Chelsea FC may be top of the Premier League, but it is also riding high in the football banning order league of shame.
Blues fans are the subject of 60 football banning orders according to Home Office figures released today.
The statistic puts them at the second highest total of any club in the top five divisions of English football.
Newcastle United have the most with 124 followed by Chelsea, then Millwall with 57, Wolverhampton Wanderers with 52 and Liverpool with 49.
Three men charged following disorder at West Ham v Chelsea EFL Cup tie, and one fan was given a banning order .
A total of 10 of Chelsea’s 60 banning orders were issued last season.
'Football arrests have followed a downward trend'
Amanda Jacks, of the Footballer Supporters' Federation, said: "Football arrests have followed a downward trend in recent years and we're pleased to see them remain at historically low levels.
"Policing is generally getting better and fans are becoming more involved in match-day planning - all these factors have helped ensure that disorder at football matches is very rare.
"Football fans also face legislation that can lead to arrest for actions that don't exist as offences in other sports, such as drinking alcohol in sight of the field of play.
"While we try and educate fans as to the potential consequences of breaking the law in regards these offences, we do believe there is scope to repeal many of these discriminatory laws."
Plymouth Argyle and Wolverhampton Wanderers fans received the most last season with 21 each.
Millwall fans received 16 new banning orders while Nottingham Forest and Peterborough fans received 15 each.
Banning orders on the decline
Overall though, the number of active banning orders is on the decline.
A total of 2,085 were in force on August 1, the latest date for which figures are available.
That is a decrease of 96 (4%) from the number on September on 8 2015, which is when the last set of figures were released.
There were a total of 2,070 football related arrests last season, up by 22 from the season before.
Just 30 Chelsea arrests
Chelsea fans were the subject of just 30 of those arrests, which is only the 27th highest total in the country.
Birmingham City fans topped the list though with 74 followed by Millwall with 69.
Chelsea fans were arrested 14 times for public order offences last season, making it the the club’s most common offence type.
There were also five arrests for violent disorder, five for alcohol offences, three for throwing missiles, one for a breach of a banning order, one for criminal damage and one for ticket touting.
Total banning orders:
Newcastle United: 124
Chelsea: 60
Millwall: 57
Wolverhampton Wanderers: 52
Liverpool: 49
Burnley: 48
Bristol Rovers: 47
Leeds United: 47
Cardiff City: 44
West Ham United: 44
Bristol City: 42
Sheffield United: 39
Manchester United: 38
Plymouth Argyle: 37
Sunderland: 37
Lincoln City: 35
Tottenham Hotspur: 34
Nottingham Forest: 32
Birmingham City: 31
Arsenal: 30
Banning orders received between July 31 2015 and August 1 2016:
Plymouth Argyle: 21
Wolverhampton Wanderers: 21
Millwall: 16
Nottingham Forest: 15
Peterborough United: 15
Derby County: 14
Sunderland: 14
Barnsley: 13
Birmingham City: 13
Charlton Athletic: 12
Newcastle United: 12
Sheffield United: 12
Carlisle United: 11
Blackpool: 10
Cardiff City: 10
Chelsea: 10
Crewe Alexandra: 10
Doncaster Rovers: 10
Manchester United: 10
Middlesbrough: 10
Southend United: 10
Number of arrests per team:
Birmingham City: 74
Millwall: 69
Leeds United: 68
Manchester City: 66
Arsenal: 60
Manchester United: 57
Newcastle United: 52
Sunderland: 51
Aston Villa: 49
Sheffield Wednesday: 48
West Ham United: 46
Leicester City: 43
Nottingham Forest: 43
Sheffield United: 42
Fulham: 40
Liverpool: 40
Everton: 39
Portsmouth: 39
Middlesbrough: 38
Derby County: 37
Tottenham Hotspur: 37
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