TAYL-F71 Historic

Make throwing missiles, chanting abuse, pitch invasion specific offences

Taylor Inquiry · Taylor Inquiry — Final Report · Issued 29 January 1990

Source — verbatim from the inquiry

Inquiry recommendation

Each of the following activities at a designated sports ground should be made a specific offence:-
i. throwing a missile;
ii. chanting obscene or racialist abuse;
iii. going on the pitch without reasonable excuse.

Taylor Inquiry, Taylor Inquiry — Final Report · 29 Jan 1990 Source PDF →

Response — verbatim from government

No formal government response recorded

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Evidence trail — what's actually happened since

No published activity has been recorded against this recommendation yet.

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