JUST two people are banned from attending Barrow AFC matches, new figures show.
Hundreds of new football banning orders were handed out to supporters across England and Wales in 2020-21, despite the majority of matches being played behind closed doors or at limited capacity.
Home Office figures show none of those were given to Barrow fans.
It meant two bans were in place among supporters of the club as of August 1.
Handed down by courts to prevent violence or disorder connected with football matches, banning orders stop people attending regulated matches and are issued following a conviction for a football-related offence or following complaints from the police or Crown Prosecution Service.
At the beginning of August, there were 1,359 in force across the top five English divisions.
There were also 116 arrests related to football nationally during the 2020-21 season, down from 1,089 the year before. None of them involved Barrow fans.
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