To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give a breakdown of the dates and venues of the matches from which arose each of the offences under sections 2 to 4 of the Football Offences Act outlined in his answer to the hon. Member for Stalybridge and Hyde of 17 October 1991, Official Report, column 188.
[holding answer 5 November 1991]: The information requested is as follows.
| Date | Match | Number of arrests |
| Section 2 (throwing of missiles) | ||
| 17 August | Scarborough v. Mansfield Town | 3 |
| Rotherham United v. Burnley | 1 | |
| 23 August | Wigan Athletic v. Chester City | 3 |
Date
| Match
| Number of arrests
|
| 24 August | Newcastle United v. Watford | 1 |
| 5 October | York City v. Scarborough | 1 |
| Arsenal v. Chelsea | 1 | |
Section 3 (indecent or racialist chanting)
| ||
| 17 August | Arsenal v. QPR | 2 |
| 24 August | Tottenham Hotspur v. Chelsea | 4 |
| Wimbledon v. West Ham United | 1 | |
| 28 August | Chelsea v. Notts County | 1 |
| 31 August | Chelsea v. Luton Town | 1 |
| Arsenal v. Manchester City | 6 | |
| 4 September | Newcastle United v. Watford | 1 |
| 7 September | Arsenal v. Coventry City | 4 |
| Hartlepool United v. Leyton Orient | 1 | |
| 14 September | Newcastle United v. Watford | 1 |
| 21 September | Newcastle United v. Millwall | 1 |
Section 4 (going on to the playing area)
| ||
| 17 August | Doncaster Rovers v. Carlisle United | 1 |
| AFC Bournmouth v. Darlington | 2 | |
| Brighton v. Tranmere | 1 | |
| Barnsley v. Sunderland | 3 | |
| 21 August | Derby County v. Middlesbrough | 1 |
| 31 August | West Ham United v. Notts County | 1 |
| 4 September | Millwall v. Brighton | 1 |
| Newcastle United v. Plymouth Argyle | 1 | |
| 7 September | Notts County v. Liverpool | 2 |
| Derby County v. Barnsley | 1 | |
| Burnley v. Crewe Alexandra | 2 | |
| Rotherham United v. Hereford United | 7 | |
| 14 September | Stoke City v. Fulham | 1 |
| Bury v. Huddersfield Town | 1 | |
| 17 September | Swindon Town v. Leicester | 3 |
| Stoke City v. Hartlepool United | 1 | |
| 21 September | Everton v. Coventry City | 1 |
| Hartlepool United v. Birmingham City | 1 | |
| Rotherham United v. Maidstone United | 1 | |
| 28 September | Middlesbrough v. Sunderland | 2 |
| Newcastle United v. Derby County | 2 | |
| Stoke City v. Stockport County | 2 | |
| Barnet v. Cardiff City | 2 | |