• Governing body hopes law will be in place for Euro 2028
• FA: ‘Enforcing entry points is a huge drain on resources’

The Football Association has stepped up its lobbying of the government to make forced entry into football stadiums, so-called “tailgating”, a criminal offence before the United Kingdom and Ireland host the 2028 men’s European Championship.

The policing minister Dame Diana Johnson was a guest of the FA at Wembley for last month’s Carabao Cup final, where 68 of the 91 arrests made were for attempting to enter the ground without a ticket.