| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy 22:51 - Sep 23 with 3291 views | colinallcars |
Andy to review the “in view” drinking ban at football matches as discriminatory.
Actually I've only ever had a few swigs of Scottish medicine in view of the pitch.
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 10:21 - Sep 24 with 959 views | QPunkR |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 09:37 - Sep 24 by Landshark |
I was pro allowing alcohol to be drunk in sight of the pitch until reading this forum. As always LFW is the voice of reason, too many knobs will be lobbing beer if their team scores which I hadn't thought about.
I would say that they don't have a problem anywhere else in the world when it comes to drinking beer in the stands but British blokes are a bit.........different. |
Agree with you on this mate. I'd be completely for allowing beers in the stands but I completely forgot that people in the UK can't seemingly celebrate a goal without throwing their beer in the air. It would absolutely f**k me off if it happened to me.
Really annoying because watching in other countries it never happens. I've always got a beer in hand when watching Lausanne-Sport as do many others and yet no cups get thrown in the air when the team (rarely, this season!) scores.
Maybe they could allow it in English stadiums but bring in a law stipulating that anyone who throws their beer in the air is to receive a punch to the nose/throat from anyone within 5 seats of them. |  |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 10:31 - Sep 24 with 936 views | aston_hoop |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 09:01 - Sep 24 by Hunterhoop |
My first thought was “why is the PM allocating any thinking time or speaking time to this topic?!”
Whatever your political persuasion, it surely can be agreed that he faces a mountain of problems to address, and this surely shouldn’t even be a spec on the horizon. Stop with the populist policies and get on tackling the big problems.
First step, give the bond market some indication you’re going to reduce government spending to get a softening in the gilts’ interest rate to reduce borrowing costs and give you further headroom to actually do/fix stuff. |
I guess he sat through the whole of Everton v Wolves in the cup last week while sober and thought 'sod this' |  |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 10:32 - Sep 24 with 935 views | Maggsinho |
Not for me either, not just people throwing beers to celebrate a goal but sloshing it over you as they return to their seat with full pints, beers getting knocked over leaving a sticky mess and having to get up all the time for people going to buy a pint.
Keep it as it is. |  | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 10:44 - Sep 24 with 880 views | Northernr |
Two scenarios here.
Tightly packed away end at Bristol City. Late Paul Smyth winner. Everybody thinks it's hilarious to recreate a Box Park scene and launch beer into the air. Long way home soaking wet and stinking.
Pre-season at Bromley, lovely sunny evening, balcony bar runs the whole length of the side stand, nice beer watching the warm ups. 2 minutes before a pre-season friendly starts they bring mechanical shutters down so you can't see the pitch and you're now standing in a dark tube.
Overall, Hunter's right. So much more sht facing this country atm than this. Focus on that. |  | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 12:47 - Sep 24 with 733 views | Antti_Heinola |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 10:44 - Sep 24 by Northernr |
Two scenarios here.
Tightly packed away end at Bristol City. Late Paul Smyth winner. Everybody thinks it's hilarious to recreate a Box Park scene and launch beer into the air. Long way home soaking wet and stinking.
Pre-season at Bromley, lovely sunny evening, balcony bar runs the whole length of the side stand, nice beer watching the warm ups. 2 minutes before a pre-season friendly starts they bring mechanical shutters down so you can't see the pitch and you're now standing in a dark tube.
Overall, Hunter's right. So much more sht facing this country atm than this. Focus on that. |
Agree with the last line to an extent. But the problem is you have to do stuff people will notice. Gradually improving trains over 20 years: no one will remember who did that (no one really remembers that it was Ken who completely changed the underground and made it work again. People think it's bad now (and it isn't, not really): yeah, try it in the late 90s lads).
Starmer's work on small boats has gone completely unnoticed and totally ignored: numbers are way, way down thanks to his policies and work. But you'd never know it because he was 'boring' and Farage has to find the one thing that will distract people from all his financial shenanigans.
I'm afraid Burnham is absolutely right to find some happy quick wins (although I';m in agreement with you totally: context on when it's allowed is everything - I'm not sure there's even room to bend my arm to drink a beer in the SA Stand) that this country of dullards might actually notice, while he tries to tackle stuff that can't be fixed in a few weeks by deploying the armed forces or whatever it is people think will work. |  |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 12:55 - Sep 24 with 704 views | nick_hammersmith |
He should be more worried about the Kilos of cocaine knocking about at football matches around the country |  | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:00 - Sep 24 with 684 views | swisscottage |
Sheesh, the things people get wound up about never ceases to amaze me.
He responds to a question with a long held opinion. This isn't something on his agenda or stuff he's spending time on.
Get a grip. |  | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:05 - Sep 24 with 663 views | The_Beast1976 |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 09:52 - Sep 24 by derbyhoop |
It is discriminatory as you can drink while watching other sports, e.g. Rugby, Cricket. However, apart from the drunkeness and associated yob behaviour, getting drenched in beer is a good enough reason to keep the status quo. |
"It is discriminatory as you can drink while watching other sports, e.g. Rugby, Cricket."
In principle this is correct. However, as a matter of fact the people watching the cricket and rugby generally don't contain the complete drunken, geared up knobheads looking for trouble that you get at the football.
It's an awful idea, and I have no doubt within a year or two it would be reversed after serial trouble at matches.
On a related note AB is a pr*ck (IMHO) who has a massive job on his hands which he is incapable of doing (so he's just playing populist, diversionary politics). He'll no doubt increase welfare spending again in October and increase the debt pile even further, but that's alright because you can have a beer at the football  [Post edited 24 Sep 13:13]
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:11 - Sep 24 with 647 views | BeauRanger |
Need to start serving something better than cans of Carlsberg at £7+ a go really.
The clubs might like it for more sales & reduce half time queues, but not necessary imo for the views already mentioned. [Post edited 24 Sep 13:12]
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:14 - Sep 24 with 632 views | The_Beast1976 |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:12 - Sep 24 by Lanhoop |
If there was no beer at Rugby or Cricket then no-one would go as it's just too boring. Football doesn't have that problem. |
Test cricket is the best sport in the world. Far more 'interesting' than football (but yes crowds would undoubtedly be down if no booze. That says more about the UK's social habits and booze problems than it does about the sport though) [Post edited 24 Sep 13:15]
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:18 - Sep 24 with 621 views | Rangersw12 |
Not a fan of this policy myself but apparently it will be good for lower league clubs | | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:33 - Sep 24 with 572 views | Dorse |
Leave it alone. I think most people are able to curb their raging thirst for 45 mins.
I mean, not me but, you know, some people. |  |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:34 - Sep 24 with 572 views | TK1 |
Absolutely do not want to be in the R Block or on an away end when QPR score, early in a game or just after half time in particular, if this comes to pass.
But baby steps at Loftus Road. Perhaps QPR could start by opening the bars throughout the match, as they do at - checks notes - Millwall and St Andrews, to name two. Fix the screens in Ellerslie so you can actually see them when the sun's out. If you need a pint then you could pop down and have one when you wanted, not miss a kick. | | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:37 - Sep 24 with 562 views | Northernr |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:34 - Sep 24 by TK1 |
Absolutely do not want to be in the R Block or on an away end when QPR score, early in a game or just after half time in particular, if this comes to pass.
But baby steps at Loftus Road. Perhaps QPR could start by opening the bars throughout the match, as they do at - checks notes - Millwall and St Andrews, to name two. Fix the screens in Ellerslie so you can actually see them when the sun's out. If you need a pint then you could pop down and have one when you wanted, not miss a kick. |
It would also solve a daft situation downstairs where people who've hired executive boxes can't drink while the game is taking place (unless this has changed). Haven't had the experience too often myself but last time I was down there everybody was sitting drinking beer out of coffee cups. | | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:42 - Sep 24 with 547 views | Watford_Ranger |
Probably not great for the pubs reliant on football crowds either. | | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 14:27 - Sep 24 with 447 views | TheChef |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:18 - Sep 24 by Rangersw12 |
Not a fan of this policy myself but apparently it will be good for lower league clubs |
Er well at non-league clubs you can drink a beer in view of the pitch.
But again, those clubs tend not to attract the pissed up coked up idiots. |  |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 14:38 - Sep 24 with 422 views | NW5Hoop |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 10:44 - Sep 24 by Northernr |
Two scenarios here.
Tightly packed away end at Bristol City. Late Paul Smyth winner. Everybody thinks it's hilarious to recreate a Box Park scene and launch beer into the air. Long way home soaking wet and stinking.
Pre-season at Bromley, lovely sunny evening, balcony bar runs the whole length of the side stand, nice beer watching the warm ups. 2 minutes before a pre-season friendly starts they bring mechanical shutters down so you can't see the pitch and you're now standing in a dark tube.
Overall, Hunter's right. So much more sht facing this country atm than this. Focus on that. |
The more serious problem will be the points deductions/fines/away fan bans when refs or opposition players get showered. As if that won't happen. | | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 14:43 - Sep 24 with 411 views | Wegerles_Stairs |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 14:49 - Sep 24 with 403 views | Boston |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 23:17 - Sep 23 by Bluce_Ree |
Ban the rampant cocaine use. |
Indeed, who hasn’t enjoyed a snort off the bald geezers head sitting in front of ya. | |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 14:52 - Sep 24 with 395 views | BrianMcCarthy |
I think people shouldn't be allowed play football within sight of us drinking. |  |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 15:26 - Sep 24 with 309 views | daveB |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 09:01 - Sep 24 by Hunterhoop |
My first thought was “why is the PM allocating any thinking time or speaking time to this topic?!”
Whatever your political persuasion, it surely can be agreed that he faces a mountain of problems to address, and this surely shouldn’t even be a spec on the horizon. Stop with the populist policies and get on tackling the big problems.
First step, give the bond market some indication you’re going to reduce government spending to get a softening in the gilts’ interest rate to reduce borrowing costs and give you further headroom to actually do/fix stuff. |
I think the FSA have been lobbying for it for a while so he responded to a question about it whilst in New York, guessing it was about how fans could drink at the World Cup but not in England. There is no suggestion he's actually going to do push for this to happen, he was just answering a question and it's a slow news week.
I get the idea that it should be down to the clubs if they serve it or not rather than banned. Too many idiots at football in England to make it work though.
It was quite a novel experience drinking at Rugby and NFL games I've been to but a completly different sort of atmosphere [Post edited 24 Sep 15:29]
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 16:27 - Sep 24 with 217 views | connell10 |
The price of a drink in Loftus road i for one would not be chucking it up in the air!! |  |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 17:02 - Sep 24 with 175 views | E17hoop |
Just no. |  |
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