Video: Leeds fans top hooligan shame list

Sheffield Wednesday has the highest number of fans with football banning orders imposed in the last year – 56 – the worst club in any of the leagues.

Altogether 79 Wednesday fans are now subject to banning orders, compared to 45 for Sheffield United.

And Leeds United again topped the list for the highest total number of fans with football banning orders – 152, which is the worst of any league club.

South Yorkshire Police were unable to comment on the sharp rise in banning orders for Wednesday hooligans but there have been several incidents of violence over the last two years.

In July last year a gang of Wednesday fans attacked Leeds United supporters on a train between York and Garforth, West Yorkshire. The group – which included Sheffield Wednesday hooligans known to police – attacked five men. The 12 yobs, 11 from Sheffield, were later jailed for a total of 28 years.

The numbers of hooligans subject to banning orders in Leeds reflects the "pro-active" approach of West Yorkshire Police that seeks to stop trouble before it happens, according to a spokesman.

Officers said that about 500 Leeds fans caused problems from a following of about 25,000.

Leeds yobs have also been involved with headline-grabbing disorder in recent years.

In March last year a gang of about 25 Leeds fans ambushed a train carrying Bradford City supporters following a derby match.

Seven Leeds yobs, aged between 17 and 21, were later sentenced for their part in the violence which left train carriages spattered with blood.

The figures showed that overall the number of people arrested for football-related disorder fell by 10 per cent last season.

Altogether 3,391 English and Welsh fans were arrested at international and domestic games in 2009-10, down 395 from the previous season.

The figures showed there were no arrests at 70 per cent of games and 92 per cent of those individuals whose football banning orders have expired since 2000 were assessed by police as no longer posing a risk of football disorder.

In all, 3,248 banning orders were in place on November 19, including 105 against Newcastle United fans – 10 per cent of all the banning orders in the Premier League and the most of any team at that level.

In the Championship, Leeds United fans topped the list with 152 banning orders – the most of any club in England and Wales – followed by Cardiff City with 125.