England have been ordered to play one match behind closed doors as a punishment for the unrest at Wembley Stadium during the Euro 2020 finalAnyone caught in possession of or supplying class A drugs in connection with football faces a five-year ban and their passport being taken off them.The new rules announced by the UK government are set to be introduced during the 2022-23 season. “Middle-class coke heads should stop kidding themselves,” said Prime Minister Boris Johnson.”Their habit is feeding a war on our streets driving misery and crime across our country and beyond.”There were more than 800 football-related arrests across the top five English leagues in the first six months of this season, alongside more than 750 reported incidents of disorder.A report into violence at the Euro 2020 final between England and Italy last year also found “ticketless, drunken and drugged-up thugs” could have caused death as they stormed Wembley.Football police c… Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport
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Drug-related offences in football could mean five-year bans
