Should football fans be allowed to drink beer in their seats?

[Ricky Otto]

Imagine the stone island brigade being able to get more than their pre match beers and having 3 or 4 more pints during the game. Absolute disaster waiting to happen! Should not be allowed and I don't think it will be. I think it's fine in other sports as they don't have a hooligan culture, unfortunately football does and the popularity of football hooligan films and the hooligan fashion you see at games around the country week in week out tells you that many people still romanticise it.

 

[Dutch Branch]

Stick with the Bovril for now ?

 

[GBJ]

I’m getting old, but the thought of being soaked with lager on a Tuesday night in January, as we equalise in the last minute against Maidenhead, doesn’t fill me with much enthusiasm.

 

[Swiss Tony]

I just can't get by the image of someone with 3 pints of beer in plastic containers trying to get to his seat in the middle of a row in the East or West stands

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Germans but should it really matter

No but you know what (some of) our lot can be like.

 

[Leigh_Seasider]

It’s been a big problem at the Principality Stadium which has been branded ‘the worlds biggest pub’

Having lived in Cardiff I saw plenty of drink related trouble in and around rugby games.

 

[rigsby]

We should rip out the seats in the North bank up to the Westside corner flag. Proper beer beer tent with good choices behind the North. Your standing ticket should include an extra £20 for 6 beers. 3 before the game, one at half time and 2 after should be the minimum for anyone wanting to be one of the 'pack'

You could still access the beer tent from East or West stand stand but can only take beer into a limited seating area in the North West corner and East Blues.....That would keep everyone happy and dry if you want......But RH would have the best atmosphere and with more Friday night games we would provide enough home wins for a serious promotion challenge next season......We would be the envy of the NL and some of the many local PL fans would be rocking up in big numbers......Which is vital for any future success.

 

[Target man]

Football, drinking and seats don’t mix. A half lasts longer than a pint or someone’s bladder once they’ve opened the seal. The issue here though is seats rather than drinking though. Re-introduce standing. Not that it has gone away as anyone who travels most weeks in the division can attest.

Also the beer at the football is invariably **** and some sort of watered down Carlsberg/Greene King in plastic cups that isn’t worth drinking.

Or Fosters at Barnet ..... still not got over the bitter memories of Bank Holiday lol

 

[Dubai]

I don’t think drinking in the game would increase the amount people drink. If on a bit of a day out, I’d just neck a few before KO, and neck a couple at half time knowing I gotta wait an hour until me next pint. Better off just letting people drinking what they want, might stop the binge drinking part of football.

If you don’t want a pint lobbed at you when we score, just get Moseley back as manager and sign Goodship. You’d be drier than a nuns… ?

 

[Benfleet A1]

Absolutely- did it in Germany no problem

Me as well, massively watered down though, I've drunk stronger water.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

My favourite bit of "hooliganism" at an England game (way back in The Ron Greenwood era) happened outside the ground though it was clearly drink related.I was with my younger brother -not RobNoxious but the other one.We were behind 3 lads in England shirts walking from the tube station along Wembley Way to the ground.The lads all got their tools out and ****ed away their excess pints without breaking stride.The look on my brother's face was a picture.

 

[Ricey]

Stick with the Bovril for now ?

Don’t see people throwing that around when we score a last minute winner.

 

[Dutch Branch]

Don’t see people throwing that around when we score a last minute winner.

Very expensive commodity is Bovril ? not to be wasted in a mad moment of euphoria either.

 

[Dutch Branch]

In the good old days before the Premier league I do remember being at Leicester’s old ground with Chelsea where we the away fans were situated behind the goal bizarrely enough above the their home yobbo’s.

Can anyone remember the name of their old firm?

A cold Wednesday night which resembled something like a scene from the dark ages whereby the army below was being pelted and drenched in everything from beer, coffee / tea and Bovril of course in those old days it would have been boiling oil gushing from the open mouths of turret gargoyles.

A sight to be hold, I nearly split my sides laughing so much ????

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Very expensive commodity is Bovril ? not to be wasted in a mad moment of euphoria either.

Ha! That reminds me of when I used to have a standing season ticketat Espanyol's old Sarria ground, just below Espanyol's "Ultras,"in the section above.For one particulat match a load of plastic cups rained down on those below,some filled with a liquid that certainly wasn't beer!We hastily changed our standing spot for the next game and never went back to the old one for some reason.

 

[brigg blue]

I think it should, I was working away in Germany on Monday and got a last minute ticket to the Gladbach vs Leipzig game.

Stood in the nord kurve terrace, had a few bitburgers and enjoyed the atmosphere. I didn't see anyone off their face nor was beer sent flying when goals were scored, In fairness I've seen far worse behaviour from some of our fans at away games where they've had to pre-drink and down pints rather than being allowed to sup at a more leisurely pace

 

[Benfleet A1]

Very expensive commodity is Bovril ? not to be wasted in a mad moment of euphoria either.

I had to use a bovril in retaliation at disgraceful slurs aimed at our beloved team during the 80/81 season at Tranmere. Three quarters of the ground had been closed due to safety concerns so everyone was squeezed into the main stand that was a two tier affair. The 30 or so hardy souls from Southend were herded in to the upper tier, directly above the less friendly Tranmere support.

Well several things were questioned about our mothers, fathers, sisters, the usual stuff you get from those cheeky laugh a minute scoursers ( yes, I know technically Tranmere is on The Wirrel but close enough) but its a funny thing, they seem to lose that sense of witty humour when scolding hot coffee and bovril hits the back of the neck from 20 feet up.

A wicked waste I agree but justifyed that chilly evening.

 

[RobM]

I’m getting old, but the thought of being soaked with lager on a Tuesday night in January, as we equalise in the last minute against Maidenhead, doesn’t fill me with much enthusiasm.

It's pretty unlikely anyway.

 

[GBJ]

It's pretty unlikely anyway.

Agreed. There’s no way we’d allow a raggedy club like Maidenhead to run us close to drawing over 90 mins ??

 

[Swiss Tony]

In the good old days before the Premier league I do remember being at Leicester’s old ground with Chelsea where we the away fans were situated behind the goal bizarrely enough above the their home yobbo’s.

Can anyone remember the name of their old firm?

A cold Wednesday night which resembled something like a scene from the dark ages whereby the army below was being pelted and drenched in everything from beer, coffee / tea and Bovril of course in those old days it would have been boiling oil gushing from the open mouths of turret gargoyles.

A sight to be hold, I nearly split my sides laughing so much ????

The Baby squad if i remember correctly, horrible lot.