Sunderland was last night rated the third-worst club in the Premiership in the "first-ever football hooligan league tables".
The Black Cats were way ahead of arch-rivals Newcastle and Middlesbrough in new "tables of shame" released by Scottish Labour MP Jim Murphy ahead of today's expected Commons debate on a Government crackdown on soccer hooligans.
Based on new information on fans banned or under restriction orders, Mr Murphy said Leeds United was the worst offender, with 59 of its supporters affected out of 155 in the Premiership overall. Chelsea came second with 22, and Sunderland was third with 18.
Middlesbrough came joint eighth, with five affected fans, and champions Manchester United were tenth, with four fans affected.
In the Third Division, Darlington, Hartlepool and York were among 14 clubs with no banned fans whatsoever.
Mr Murphy, MP for Eastwood, Glasgow, said: "These new figures expose the true nature of the hooligan problem.
"These hooligan league tables are tables of shame.
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