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An officer with the UK’s Metropolitan police force has been sacked for football hooliganism and given a three-year ban from matches.—Phil Hay, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025 He had been previously arrested in November 2021 on charges of hooliganism and arrested for 10 days.—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2025 Americans Still In Russian Custody Joseph Tater Joseph Tater was arrested in August 2024 and sentenced to 15 days in prison for petty hooliganism.—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025 The ban on alcohol consumption in view of the pitch is a UK government legislation that has been in place in the highest five tiers of the men’s game since 1985 in an attempt to deal with hooliganism, a major problem for the sport that decade.—Jessy Parker Humphreys, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hooliganism
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