Published: 15:05, 2 November 2025 | Updated: 15:05, 2 November 2025

English football fans are officially the best behaved in Britain and Ireland - and England is the home of fair play, according to UEFA. 

European football's governing body has published its fair play rankings for 2024-25 and some may be surprised at the results. 

Countries are ranked on the overall fair play of themselves and their clubs in UEFA competitions, improvement in score from one season to the next and behaviour of supporters. 

In the fan behaviour section England finished sixth, Northern Ireland 12th, Wales 14th, Scotland 19th and the Republic of Ireland 23rd.

In the overall category, England finished top with 8,527 points while Moldova took the prize for biggest improvement and the Faroe Islands landed top spot for behaviour of spectators. 

Scotland finished 15th, the Republic of Ireland 26th, Wales 27th and Northern Ireland 28th.

The news means that the FA will now be awarded £44,000 to donate to the amateur or professional club of their choice for a fair play or respect-themed project