Radio Package: The Cost of Policing at Football Matches (2012)

Feb 18, 2014, 04:48 PM

Report investigating who should pay for the cost of policing in wider areas from stadiums on match days. This comes after ACC Andy Holt has called for football clubs to pay for increasing policing costs further away from football grounds on match days. Currently this is covered by taxpayers' money.

Report contains interviews from Dr Geoff Pearson an expert in football crowd control from University of Liverpool, Dave Daly the Manager of the Castle Pub in Blackpool, Blackpool fans at their play-off semi-final against Birmingham City and Accrington Stanley FC's Chief Executive Rob Heys. Recorded and produced in 2012 and uploaded for portfolio purposes.