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Thursday, August 16, 2018

Football Supporters Welcome In Chorley Says Council

After all the negative publicity surrounding football supporters spending time in Chorley, the Council have issued a statement which they hope will clarify their position.

'We just wanted to update everyone following a letter regarding football fans visiting Chorley town centre.​
In the letter it stated that travelling away fans would not be welcome in Chorley – this is not the case we do welcome football fans and we apologise for this comment and any offence this may have caused.

The letter was sent on behalf of the town team, which is made up of representatives from across the town centre, and was in response to concerns that unruly football fans are putting people off shopping in Chorley.

We do welcome football fans and the vast majority are extremely well behaved, add to the atmosphere and support our local businesses.

What we can’t have, and which is what triggered the concerns from traders, is a situation where large groups of fans are gathering in pubs, spilling out on to the streets and intimidating, or being seen to be intimidating other people using the town centre. 

It is a small minority of people that have been spoiling it for others in the past and it is the unruly fans who are causing anti social behaviour that are not welcome.

We’ve done a lot of work to improve the town centre and make it a place people can enjoy visiting so we will continue to work with the licensed trade and the police to make sure we keep the friendly atmosphere and make it a place that shoppers, people coming to spend their leisure time and football fans can all mix together.

We apologise again for any offence this has caused and we would like to wish football fans of all clubs a successful season and hopefully we’ll see you in Chorley over the coming weeks and months.​'