Town were the Championship club to have the fewest fans arrested during 2012/13, according to figures released by the Home Office.

While no Blues supporters were arrested at Portman Road, four were detained at matches away from home, two for alcohol offences, one for public disorder and one for violent disorder. One Town fan was handed a banning order.

In the same report for the previous year, 2011/12, there were two Blues supporters arrested at Portman Road and none away, again the lowest total in the division.

Club spokesman Steve Pearce welcomed this year’s figures: “Ipswich Town fans have a long-standing reputation as being among the best in the game and this is further evidence of that.

“Portman Road is regarded as one of the safest grounds in the country to watch football and the supporters should take great credit for that.”

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Bandbox_Blue added 19:01 - Oct 9 Liz will be able to sleep well tonight then.
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cyprustractorboy added 19:09 - Oct 9 hit him on the head hit him on the head with a baseball bat o yeah
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NoCanariesAllowed added 19:13 - Oct 9 Ipswich Town - 4 arrests. Next on the list: Leeds United - 101 There's rarely reputation without reason.
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shoopdelang added 19:14 - Oct 9 Because we get the lowest attendances probably!! ( Thats a joke before you all start with the thumbs down )
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Michael11 added 19:19 - Oct 9 Nice to see us get some positive news. Think Marcus Evans should cut the prices by 50% and get more well behaved supporters to come!
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Kentish_Tractor added 19:23 - Oct 9 It's because our football is so boring it sends everybody withing the ground and surrounding area to sleep. That and the yobbo's can't afford to watch us because the prices are so damn high.
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Crock added 19:29 - Oct 9 Do we get promoted then?
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John_Portman added 19:36 - Oct 9 they should start a fifa fair watch award - and the winning team could play in UEFA cup. We'd be in Europe every season. sorted. Something to be proud of though. I wonder if those numbers will change once Norwich are relegated this season...
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BuckieBlue added 19:43 - Oct 9 Or automatic promotion instead!
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ManningtreeBlue99 added 19:53 - Oct 9 And the number the last time we played Norwich, 34 in one day... not so golden after all
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dannysigma added 19:56 - Oct 9 Jokes aside, I've lived and watched football all over the world, and this makes me SOOO proud. Never been happier than when I've been surrounded by Town fans, particularly away.
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Cakeman added 20:12 - Oct 9 First we have the best pies, now the best behaved fans..........all we need now to complete the set is the best team on the pitch! Well I can dream can't I? Seriously though, this is very pleasing.
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Marcus added 20:19 - Oct 9 Well done Colchester, only one arrest in the whole season. I think the move from Layer Rd has softened them.
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bluemikey100 added 20:22 - Oct 9 deserves an extra place in champions league i reckon Real Madrid at portman rd yes pls on a tuesday nite
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TimmyH added 20:36 - Oct 9 best behaved!...well well, but are we the noisiest? I very much doubt it.
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itfcserbia added 20:53 - Oct 9 Feelin' proud!
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Tractorog added 21:05 - Oct 9 Never mind the fans - i want the team to do some damage to the opposition's goal difference.
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caught-in-limbo added 21:25 - Oct 9 So were we the only club in the league that year with more arrests among the players than the fans?
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SE1blue added 21:27 - Oct 9 It's not just the players...even the hooligans don't turn up for the 90 minutes.
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SXBlue added 21:36 - Oct 9 The biggest surprise for me was Nuneaton - 87 arrests for violent disorder! I'm assuming this was either one big incident that got completely out of hand, or else they have got a hardcore that cause trouble at most games... Anybody know the story?
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runningout added 22:12 - Oct 9 was there any doubt we are the best behaved? We are the best ''full stop!''
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suffolkpunchdrunk added 22:19 - Oct 9 CertainIberianlady - fantastic observation! To show pride in our title of nicest fans may I suggest a new chant of 'Come and have a go if you think you're soft enough!'
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TrueBlue93 added 22:53 - Oct 9 Nocanariesallowed you mention Leeds are top with 101 arrests but to look at the stats you could argue that Bolton are the worst offenders with 52% of there 46 arrests being for violent behaviour compared to only 9 percent of Leeds 101 arrests being for violent disorder.
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Morgan added 23:14 - Oct 9 Sxblue - it was one incident early this year. I can't remember who against but there was loads of trouble in the town centre and a pub got trashed. Not surprised with this. Most of our clown fans prefer taking out their excitement on message boards ;-)
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BlueBhoy added 01:34 - Oct 10 I heard three of those arrests were Kevin Beattie
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