wolves top of the table

[WBA53]

In hooligan fan arrests according to the express and star.we all have them but one accolade you would surely not have.so I Will not congratulate you on this one

[Mr.D]

Is that the Midland list? Because I'm sure Newcastle head the national table.

[WBA53]

Is that the Midland list? Because I'm sure Newcastle head the national table.

yup.all idiots ay they?

[Mr.D]

Yeah they are indeed.

[Woking88]

Well, they say stats don't lie - but they can be presented to create false sensationalism!

Interesting to see that the original Express & Star article cannot now be accessed! So then, 44 arrests in the season - that is an average of less than one per match. That sounds like very good news and something to crow about rather than be subjected to the negative spin the E & S tried to put on it. I wonder if the article was withdrawn because of complaints.

This also reflects well on the police and match stewards. I think that the E & S article is a disgraceful calumny and I am not surprised if it has been withdrawn.

I recall part of a conversation with a national football journalist at a Rothmans Football Yearbook press release function at Wembley Stadium in the early 1980s. I asked him how he could create sensational headlines after a football weekend with no particular highlights. His reply was, "Easy, fifty arrests at Old Trafford!" He then went on to add that in crowds of that

[chimplad]

I assume most arrests happened on the road. As wolves were the most followed club last season (in the midlands) there would be higher arrests by ratio.

[greystone16]

Why do the media call them fans? Scum is probably a better word.