Brandane
Legendary Member
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BBC news item.
Is it really such a big deal to go without alcohol for 2 hours?
The alcohol ban has been around for about 35 years now, and has worked reasonably well. I used to work at Scottish football matches every other weekend, including Rangers/Celtic games. Even with the alcohol ban, the atmosphere at some games was what could only be described as tense - and that's being kind.
I wouldn't like to go to some of these matches if people were once again allowed to sit drinking out of bottles and cans, or even if it was restricted to drink sold within the ground in a plastic container.
To compare football matches with rugby is naive in the extreme, it's a totally different ball game (ho ho). Are they suggesting that football crowds could be non segregated as at rugby games? I can't imagine that happening any time soon.
Is it really such a big deal to go without alcohol for 2 hours?
The alcohol ban has been around for about 35 years now, and has worked reasonably well. I used to work at Scottish football matches every other weekend, including Rangers/Celtic games. Even with the alcohol ban, the atmosphere at some games was what could only be described as tense - and that's being kind.
I wouldn't like to go to some of these matches if people were once again allowed to sit drinking out of bottles and cans, or even if it was restricted to drink sold within the ground in a plastic container.
To compare football matches with rugby is naive in the extreme, it's a totally different ball game (ho ho). Are they suggesting that football crowds could be non segregated as at rugby games? I can't imagine that happening any time soon.