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Football hooliganism

Symond Burrows outlines some of the measures taken to try and improve safety and security at football matches

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The problem of violent behaviour in and around football stadia has been an issue in England for many years and reached its peak in the 1970s and 1980s. Although the problem has not entirely disappeared, a combination of measures introduced by football authorities, the government and the police have all helped to bring it under control. Today match day atmospheres are, in the main, far removed from the scenes of serious disorder witnessed at matches in the 1970s and early 1980s.

The following are examples of some of the measures taken to decrease the problem of violent behaviour in and around football stadia:

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