however at the end of their report they say the following and are spot on
However, many laws still exist which apply only to football fans such as drinking in sight of the pitch or on a coach travelling to or from a game. Sup a pint at a rugby league game or pop concert in view of the pitch and no one would bat an eye-lid. Do the same at a football match and you'll soon get a hauled off to the cells and a criminal record.
As almost one-third of football-related arrests involve alcohol offences such as these an overhauling of unjust laws would see a further, significant, decrease in the number of fans arrested at football games.
http://www.fsf.org.uk/news/Arrests-fall ... rounds.php