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- Updated: November 24, 2016
Football-related arrests have increased for the first time in three years according to new figures released by the Home Office.
In total, 1,895 arrests were made in the period between July 1 2015 and July 10 2016 – up 1 per cent from last year’s total of 1,873.
However, despite this small rise, football-related arrests have largely declined over the last five seasons, with a decrease of around one fifth since the 2010/11 campaign.
Worryingly for English Football League chiefs, almost a quarter of this year’s arrests were made in connection with Sky Bet Championship …