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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul MacInnes

Fans to get bans for pitch invasions and pyrotechnics in football crackdown

Everton's fans invade the pitch and let off smoke bombs after the club avoided relegation in May.
Everton's fans invade the pitch and let off smoke bombs after the club avoided relegation in May. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images

Pitch invaders at English football will be banned from stadiums and reported to police under new measures agreed by the game’s authorities.

The crackdown will lead to supporters facing the same sanction if found with fireworks or flares, commonly known as “pyro”, in grounds and for throwing objects or drug use. The new rules follow multiple scenes of disorder at the close of the last domestic season.

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