their passports to the police before their club's overseas fixtures. West Ham had the highest number of supporters with banning orders, totalling 112, which is 19 more than at the end of the 2024 season. Manchester United ranked second with 108 banned fans, up from 89, while Chelsea moved from eighth to third place, increasing their banned supporters from 54 to 80.
The most commonly reported incidents were hate crimes. Out of 1,583 matches, there were 420 fixtures where at least one hate crime was reported. Of these, 287 incidents were related to race, 140 to sexual orientation, 20 to religion, 19 to disability, and three to gender identity.
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