| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … 07:36 - Sep 24 with 3093 views | DarkBrandon |
https://www.theguardian.com/fo
Pick a side
a) Seems sensible. Happens in other sports
b) It is 45 minutes. You should be able to survive without a drink for 45 minutes |  | | |  |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 10:50 - Sep 24 with 746 views | football |
a for me even though I wont partake. |  | | |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 10:53 - Sep 24 with 737 views | bluester |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 09:40 - Sep 24 by Tractor_Buck |
Apart from Rugby (both codes), T20 and The Hundred Cricket which aren't slow paced at all and do their best to engage the crowd rather than make them feel like the bad guys. |
Good point! And I've also had beers at football matches overseas. Maybe we just don't trust ourselves to behave like grown ups. | | | |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 10:58 - Sep 24 with 729 views | _CliveBaker_ |
Smells like a 'man of the people' gimmick, doesn't he have more important things to be spending his time thinking about?
No need for it, winds me up at Rugby with people going in and out all the time. |  | | |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 11:08 - Sep 24 with 710 views | franz_tyson |
One of the lads, int he. Footie geezer. Get's my vote. Bosh. | | | |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 11:52 - Sep 24 with 669 views | WolfieAtTheBack |
If i was in my 20s, give me the beer.
Now, not too bothered. |  | | |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 12:41 - Sep 24 with 625 views | Scuzzer |
One more of his big mountain moving policies, of no significance.
Originally these regulations were brought in to assist ALL in being safe. So why change something that has actually worked.
Leave well alone. |  |
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| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 12:43 - Sep 24 with 617 views | Overtheborderblue |
I don’t drink beer , but I like the thought of a rum or whiskey on a cold January day seems very sensible! | | | |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 12:49 - Sep 24 with 605 views | Mookamoo |
Just have drinking allowed in the North and South stands. If it really is an issue, sit, you have the option to sit somewhere else |  | | |
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| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 12:56 - Sep 24 with 591 views | rickw |
a) I wouldn't mind trying it, maybe in certain stands for certain games
I would often like a beer at a match but at halftime it takes 15 mins to get served meaning you'd have to down it and go back to your seat, if you can take it with you that has to be a good thing.
I wouldn't have it at a Norwich match, I'm always amazed each time how drunk people can get by a Sunday midday kick off! |  |
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| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 13:21 - Sep 24 with 555 views | north_stand77 |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 10:06 - Sep 24 by LandOfMickyStockwell |
I can see this being liked by clubs to gain revenue. A trial might be that bars still close during the match to prevent people getting up, but is unmanageable. I've been to rugby, found I drank pints more out of rounds culture than wanting to. I wasn't interested in the game (not my sport TBH).
Strong B.
1. Safe standing makes it difficult to put the pint on the floor, so less clapping, less singing, more knocking over.
2. Spills by accident or on purpose. I hate the 'limbs' phenomenon. At best wet shoes, worst wet head. VAR decisions can't put pints back in to glasses. Offenders easily lost in the crowd rather than ejected. That is if they're not punched first.
3. Better culture talking to other fans while drinking, not just your mate beside you. Drinking in the stands seems insular.
4. Benefit to club revenues, does this mean less for local pubs that rely on match trade? If both benefit, then there's a lot of beery people. I think the before / after pints could be affected.
5. Football is more family orientated, nice to have a moment away from alcohol. On the pitch is the most important thing.
6. Disruption during the game happens now for toilet breaks and half-time. The rows at the Hill Dickenson were very tight, can't imaging the difficulty carrying pints through that. [Post edited 24 Sep 10:08]
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Absolutely agree with all these points.
It won't work, drinks will be flying everywhere, not at all pleasant for the large majority of fans. Then arguements and fisty cuffs a possibility.
The law was brought in for a reason, to help prevent problems in the stands .
I remember it was sometimes carnage in the stands before the law changed, especially in the 70s!
It's a definite no from me. |  | | |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 14:07 - Sep 24 with 521 views | wrightsrightglove |
B for me.
I wonder if it is brought in whether clubs might look to continue the ban regardless (or would that not be allowed?) It’d cause a load of issues with pints being spilt / thrown and there’ll be plenty of fights when kids etc are getting covered in beer.
Throw it in the bin along with WiFi in the ground. There’s already enough people around me who spend half the game on their phones. Just go and actually enjoy the game | | | |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 15:59 - Sep 24 with 474 views | LandOfMickyStockwell |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 14:07 - Sep 24 by wrightsrightglove |
B for me.
I wonder if it is brought in whether clubs might look to continue the ban regardless (or would that not be allowed?) It’d cause a load of issues with pints being spilt / thrown and there’ll be plenty of fights when kids etc are getting covered in beer.
Throw it in the bin along with WiFi in the ground. There’s already enough people around me who spend half the game on their phones. Just go and actually enjoy the game |
If clubs have a choice, then they may only allow it in some areas of the ground. Ironically, that would cause discrimination that the Prime Minister is supposedly keen to remove.
Imagine if the corporates and directors could pop champagne corks over prawn sandwiches, but other fans could not. It would be good for hospitality sales but at the cost of an "us and them" rift.
As stated, I am a "B". |  | | |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 16:09 - Sep 24 with 465 views | Sarge |
I would love to not have to down a beer quickly to get into the stand but there are too many melts who will just chuck their beer around if we score. No thanks. | | | |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 16:13 - Sep 24 with 457 views | TheBoyBlue |
I think others have said similar, but it would be great not to have to neck it all down at halftime. Allow people to take their drinks out to the terraces to finish but close the bars when the game is going on. So I guess leaning more towards B. | |
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| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 16:20 - Sep 24 with 449 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
I have an idea for everyone (including me) worried about beer being thrown everywhere... how about beer-filled seats, with an attached straw? |  |
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| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 17:30 - Sep 24 with 402 views | Broadbent23 |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 07:42 - Sep 24 by BanksterDebtSlave |
Never mind getting covered in beer if we score at away days! |
What we need are water hydration bags filled with beer and a long tube. Then we won't be covered in beer when our team scores. Saves on plastic glasses. | |
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| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 17:39 - Sep 24 with 396 views | franz_tyson |
I love the thought of having more freedoms back.... but, on this one... no.
Why can't you just want to watch the game? No disruptions with getting beer and people taking a p1ss. Just drink before and/or after the game.
If you want to drink during the game... stay at home, stream the game where you're near a fridge full of beer and a toilet.
Burnham's just trying to get some working class blokes on his side. | | | |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 17:40 - Sep 24 with 395 views | LandOfMickyStockwell |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 17:30 - Sep 24 by Broadbent23 |
What we need are water hydration bags filled with beer and a long tube. Then we won't be covered in beer when our team scores. Saves on plastic glasses. |
I'd worry that the fan next to me would be using the bag and tube for a piss. It's difficult to tell warm Carling apart.
Search "Beer-Filled Jacket" on Amazon.
I've had plastic lids on pints at rugby, how are they not frisbees and thrown like the bottle tops that were banned? Reckon they'd fly further. | | | |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 20:35 - Sep 24 with 326 views | jontysnut |
I was at Crewe recently. If I'd thrown a beer in the air the only person it would have hit was me. |  | | |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 20:59 - Sep 24 with 307 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 09:49 - Sep 24 by Leaky |
I don't think Burnham sits with the plebs, probably in corporate food & drink delivered to his seat |
Whereas Nige gets to sit in the changing room and is served his pint by our C.E.O.
Man of the people though, right? |  |
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| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 21:23 - Sep 24 with 290 views | The_Romford_Blue |
If it became like those boxpark bellends who chuck beer and force limbs for England games, I’d be 100% against it. |  |
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| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 21:36 - Sep 24 with 260 views | BurleysBoyz |
Dreadful. Another Labour populist completely out of ideas. Let’s please bring on this early election he’s been been floating and get this tax and spend socialists out before they bankrupt us all. | | | |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 21:44 - Sep 24 with 242 views | BurleysBoyz |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 11:08 - Sep 24 by franz_tyson |
One of the lads, int he. Footie geezer. Get's my vote. Bosh. |
Man of the people. A real regular bloke. Mskersfield man. Just the chap if you love high taxes, an enormous welfare bill, zero growth and over regulation. What a toxic gov we’ve had since this lot got “elected”. No wonder net contributors are leaving in their droves. | | | |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 21:50 - Sep 24 with 222 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 13:21 - Sep 24 by north_stand77 |
Absolutely agree with all these points.
It won't work, drinks will be flying everywhere, not at all pleasant for the large majority of fans. Then arguements and fisty cuffs a possibility.
The law was brought in for a reason, to help prevent problems in the stands .
I remember it was sometimes carnage in the stands before the law changed, especially in the 70s!
It's a definite no from me. |
I imagine the stewards and old bill will be horrified by the idea too. Football fans just aren’t mature enough to be trusted with something like this. FPR is probably one of the few grounds I can think of where it might work in the main. The thought of it somewhere like over here is quite frightening. It’s like a zoo at the best of times. |  |
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| Burnham thinking about allowing drinking in the stands … on 23:10 - Sep 24 with 182 views | stonojnr |
b) and its not even 45 mins, the bars dont shut at Town afaik. I have known people who watched whole games in Legends...sorry Beatties...for one, technically the licence they have allows them to, whether you can find staff to serve you is another matter of course.
but there you go I guess he wants to wash his prawn sandwiches from his lofty directors box perch down with something more than a vimto. | | | |
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