Alcohol at football

GingerTravel said:
Perfectly fine to do it in France (I've watched PSG with a beer in hand) and in non-league here. Problem is there will be a very small minority who take it too far, those incidents will be publicised and the offer taken away. To be honest, it's that cold at the moment that it's multiple cups of tea needed, not beer!
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Not anymore unfortunately. Banned in the stands following a number of violent incidents a couple of seasons back. May actually be an outright ban. Certainly when I was at PSG a few years back it was zero alcohol beer being served.
 
I’m not anti-booze but just don’t think it’s a necessary step to take. I have my free one before a game and the occasional half time one, but not every game.

To be honest, if I’m on it early and intend to go out after the match, I like the couple of hours slow down / break. Normally have a pint in The North at FT and catch up with a few mates then walk into town once the crowds have calmed down.

I’d dread to think of some away games with booze in the stands. Some I’ve seen at away can barely stand at KO. Another 90 minutes drinking would be a recipe for disaster.
 
Norman_Conquest said:
The women's game are trialling drinking beer on the terraces at Bristol City, Southampton, Birmingham and Newcastle and it could be rolled out further if successful.

Could you see this happening in the men's game?


www.bbc.co.uk

Trial will allow fans to drink alcohol in stands at Women's Championship matches

Four Women's Championship teams will take part in a pilot scheme to allow fans to drink alcohol in the stands.
www.bbc.co.uk
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It might stop a third of the Riverside F***ing off to the concourse at 35 minutes.
 
Not going to happen until all fans can behave like adults at matches.

Once fans can mix and sit together with no issues you might be able to think about it.

Farcical that you can be playing your mates team, but if you want to sit together one of you has to pretend they're not supporting the opposition. When you think about it it's bonkers, yet accepted as the norm in football.

So yeah, not going to happen.
 
I always have a few beers with friends at the Stockton Town games and also Billingham Town, It's an enjoyable experience. Something of a different vibe.
I never have a pint at the Riverside though.

It will never happen at the higher levels. It's different. Our drinking culture is completely different to the rest of Europe and we cant be trusted and it will be carnage. Not at every game obviously but imagine Boro vs Leeds on a Friday night and you can drink as much as you want while watching from the stands.......
 
I do think if they allowed drinking on the terraces it would potentially prevent people downing pints before the game or at half time.

But also have no desire to be covered in beer as the idiots shot their pints when we score. (or fans throw them into the opponents section)

Unfortunately the negatives outweigh the positives at the moment.
 
festa5 said:
Not going to happen until all fans can behave like adults at matches.

Once fans can mix and sit together with no issues you might be able to think about it.

Farcical that you can be playing your mates team, but if you want to sit together one of you has to pretend they're not supporting the opposition. When you think about it it's bonkers, yet accepted as the norm in football.

So yeah, not going to happen.
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Mad isn't it? There's been a few times opposition fans have been "outed" sat near me at the Riverside. Inevitably they start getting abuse and then get moved/kicked out. The way people go on you'd think they'd identified a paedophile or a serial killer, not just someone sat watching football.
 
exeterboro said:
To be fair I don't see it at matches either, I usually come in and head straight off for my seat and I don't bother going for a drink or food at half time, I just stay in my seat. I never had flu/ COVID from going to a match and that's because I avoid the concourse area , especially when it's packed in a confined area
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I was at an FAI Cup Final in Dublin and you could buy a pint but you had to drink in your seat… the Advice from the Irish Government at the time is don’t block the concourses.
Also there was loads of space as the ground was half full.
 
Unfortunately if it went to top level, even mid level football, people would just throw beers in the air when their team scored like when England played in the Euros. Absolutely no idea why people do it, just poured away nearly a whole pint, for what? Drenched and smell like cheap lager for the rest of the game and the journey home.
 
I went to Orlando City a few years back and they had handy drinks holders attached to the rail seat barriers. very convenient. also blokes selling cans out of coolers in the concourses. bars close after 80 minutes though
 
GibbosEmpire said:
Unfortunately if it went to top level, even mid level football, people would just throw beers in the air when their team scored like when England played in the Euros. Absolutely no idea why people do it, just poured away nearly a whole pint, for what? Drenched and smell like cheap lager for the rest of the game and the journey home.
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Limbs innit, that and the gram.
 
GibbosEmpire said:
Unfortunately if it went to top level, even mid level football, people would just throw beers in the air when their team scored like when England played in the Euros. Absolutely no idea why people do it, just poured away nearly a whole pint, for what? Drenched and smell like cheap lager for the rest of the game and the journey home.
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Lol
 
TheYorkshireTerrier said:
I've never understood the need to have a big booze up at a match, for a number of reasons, but going down to queue early and missing 10 minutes of the first half so you can get and finish a pint during half times just doesn't make sense to me.
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I don't get it either, I go to the match to watch the match. I'm not sure how a dodgy pint in a plastic glass in a concrete concourse improves the experience.
 
Low_Key said:
I went to Orlando City a few years back and they had handy drinks holders attached to the rail seat barriers. very convenient. also blokes selling cans out of coolers in the concourses. bars close after 80 minutes though
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And you don't have to go to the bar, they come to you and the beer is sold in the stands, as well as on the concourse.
 
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