It's official: Seagulls fans are the nicest in the Championship.

The latest Government figures for football related crime show that Brighton and Hove Albion fans were the best behaved last season (see below).

Just five Albion supporters were arrested over the whole 2013-2014 season. It is far less than rivals Leeds United, who had 91 fans arrested.

Only Norwich City in the Premier league had a better record than Albion, with four arrests last season.

During the season only three Seagulls fans were given football banning orders, bringing the total number of fans stopped from attending matches for the most serious hooliganism offences to 17 in total.

Liz Costa of the Albion supporters club said: “I’m so proud of this.

“When you think about the size crowds we get of around 27,000 every match, the proportion of those causing trouble is absolutely tiny.

“We still go to the games and make a hell of a lot of noise but without the nonsense. This is something we’ve been working very hard on over the years.

“In the early days at Withdean there were a lot more protests and the police were called a lot. “But then we had to show there wasn’t any trouble to get planning permission for the Amex.

“When you give people something nice they want to look after it, so I think having this beautiful stadium is a great incentive.”

Of the five arrests one was at a home game and three were at away games. One was undisclosed.

They were for two allegations of public disorder, one case of missile throwing, one alcohol offence and one case of damaging property.

There were no arrests for more serious violent offences, racism, breaching banning orders or using flares or fireworks.