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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ellie Ng

First football match tailgating charge brought by police at Wembley Carabao Cup final

A man has been charged over allegedly entering the Carabao Cup final at Wembley without a ticket in the first charge for tailgating at a football match, the Metropolitan Police said.

Tailgating, which is when fans get through stadium turnstiles by walking closely behind ticket holders, became a criminal offence ahead of the match, five years after thousands of ticketless fans stormed the same stadium.

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