>Oct 10 (Reuters) – More than 1,300 fans from England and Wales with banning orders will not be allowed to travel to Qatar for this year’s World Cup, the UK’s Home Office has said. The new measures, which come into effect from Friday, prevent supporters with a history of soccer-related violence from making the trip to the sport’s showpiece event, which kicks off on Nov. 20 and runs till Dec. 18. Last season witnessed a sharp rise in pitch invasions and crowd trouble across English soccer, with the Premier League introducing enhanced safety measures to control misbehaviour ahead of the new campaign.
> “We will not let the behaviour of a minority of lawbreakers tarnish what will be an exciting tournament,” said Home Secretary Suella Braverman.
You are also avoiding them getting jail sentences and causing a diplomatic issue.
Smart tho ngl
This is entirely to keep them out of a Qatari jail.
British hooligan wankers get off scot free every time they lay waste to some unsuspecting European Town.
I say let them reap the consequences of their actions in a country like Qatar and see if they remain disrespectful twats.
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>Oct 10 (Reuters) – More than 1,300 fans from England and Wales with banning orders will not be allowed to travel to Qatar for this year’s World Cup, the UK’s Home Office has said. The new measures, which come into effect from Friday, prevent supporters with a history of soccer-related violence from making the trip to the sport’s showpiece event, which kicks off on Nov. 20 and runs till Dec. 18. Last season witnessed a sharp rise in pitch invasions and crowd trouble across English soccer, with the Premier League introducing enhanced safety measures to control misbehaviour ahead of the new campaign.
> “We will not let the behaviour of a minority of lawbreakers tarnish what will be an exciting tournament,” said Home Secretary Suella Braverman.
You are also avoiding them getting jail sentences and causing a diplomatic issue.
Smart tho ngl
This is entirely to keep them out of a Qatari jail.
British hooligan wankers get off scot free every time they lay waste to some unsuspecting European Town.
I say let them reap the consequences of their actions in a country like Qatar and see if they remain disrespectful twats.
But I don’t always get what I want.