TEN Newport County AFC fans were arrested during the last football season, according to Home Office figures released this week.

Nine of the arrests were at away matches during County’s return to the Football League after a 25-year absence.

Among other League Two clubs in the 2013-14 season, Bristol Rovers had 57 fans arrested, Chesterfield 35, and Portsmouth 21, out of a total of 228 arrests in the division.

County ranked joint sixth highest for arrests alongside Southend out of the 24 clubs in League Two.

In the Championship, Leeds United topped the arrest table with 91 out of 731 arrests at games for all clubs during the season.

Manchester United topped the Premier League arrests table with 112 arrests out of 823 total across the league.

County also had one banning order imposed between September last year and the start of this month, on top of seven others that were already in place.

This meant 10 out of 24 clubs had higher numbers of banning orders than County.

Shrewsbury Town, County’s opponents this weekend, had the highest number of banning orders in the year ending this month at 21, out of a total of 77 among current League Two clubs. This brings their total to 26 in total.

In the Premier League, Newcastle United had the highest number of banning orders at 95, bringing their figure up to 127 in total.

Tony Pring, who represents the Supporters’ Trust on County’s board of directors, said he understood last season’s banning order involved an over-excited fan stepping on to the pitch while celebrating a goal.

“It’s pleasing to see that the figures are going down,” he said. “Banning orders and football hooliganism in general has gone way down since the 1980s.”