Thirty-one members and season ticket holders have been banned for abusive and discriminatory behaviour since the start of the 2021/22 season.
The supporters have each been handed three-year bans, meaning they cannot attend any Arsenal match home or away during that period. The ongoing action shows that abusive and discriminatory behaviour will not be tolerated at Arsenal.
The bans are the result of behaviour online (18) and in the stadium (13) – breakdown as follows:
Online
- Threats/death threats – 10
- Ableism – 3
- Homophobia – 2
- Antisemitism – 2
- Racism – 1
Stadium
- Homophobia – 5
- Antisemitism – 3
- Threatening behaviour – 3
- Racism – 2
The online sanctions follow our announcement in August 2021 that we would be working with data science company Signify Group, deploying its specialist Threat Matrix service to support our efforts in combatting targeted online abuse.