Overview

• Club investigators shut down 162 social media groups with more than one million members linked to fake or overpriced tickets.
• Nearly 500 people were denied entry to Anfield in the past year for attempting access with burner phones tied to touting.
• Stewards carried out just under 400 targeted matchday stops to block turnstile access for accounts with suspicious activity.
• The Premier League is introducing encrypted digital barcodes and the government reminds fans that unauthorised resale in England and Wales is illegal.
• Arsenal reports cancelling almost 74,000 suspect accounts and banning over 7,000 memberships, while Chelsea says it blocked more than 350,000 bot purchase attempts.