Library
This document library contains a collection of useful guidance documents on safety and security at sports grounds. All are available for download elsewhere but we hope that practitioners and students will find it useful to have the documents and their citations available in one place.
NPIA (2010) Guidance on Policing Football. London: National Policing Improvement Agency on behalf of the Association of Chief Police Officers (61 pages).
Official Journal of the European Union (2010) Council Resolution of 4 December 2006 Concerning an Updated Handbook With Recommendations For International Police Cooperation and Measures to Prevent and Control Violence and Disturbances in Connection With Football Matches With an International Dimension, in Which at Least One Member State is Involved. Brussels: Council of the European Union (45 pages).
House of Commons Home Affairs Committee (2009) The Cost of Policing Football Matches. London: The Stationery Office (37 pages).
Security Industry Authority (2008) Guidance on the Private Security Act 2001. London: Security Industry Authority (32 pages).
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (2008) Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds (Fifth Edition). London: The Stationery Office (232 pages).
Council of Europe (2007) Checklist of Measures to be Taken by the Organisers of Professional Sporting Events and by the Public Authorities – Part 1. Strasbourg: Council of Europe (8 pages).
Council of Europe (2007) Checklist of Measures to be Taken by the Organisers of Professional Sporting Events and by the Public Authorities – Part 2. Strasbourg: Council of Europe (27 pages).
UEFA (2006) UEFA Safety and Security Regulations. Nyon: Union des associations européennes de football (21 pages).
NaCTSO (2006) Counter Terrorism Protective Security Advice for Stadia and Arenas. London: National Counter Terrorism Security Office (62 pages).
COT (2005) Good Practices for Safe and Secure Major Sporting Events: Experiences and Lessons From UEFA EURO 2004. Den Haag: COT Institute for Safety and Crisis Management.
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UEFA (2004) UEFA Delegate’s Handbook. Nyon: Union des associations européennes de football (62 pages).
FIFA (2004) Safety Guidelines. Zurich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association (22 pages).
Council of Europe (1985) European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in Particular at Football Matches. Strasbourg: Council of Europe (8 pages).