Lapsed bans allow 700 England hooligans to go to World Cup
AFP, April, 2006
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LONDON (AFP) — More than 700 known England football hooligans will be free to travel to this year's World Cup in Germany, despite a record number of banning orders being in place, a newspaper reported.
The Times newspaper said Football Banning Orders will be in force on 4,000 troublemakers, meaning they will have to surrender their passports for the duration of the tournament.
But of the 877 three-year bans that will have expired before the start of the competition on June 9, the Home Office has only sought to renew 161, meaning 716 will be able to make the short trip to Germany, it added.
All of those handed bans have been involved in football-related violence in or around grounds in Britain.
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