Banning orders
Police and stewards separate opposition supporters during the Manchester derby Getty

The Home Office has revealed the clubs with the most banning orders imposed on their fans across the Football League. Over the past five seasons, Newcastle United have had the highest number of banning orders with 132, followed by Chelsea (79) and West Ham United (67).

The figures show there were 2,181 football banning orders in force as at 8 September 2015, a decrease of 4% from 2,273 at 3 September 2014. This has continued the trend of the number of banning orders falling over the past five years, decreasing by almost a third (31%) from 29 November 2011.

Since September 2014, there has been a total of 484 new banning orders issued. The three clubs issued with the highest number of banning orders in the period were Bristol Rovers (31) Burnley (26) and Liverpool (23).

Banning orders can last between three and 10 years and be customised to address individual behaviour patterns. Anyone found breaching an order can face a maximum of six months in prison, a fine of up to £5,000, or both.

Below is the full list of every league club and the total number of banning orders imposed on their fans since as of September 2015. Fans can have multiple banning orders placed upon them, so the figures are not an indication on the number of fans subjected to bans.

Premier LeagueBanning Orders
Arsenal36
Aston Villa31
Burnley54
Chelsea79
Crystal Palace31
Everton25
Hull City19
Leicester City24
Liverpool53
Manchester City35
Manchester United49
Newcastle United132
Queens Park Rangers19
Southampton17
Stoke City19
Sunderland39
Swansea City15
Tottenham Hotspur37
West Bromwich Albion21
West Ham United67
Total802
ChampionshipBanning Orders
AFC Bournemouth5
Birmingham City24
Blackburn Rovers29
Blackpool6
Bolton Wanderers18
Brentford14
Brighton & Hove Albion11
Cardiff City56
Charlton Athletic16
Derby County22
Fulham5
Huddersfield Town34
Ipswich Town4
Leeds United58
Middlesbrough29
Millwall64
Norwich City3
Nottingham Forest23
Reading9
Rotherham United18
Sheffield Wednesday32
Watford4
Wigan Athletic7
Wolverhampton Wanderers43
Total534
Banning orders
A pitch invasion by fans at the final whistle of Preston North End and Blackpool Getty
League OneBanning Orders
Barnsley15
Bradford City36
Bristol City62
Chesterfield30
Colchester United2
Coventry City27
Crawley Town4
Crewe Alexandra11
Doncaster Rovers20
Fleetwood Town3
Gillingham7
Leyton Orient7
MK Dons1
Notts County2
Oldham Athletic10
Peterborough United4
Port Vale17
Preston North End6
Rochdale8
Scunthorpe United35
Sheffield United31
Swindon Town15
Walsall24
Yeovil Town1
Total378
League TwoBanning Orders
Accrington Stanley0
AFC Wimbledon4
Burton Albion0
Bury7
Cambridge United4
Carlisle United6
Cheltenham Town0
Dagenham & Redbridge14
Exeter City6
Hartlepool United24
Luton Town27
Mansfield Town9
Morecambe2
Newport County6
Northampton Town3
Oxford United14
Plymouth Argyle20
Portsmouth15
Shrewsbury Town24
Southend United3
Stevenage1
Tranmere Rovers6
Wycombe Wanderers1
York City8
Total204
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Banning Orders
AFC Telford5
Aldershot Town5
Alfreton Town4
Altrincham0
Barnet0
Braintree Town0
Bristol Rovers54
Chester17
Dartford0
Dover Athletic0
Eastleigh0
FC Halifax Town10
Forest Green Rovers0
Gateshead0
Grimsby Town32
Kidderminster Harriers6
Lincoln City36
Macclesfield Town4
Nuneaton Town7
Southport0
Torquay United5
Welling United0
Woking1
Wrexham18
Total204