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Anti-hooligan measures
Police and civil authorities in various countries with hooligan problems have taken a number of measures, including:
- Banning items that could be used as weapons or missiles in stadia, and searching suspected hooligans
- Banning identified hooligans from stadia, either formally via judicial orders, or informally by denying them admittance on the day
- Moving to all-seated stadia, which reduces the risk of disorderly crowd movement
- Segregating opposing fans, and fencing enclosures to keep fans away from each other and off the pitch
- Banning opposing fans from matches and/or ordering specific matches to be played behind closed doors
- Compiling registers of known hooligans
- Restricting the ability of known hooligans to travel overseas.