Rejected petition enforce lifetime bans for racist behaviour from fans during football matches

have stricter rules on discrimination and racist behaviour from fans during football matches and have more severe bans on spectators and also club sanctions for any inappropriate behaviour during a football match

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i don’t believe that the football association are strict enough when punishing those who do not act correctly during a game, and therefore propose harsher bans to ensure racism and racist behaviour is permanently removed from the game

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about banning people from football matches for behaviour that does not meet the criminal threshold, are a matter for the Football Association and the relevant club, not the UK Government or Parliament.

We could accept a petition calling for racist behaviour at a football match to be made a specific criminal offence, with the sanction being a banning order.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 23 February 2025
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