International Football

SGSA Reveals More Than 1,800 Fans Injured At Matches During '16-17

7.23.2018

Roughly 35.8 million supporters attended matches that were covered by the SGSA's report.GETTY IMAGES

The Sports Grounds Safety Authority revealed a total of 1,865 fans were hurt at U.K. football matches during the '16-17 season, up from 963 a year earlier, according to the BBC. The SGSA "attributes the rise to better reporting of incidents." The figures cover 94 grounds -- homes to all Premier League and English Football League clubs as well as Wembley Stadium and Cardiff's Principality Stadium. The majority are all-seater stadiums. Some of the "main categories" under which fans were reported to have been injured are:

Trips/falls/slips -- 500
Cuts -- 235
Burns/scalds -- 145
Hit by football -- 101
Hit by object -- 75

A total of 46 supporters were "hurt while celebrating, another 28 suffered insect bites or stings and 12 were hit by flares" (BBC, 7/20).

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