Alcohol back in the Stands

[wak1889]

I’m in favour.

Putting arguments aside on cost/quality virtually every other type of spectator entertainment leaves it to the venue/organiser to make the call on selling alcohol - which the vast majority do.

You can drink in the stands at non league football, women’s football and at every other pro football league in Europe.

Leave it up to the individual to decide where and when they want a drink. If somebody is determined to get drunk they will simply do it before the match, regardless of whether you can get a drink in the ground.

In fact, on away games especially, it’s usually the case people will get tanked up because they know there will be a 90 minute window where they can’t get a drink.

In terms of people getting up and down to go to the bar - it closes at kick off and doesn’t reopen til 38 minutes. No real need to change that.

With family and other commitments I don’t always have the time for the pub before or after so it would be nice to get a drink during the game. Maybe even get one at half time I don’t have to try and drink in 5 minutes.

No you can't , you can't drink alcohol in France , or Spain at the football

 

[Sean Thornton]

Every stand should be like John Street.

Good, clean atmosphere.

G&J

Crib schools and snoozing zones?

 

[bornablade]

Burnham has been PM for about 3 months.

There are masses of problems that he needs to sort out and yet in such a short period of time he seems to think that drinking in football grounds is a priority.

Unbelievable.

 

[Grey Blade]

Burnham has been PM for about 3 months.

There are masses of problems that he needs to sort out and yet in such a short period of time he seems to think that drinking in football grounds is a priority.

Unbelievable.

It does appear to be a non issue for most people

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Burnham has been PM for about 3 months.

There are masses of problems that he needs to sort out and yet in such a short period of time he seems to think that drinking in football grounds is a priority.

Unbelievable.

Its actually a complete non story. It's something he said months/years ago before he was leader. He was asked if that's still his point of view. He said yes. But there's nothing going through to actually even debate changing the rules. It's just his personal opinion not a policy he's actively involved in

If you read past the headline it's made clear

Burnham brands ban on football fans drinking alcohol in stands as 'discrimination'

The prime minister opposes the law - in place since 1985 - and believes there is a case to remove it.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[jt64]

It does appear to be a non issue for most people

Well, certainly not for the Labour core vote, who neither go to the football or drink

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Bramall Lane is the first away fixture most visiting fans look out for, mainly for the wonderful selection of pubs dotted around it. Nobody comes to the lane for it’s half time selection of stunning cuisine and fine ales

 

[SB_90]

sort of sums it up



football fans know football fans very well. i think it will be disaster because last thing some fans need is to have to 6 pints. take when norwich scored their 3rd few weeks ago. that was clearly offside in build up. the linesman wouldve been pelted with plastic pint cups

 

[Bladesman]

 

[FINUK]

Cheap bus fairs and shite beer in a plastic glass - all our problems are solved

 

[ForgeBlade]

I can see the appeal. I like a beer, I very much enjoy watching (for example) the cricket with a beer in hand. I could imagine enjoying watching United with a beer in hand.

But it's a very different kettle of fish. The only time you really get (I fucking despise this concept) "limbs" at cricket is at the end of a match, when losing your last half pint doesn't really matter. At football, you'd get the dickhead instagram wankers launching their pints into the air when someone got a corner, or made a robust tackle. It would be a fucking mess. You also get silly cunts who launch themselves onto you from the row behind at the slightest provocation. Good fun for a last minute winner in a tight, important game. Less enjoyable when it's cos you've gone 2-0 up against Halifax in the League cup.

Overall, and I genuinely surprise myself saying this, as I thought it's something I'd have wanted, I'd probably be against it. I can (and do) have a few pints before and after a match, without the risk of some twat launching a pint of warm, crap lager over my head, or knocking my own pint of warm, crap, overpriced lager out of my hands when I've just paid the GDP of a small country for it.

 

[Nick Jansky]

Well, certainly not for the Labour core vote, who neither go to the football or drink

I know plenty of Labour voters who do both.

 

[Chris the Blade]

Have some pissed up 18yr old chuck his pint over me when we score. No thanks. Stupid idea!

 

[Menage a petit pois]

Why not?? Seemed to work ok in Bochum....granted the beer was marginally better than the absolute piss they sell at the Lane and granted there was feck all to get excited about so the "drenched in beer when we score" theory was untested...but yeah. Why not????

 

[VictoryBlade]

It does appear to be a non issue for most people

Its so he can have a drink whilst getting his freebie tickets at Everton! The clown

 

[CrookesBlade]

Why not?? Seemed to work ok in Bochum....granted the beer was marginally better than the absolute piss they sell at the Lane and granted there was feck all to get excited about so the "drenched in beer when we score" theory was untested...but yeah. Why not????

It’s definitely worth trialling in the lower leagues at least.

The beam back of the Northampton game at BL was one occasion I remember at the Lane where people could take their drinks to seats.

There was a lot of people getting up and down to the bar/toilets but don’t recall anybody chucking pints. This was 10 years ago though.

Drinks in seats have been allowed at women’s games for some time now. Obviously this comes with obvious caveats but it hasn’t caused any bother. Been quite nice to have a pint while watching the match.

 

[Grey Blade]

Been quite nice to have a pint while watching the match.

What do you do with your pint when you want to applaud something?

 

[Menage a petit pois]

What do you do with your pint when you want to applaud something?

Not really an issue atm is it???

 

[jt64]

What do you do with your pint when you want to applaud something?

If only there was some sort of flat surface close to you which you can put it on

 

[Grey Blade]

If only there was some sort of flat surface close to you which you can put it on

I'd probably spill half of it putting it down and spill the rest picking it up again - oh to be young and agile once more

 

[BessemerBob]

If only there was some sort of flat surface close to you which you can put it on

I’d have thought you would have realised that people are stoooooooipid pal.

Best most of the people who can’t work out what the flat surfaces are, are Carling drinking, Labour supporters too

 

[Klaatu Barada Nikto]

 

[CrookesBlade]

What do you do with your pint when you want to applaud something?

You’ve got two options:

Thigh slap

Gently tapping the side of the pint pot repeatedly to show you would be applauding if your hands weren’t full.

 

[BangorBlade]

ah the ole days stood t kop with wet legs

 

[Esteban Cambiasso]

This thread is conclusive proof blades fans will moan about absolutely anything

 

[Bladesman101]

Burnham has been PM for about 3 months.

There are masses of problems that he needs to sort out and yet in such a short period of time he seems to think that drinking in football grounds is a priority.

Unbelievable.

You talk as if you think he’s been doing all nighters tackling the alcohol in stands crisis. He’s given his view on something.

 

[Esteban Cambiasso]

You talk as if you think he’s been doing all nighters tackling the alcohol in stands crisis. He’s given his view on something.

You do know he convened an emergency Cobra committee meeting to discuss it

 

[Sean Thornton]

You do know he convened an emergency Cobra committee meeting to discuss it

I heard it was Kingfisher.

 

[Bladesman]

You don’t go to matches apparently

 

[metalblade]

Bad idea, I remember sitting on H block one game wondering if the scruffy drunk with a carrier bag full of Stella was going to puke down my back. Luckily he never returned for the second half probably lapsed into a coma in one of the bogs at half time.