Liverpool report ‘significant increase’ in fans sanctioned for abuse last season

Liverpool said 100 per cent of the issues reviewed by the panel received a sanction

Liverpool issued a lifetime ban to one supporter for discriminatory abuse last season (Martin Rickett/PA)

Liverpool banned one fan for life for using discriminatory language at Anfield last season with several other suspensions of between one and three years handed out for similar offences.

The club reported a “significant increase” in the number of supporters sanctioned for abuse in the 2021-22 campaign, with the offence making up a quarter of all issues reported to the club’s official sanctions panel as part of their Red Together awareness campaign.