Proposed legislation aims to prevent a repeat of the scenes at Wembley Stadium in July 2021, when ticketless fans breached security at the final of the Euros. Neil Parpworth takes a look
- Following violent scenes at the Euro Final in July 2021, Baroness Casey was commissioned by the Football Association to undertake a review of what took place.
- Reviews the content, likely progress, and implications of the Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill.
At the time of writing, the Unauthorised Entry to Football Matches Bill has passed its second reading in the House of Commons and is awaiting a date for its committee stage. Since it is a private members’ Bill, the experience of the past would have tended to suggest that its chances of becoming law were relatively slim. However, they have improved more recently. Thus, during the 2022–23 parliamentary session, no fewer than 16 ballot Bills and seven presentation Bills became law. This bodes well for the present Bill—as does the fact that it seeks to address a gap in the law which the government, the opposition
