TAYL-F71 Response Historic AI-assessed

Make throwing missiles, chanting abuse, pitch invasion specific offences

Recommendation

Each of the following activities at a designated sports ground should be made a specific offence:-
i. throwing a missile;
ii. chanting obscene or racialist abuse;
iii. going on the pitch without reasonable excuse.

Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific published evidence has been identified detailing the creation of specific offences for throwing missiles, chanting obscene or racialist abuse, or going on the pitch without reasonable excuse at designated sports grounds. The provided GOV.UK search results do not contain specific legislation or guidance on these matters. No further specific evidence has been identified since the inquiry's publication in 1990.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 24 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic

No government response recorded.

Source
Report Taylor Inquiry — Final Report 29 Jan 1990
Recommendation age 36.1 yrs
Last formal update No formal updates