Earlier this month figures were released detailing arrests and anti-social behaviour incidents carried out by spectators travelling to and from football matches in England, Wales and Scotland.

Celtic Quick News contacted the British Transport Police for a breakdown for arrests in Scotland which was illuminating. For season 2007/8, arrests were down from 73 to 61, but the total number of incidents involving football fans, including those which did not result in an arrest, rose from 86 to 99.

Fans from seven SPL clubs were arrested: Rangers, Dundee United, Motherwell, Celtic, Hearts, Aberdeen and Hibernian, as well as fans from Cowdenbeath, Hamilton Academicals, Dundee, the Highland League's, Clachnacuddin, and supporters of Chelsea, Manchester United, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Two Chelsea fans were arrested for possession of drugs, Manchester United appear on the list as one of their fans was arrested for Breach of the Peace at Motherwell Railway Station. The Cowdenbeath fan was arrested for Indecent Assault, perhaps the most serious incident during the season.

Celtic, Motherwell, and Hearts each had four fans arrested during the season, Aberdeen and Hibs had three. Dundee United were the second highest offenders with six arrests, while an incredible 30 Rangers fans were arrested, almost half of the season's total for all clubs. These figures do not include those arrested at the Manchester riot in May, which British Transport Police refer to in their press release.

Including those which did not result in arrest, there were six incidents involving Celtic fans, six for Dundee United, seven for Motherwell, four for Hibernian and five each for Aberdeen and Hearts. Rangers fans were involved in a total of 48 incidents, again just less than half the total.

One striking aspect of the list is that very few fans are arrested at the station nearest their home ground, which suggests police take a hands-off approach when large numbers of fans are congregated together, most incidents occur when fans travel to away games.

One of the most pleasing aspects of the information is the complete eradication of sectarian offences from all but one Scottish club. 11 arrests were made for sectarian offences in total, 10 Rangers fans and one Northern Ireland fan; news that is bound to resonate at the SFA and Uefa, both of whom warned the Ibrox club two years ago that punitive penalties would follow unless such behaviour was eradicated.

The figures are a ringing endorsement of most Scottish football fans, although clearly Rangers have a significant problem they have failed to address; Manchester, it appears, was merely the tail-end of a trouble filled season.

You can read an account of dates, venues and nature of offences here.

why have you posted this again?

Christ, that was boring.

I REALLY do hope you typed that you boring FUD

Still proves the fact that huns are moronic cavemen

They are still in denial

It's the only league they have won in recent times.

Celtic lead the Scottish clubs in banning orders.
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The Old Firm are Scotland's shame.

"news that is bound to resonate at the SFA and Uefa" - .

Yet again it's "you lot are worse than us" from one side of the OF against the other.

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There was only three Scottish clubs in the banning orders While the rest of it is not about Scottish football, it's pretty interesting reading

Just gloss over it bhoys, you're all good as gold.

Eh? oh aye the polis are just like the ref giving Celtic everything

Wow, intriguing....

Sectarian arrests are down due to Celtic and Rangers fans getting away with murder(not literally,that i know of).

All hail Celtic though, they deserve an extra 3 points and a couple of dodgy penalties for that improvement.

GOOD TO SEE THE GOOD BHOYS CAN READ,,GOES TO SHOW ALL MY DAD SAID ABOUT CATHOLIC SCHOOLING WAS WRONG
HOWEVER WHAT YOU GONNA DO ABOUT THE PARANOIA THATS SURROUNDED THE CELLIC FOR YEARS THAT RANGERS GET AWAY WITH EVERYTHING BECAUSE OF THERE MASONIC BR'ERS IN THE POLICE LAW AND REFEREEING WORLDS.............I AWAIT ANSWERS WI BAITED BREATH WEARRAPEOPLE

CAPS LOCK!!!!!!

Brain Dead!

You lot are just as bad. I am friendly with a few accies fans and remember the Laudrap, Laudrup Die chants when Rangers pumped yous in the scottish cup years ago at Firhill.

Obviously not including mhanks fans arrested at Fulham and Tottenham 'friendlies' in last few years!

FFS you really should be arrested for being a complete and utter cock!

Used to be that we had arguments, and that's why this forum was created supposedly, it's just a lot of filth now and there is absolutly no moderation at all in here.

Yeah well perhaps if you debated points with a more balanced view rather than a-lets make they huns look like c*nts-type of argument you would get the argument that you deserve!!!

i was only winding him up man, c'mon. we bit o truth in the masonic paranoia bit though.you gotta agree.

Eh? you need to expand on that I'm afraid

Not sure what's come over me, but I have to agree with you hear. The past siz months or so have seen a new breed of Old Firm fan on the forum, and a decline in the banter/ debate. At least Daddy Bear isn't around these days though, eh?

It's plummeted, it used to be funny/controversial , bit thought provoking , but we get disgusting sectarian and child abuse posts and betterthanfifers wants us to engage these poeple in sensible conversation

It's a shame, as it was one of the few decent places to have a debate about some of these issues in the Scottish media without the knuckledragging nonsense that you get elsewhere. Obviously we disagree on a couple of things, but I like a good debate with you.

Sadly, you can't have anything like an intellegent discussion with many on here now, because it swiftly turns into a game of "Old Firm Bingo" where posters are seemingly awarded a point for randomly using phrases like "bjk" / "hun" / "taig" etc, like they've got Tourettes or something.

Maybe we need a Platinum Old Firm section

(edited because I spelt "bjk" wrong - which makes me a bit of a fuckwit!)

Well in the case of Eddie "burn in hell you cunt" Smith they are the one and the same...

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St Mirren fan

Even a light moderation would get rid of the really offensive stuff

Don't give up the day job.

What's even worse is when it turns into an arse licking contest. Grow a dick lads.

to be fair, most huns (and tims) are c*nts

To be fair, so are most St Mirren fans.