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Hooligans to receive 2012 football ban
New legislation has been introduced by the Home Office to ban football hooligans from attending matches across the UK during the 2012 Olympics.
Olympic football matches are due to be held at English, Scottish and Welsh venues as part of the London Games, with new laws set to stop anyone with a banning order from attending. Football Banning Orders will be automatically recognised across Britain under the new laws, regardless of where they are applied, as part of ongoing attempts to crack down on hooliganism.
Home Office minister Alan Campbell said: "Football hooligans have no place in the modern game - whether it is in the lower divisions, the Premier League or at London 2012."