Football is ready to bring in stadium closures to clamp down on the “worrying and ugly trend” of hooliganism which has become a blight on the game.
The Football Association will join forces with the Premier League, EFL and other organisations like the Professional Footballers’ Association and League Managers’ Association to put forward a united front against the growing crisis within the sport.
They are planning to issue a joint statement and joint commitment before the start of the 2022-23 season which leans towards stronger action and is set to include enforced stadium closures if there are repeated incidents at the grounds of football clubs. That is the ultimate threat after the ugly scenes which shamed football towards the end of last season which included Sheffield United’s Billy Sharp being head butted by a fan who was later jailed after a pitch invasion during the play-off game with Nottingham Forest.
