When a sporting spectator receives a lifetime ban from a stadium for racism, vandalism, violence, streaking, etc. how is that enforced? There are tens of thousands of people who attend each game. What is a stop them from coming back? How does the banning process and enforcement work?
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So I worked for a while in lower tier English football, so my answer would be specific to that.
We had our own list, with photos of people banned from our stadium. The visiting team would also send us a photo list of their banned supporters. The CCTV operators would then scan the crowds as they enter and once they were already in.
Our policy was to let the banned supporters buy a ticket, enter the stadium, go buy their food and drinks, then throw them out. Rather than stop them at the gate, cause a big hold up getting everyone else in and then losing the ticket sale.
There was one guy brought a ticket, came in, we kicked him out, he went to another entrance, brought another ticket, came in again and we kicked him out again.
Sometimes banned supporters would get in unnoticed, but honestly they’re the sort of people who always draw attention to themselves anyway, so they usually get spotted and chucked at some point.
There was a national ban list but it was just names, so basically unusable as we don’t ID people coming in.
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