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i still dont understand the rule anyway, the signs in the concourse state a sporting events order from the 80's yet you see drinking in other sporting events, cricket for one!

 

And rugby. Unfortunately a few of the gimps that attend football go and ruin it for everyone.

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I'm just glad his passport is to be taken off him for England away games. Heaven forbid he goes abroad and repeats this heinous crime!

 

Quite right too!!!! don't want that sort causing a nuisance to those nice Turkish, Polish, Russian happy clappy fans :shakey:

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i still dont understand the rule anyway, the signs in the concourse state a sporting events order from the 80's yet you see drinking in other sporting events, cricket for one!

 

Agreed. It's not as if that drink made him violent or anything.

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For his actions towards the stewards he deserves his ban for being a prat. But what I dont understand is the purpose of the ban on drinking alcohol in the stands rule ? I mean its not to stop fans getting drunk at matches because the club sell it in the concourses ? So its ok to drink in the concourse but not the stands ? If the beer was served in plastic cups, what difference does it make if you drink it in the concourse or in your seat ? I just dont get it.

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Don't know, but just a guess that the reason that you can drink on the concourse but not the stand is that it is more controlled if you just drink in the concourse. If you drink in the seats as well it could mean uniterrupted drinking from say 1PM-5PM, whereas at least the way it is you have to have an hour or so break. Obviously there are flwas in that you can be in the pun hours beforehand anyway (but could be refused entry), or could get in the ground early and get pished, but that is my theory.

 

Went to a game in Germany the other week and people there were watching the match with one litre pitchers. But it is a different society there with alcohol available in places such as Ubahn stations and perhaps where it is so freely available, it is not such a problem. Even saw wine on sale in a pharmacy. Impressed by that

 

Bet the guy in the footage feels a bit of a plum now though

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i still dont understand the rule anyway, the signs in the concourse state a sporting events order from the 80's yet you see drinking in other sporting events, cricket for one!

 

The Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol) Act 1985 was entirely designed to prevent football fans from drinking at matches.

 

For the first couple of years afterwards you couldn't have a drink in sight of the pitch - including numerous supporters' clubs with windows overlooking the pitch, which had to paint over / board up the windows or just close down. Funnily enough when corporate hospitality kicked off post-Hillsborough with the new stadia and middle-class interest in football from Italia '90, they tweaked the laws a little to allow the "compromise" you get in hospitality.

 

The Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985 prevents:-

 

drunken entry into a football ground (which, in practice, to be an arrestable offence includes disorderly behaviour);

the consumption of alcohol within view of the playing area including, during the restricted period (15 minutes before the start of the event to 15 minutes after the end of the event), rooms within the ground from which the event may be directly viewed;

the consumption of alcohol on certain coaches, trains and motor vehicles travelling to a designated football match;

the possession of fireworks or flares.

The Act applies to the following sporting events:-

 

Association football matches in which one or both of the participating teams represents a club which is for the time being a member (whether a full or associate member) of the Football League, the Football Association Premier League, the Football Conference National Division, the Scottish Football League or Welsh Premier League, or represents a country or territory.

Association football matches in competition the Football association Cup (other than in the preliminary or qualifying round).

The Act only applies in England and Wales.

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Can you bring a hip-flask with some wiskey in for those cold matches in winter? or would that get you thrown out?

 

Is that the same, or is that ok?

 

Reminds me of being at Anfield many moons ago when some p!ssed up scousers were giving it large whilst supping from a hip flask in the stand adjacent ... the On The Dole song rapidly became "On The Dole , In the stands, Drinking Scotch.. " :lol: Ha ha improvisation or what. (Or maybe it was a you had to be there moment)

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What a ***. I have been to stadiums for varoius sports in many countries, enjoyed a beer while watching, even in UK in concerts etc et you canb drink a beer, but not watching footy. Just because of knobs like this @r$ole. Spoils it for everyone.

 

Lol out loud: "...only stopping after appearing to hurt his foot..."

 

Brain dead moron. Better out than in.

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It would be alot nicer to be allowed to buy alcohol during the game and end the half time rush...

 

They should provide the stewards with Cool Boxes so that they can double up on their walk up the aisles telling people to sit down, and serve punters beer and popcorn like usherettes did at the piccy houses with kia orange juice FFS.

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It is sad that football fans aren't trusted to drink in the stands when they do in many other sports such as Rugby, Cricket etc. However despite this, the guy in the article fully deserves the ban as he has no excuses as he was aware of the rules.

 

I agree he knew the rules and deserved to be thrown out for breaking said rules, even banned for the season but, does he really deserve a 3 year international banning order???

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I agree he knew the rules and deserved to be thrown out for breaking said rules, even banned for the season but, does he really deserve a 3 year international banning order???

 

If he was trying to smack stewards then yes.

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Can you bring a hip-flask with some wiskey in for those cold matches in winter? or would that get you thrown out?

 

Is that the same, or is that ok?

 

Ive done that!

 

Me too, Hartlepool away, nothing wrong with it IMO.

 

Reminds me of being at Anfield many moons ago when some p!ssed up scousers were giving it large whilst supping from a hip flask in the stand adjacent ... the On The Dole song rapidly became "On The Dole , In the stands, Drinking Scotch.. " :lol: Ha ha improvisation or what. (Or maybe it was a you had to be there moment)

 

I did it when we played Man City at Eastlands.

 

The one and only time I've ever been in a football stadium that started to spin!

 

:lol:

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I agree he knew the rules and deserved to be thrown out for breaking said rules, even banned for the season but, does he really deserve a 3 year international banning order???

 

it was probably the violent behaviour that got him the 3 year ban,not the alcohol in the stands tbf....

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