Drinking at Matches

[Cereal Killer]

So Burnham thinks it’s outdated and we should be bring back drinking in the stands

I don’t particularly want me or the kids covered in beer when we score, or having to let people squeeze past every 5 minutes to go to the toilet

[bigmanbob]

Your last line, re people squeezing past, have you ever been to the game??????

[Jamokachi]

Works perfectly fine in other countries and sports. It most definitely is an outdated rule/law.

[TheRam]

People are so precious about having to stand up for a few seconds every now and then.

It’ll be fine.

[74Blue]

If they are going to allow alcohol into the stands then maybe consider having designated stands where it allowed and keep some areas alcohol free. Not everybody wants to be sprayed with ale when a goal is scored. Families with kids may not want to be sat with a load of blokes getting hammered during the game. It's about choice. If you want a drink, you go in one of these stands. If you don't, then the other stands are designated "family" areas, where alcohol remains restricted.

[MayorFarnham]

I doubt people will get hammered in 90 minutes.

Drinking at football is not something that has ever really appealed to me. Too much hassle, too many minutes of the game missed for an over-priced beer.

[Audrey Horne]

It's 90 mins

It's basically just having a pint with you in the stands

People aren't going to be sat getting hammered

[CannockPricey]

If they are going to allow alcohol into the stands then maybe consider having designated stands where it allowed and keep some areas alcohol free. Not everybody wants to be sprayed with ale when a goal is scored. Families with kids may not want to be sat with a load of blokes getting hammered during the game. It's about choice. If you want a drink, you go in one of these stands. If you don't, then the other stands are designated "family" areas, where alcohol remains restricted.

I imagine this will be the case. There are always alcohol free areas at the cricket/rugby etc and it works well. It would be daft not to provide for that but assuming that is taken care of, I think it's a good idea.

The concourses being rammed with people guzzling a pint uncomfortably quickly under the current rules is a bigger problem I think.

[Risky]

Anyone wanting multiple pints at the match (before, at HT, after) is having them now anyway, so being able to drink at your seat isn't going to result in a load of people suddenly being hammered IMO.

I'd also like to think it would be quite self-policing if someone launched a pint too, don't think it would be an issue particularly.

Not arsed myself but not against it either.

[TheRam]

It's 90 mins

It's basically just having a pint with you in the stands

People aren't going to be sat getting hammered

Nor will people be getting covered in drinks.

[Matt1878]

If I dont get showered in it then I dont really care, live and let live. If I had a pint in my hand when AMN scored though, I would have covered myself in it regardless.

And thats why I am not arsed, those moments are why I go to the game. VAR has already taken some of the elation of the moment away, I dont want to have to watch my pint at the same time to avoid chucking it over someone. We've all seen the limbs when those moments happen. Its inevitable.

So I dunno, I am open to see how it goes, I'll just wait until after the game to resume drinking anyway, costs a fortune in the ground.