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'Online Hooliganism' Charged Against Football Fans
- The Guardian, Sunday, August 25, 2013 5:14 PM
Football fans who abuse players or fellow supporters online have been warned they could face prosecution, as lawyers and police unveiled a new policy for tackling hooliganism. Lawyer Nick Hawkins said criminal abuse inside as well as outside sports grounds would be dealt with in the run-up to England's World Cup qualifiers in the autumn.
