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Football hooliganism is back on the rise, with 2,456 matchday arrests last season, it emerged yesterday.

Arrests for violence more than doubled from 273 to 554, while 42 thugs were collared for racist chanting – up from 23 the previous season, figures revealed.

And a league of shame also showed the teams with the most fans banned from games by court order.

Cardiff City, Chelsea, Manchester United, Leeds United and Millwall topped the list of Britain’s roughest clubs.

But Malcolm Clarke, chairman of the Football Supporters’ Federation, insisted the increase in arrests was no cause for alarm.

The Stoke City fan added: “There was only one arrest for every 14,000 fans.

“While there’s no room for complacency, my daughter and I feel much safer going to a football match at weekends than I do walking past the clubs and pubs near my home on a Saturday evening.

“We never like to see arrest figures rise but the increase is minimal compared to last year’s 23% decrease.

“It is time that football fans and clubs are given some credit for the huge reduction in football disorder in recent years.”

The 2,363 arrests during the 2011-12 season was the lowest on record and a huge drop from 3,391 in 2009-10.

Last season, with arrests rising, there were 589 new football banning orders – taking the total number nationally to 2,451.

Lower league and non-league teams such as Bradford City, Bristol City, Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe United were among the worst for banned supporters, despite their low gates compared to most teams in the Premier League and Championship.

Newcastle United were top of the league for arrests, with 175 fans nicked on match days.

Champions Manchester United were second, with 145 and Championship outfit Leeds third, with 101.

More than half of arrests were for public disorder and booze-related incidents.

Foreign fans from the likes of Schalke, Lyon and Sparta Prague got into trouble with our police while supporting their teams in European tournaments.

Tory Policing Minister Damian Green said yesterday: “The UK is the world leader in tackling football violence and disorder.

“The overwhelming majority of law-abiding fans can enjoy football in safety.

“There is no place for violence, disorderly behaviour or any form of hate crime at football.”

Shadow Sports Minister Clive Efford agreed and added: “Despite an increase in arrests it is a remarkably small percentage considering over 39 million people attended matches.”

“Despite an increase in arrests from last year’s record low it is still a remarkably small percentage considering that over 39 million people attended matches last season.”

ARRESTS LEAGUE TABLE

Football arrests by club supported 2013/13

Newcastle United 175

Manchester United 145

Leeds United 101

Manchester City 95

Chelsea 92

Nuneaton Town 87

Sunderland 71

Millwall 67

West Ham United 67

Wolverhampton Wanderers 56

Birmingham City 55

Bristol City 54

Arsenal 53

Aston Villa 51

Bolton Wanderers 46

Everton 44

Middlesbrough 44

Walsall 42

Oxford United 39

Nottingham Forest 38

Scunthorpe United 38

Liverpool 36

Sheffield Wednesday 35

Stoke City 32

Tottenham Hotspur 32

Blackburn Rovers 31

Burnley 31

Crystal Palace 31

Coventry City 29

Derby County 29

Peterborough United 29

Sheffield United 29

Barnsley 28

Cardiff City 26

Shrewsbury Town 26

Bristol Rovers 25

Hull City 25

Brighton & Hove Albion 24

Southampton 23

Leicester City 22

Bradford City 21

Watford 21

Lincoln City 20

Oldham Athletic 20

Queens Park Rangers 20

Huddersfield Town 19

Port Vale 19

Rotherham United 19

Wigan Athletic 18

Chesterfield 17

Portsmouth 17

Grimsby Town 16

Luton Town 16

Preston North End 16

Doncaster Rovers 15

Bury 14

Charlton Athletic 14

Gillingham 14

Wrexham 14

Carlisle United 13

Swansea City 13

Mansfield Town 12

Norwich 12

Tranmere Rovers 12

Blackpool 11

York City 11

Newport County 10

Swindon Town 10

West Bromwich Albion 10

Crewe Alexandra 9

Fulham 9

Hartlepool United 9

Morecambe 9

Northampton Town 9

Reading 9

Stockport County 9

AFC Wimbledon 8

Hereford United 8

Barnet 7

Bournemouth 7

Macclesfield Town 7

Exeter City 6

Southend United 6

Aldershot Town 5

Plymouth Argyle 5

Brentford 4

Burton Albion 4

Ipswich Town 4

Cheltenham Town 3

Woking 3

Yeovil Town 3

Barrow 2

Crawley Town 2

Leyton Orient 2

Notts County 2

Rochdale 2

Stevenage 2

Colchester United 1

Kidderminster Harriers 1

MK Dons 1

Torquay United 1

Alfreton Town 1

Accrington Stanley 0

AFC Telford United 0

Braintree Town 0

Cambridge United 0

Dagenham and Redbridge 0

Dartford 0

Ebbsfleet United 0

Fleetwood Town 0

Forest Green Rovers 0

Gateshead 0

Hyde 0

Southport 0

Tamworth 0

Wycombe Wanderers 0

BANNING ORDERS LEAGUE TABLE

Total number of banning orders against risk supporters of each club