City join campaign to educate supporters about behaviour

Lincoln City has joined other clubs in the English Football league in a campaign to teach supporters about the impact of anti-social behaviour and pitch incursions.

Regulation changes and tough new measures have been introduced this season which will see people who are found to have committed offences face stadium bans and potential criminal prosecution.

But clubs can also receive significant fines for failing to control fans and the announcement that the Imps had joined the Love Football, Protect the Game campaign followed a £16,000 penalty for fans’ homophobic chanting against Chelsea last season.

“Every fan should feel safe and enjoy an inclusive experience when they attend matches at the LNER Stadium and dangerous or anti-social behaviour have no place in our game,” said a City spokesperson.

In addition to bans and criminal sanctions, a range of in-stadium, in-classroom and online resources will be rolled out through the campaign to educate adults and children alike about the hurt tragedy chanting causes. Ground regulations have also been updated to incorporate references to tragedy chanting.

The game will also continue its efforts to combat dangerous, illegal and unwelcome behaviour off the pitch, be it in the stands or online. Last season a host of new measures were introduced by authorities which saw enhanced sanctions applied for people identified entering the pitch, using pyros, taking drugs to games, throwing objects or for discriminatory abuse.

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