Dubai Blue said:
Didsbury Dave said:
Goater666 said:
When was the last time you could have a pint at your seat whilst watching Football in England?
I'm pretty sure it was before the Taylor report, 1991ish
Nah, it was banned around the mid 80s, I think. Certainly before Taylor anyway
My first memory of the Kippax in 1987 was those massive stencilled signs saying no alcohol beyond this point.
That sign was the only souvenir I wanted from MR, but it was a bit big to put on the wall, really. Some lads outside the Whitworth were dancing gleefully with the JUNIOR BLUES sign from the back of the North Stand. I was impressed; I took a photo. That was a fun day, that. Shame about the result and the ensuing morbid curioisity with our decrepit former stadium, despite being gifted one of the best stadiums in the country for nowt. But I digress.
Didsbury Dave said:
If people want to get drunk at the game they do now anyway. I don't think that rule makes a blind bit of difference. If there's trouble now it's outside the ground in the main anyway.
You must have intended the irony in this statement, surely?
Banning alcohol in the ground makes it easier for the police/stewards to stop drunk people from entering the stadium to cause trouble, and to eject them for being drunk and/or causing trouble.
Banning alcohol in view of the pitch is simply a concession made by the authorities for those who can't go 2 hours without a beer so they can have one at half time. Anyone having two pints at h/t instead of watching the second half needs to take a long hard look at their life and sort their priorities out. IMFO
talkativesprout said:
The safety nannies should move with the times, its the snort heads who are this generations fuckwits. Bag of the old charlie big spuds and fight the world.
That is why I don't usually go to Wigan away. But it's bad enough without alcohol; add six pints into the cocktail, and the same people move on to a whole new level of belligerent fucktardedness. You can see them walking around the side streets of Manchester on a Friday & Saturday night, looking for other belligerent fucktards to fight. That is why I don't drink vodka & Red Bull any more, I don't usually remember anything the next day, but everyone else knows about it so I assume I turn into a belligerent fucktard. I don't want to be one. Some people do. They're the ones who are banned from drinking alcohol in view of the pitch. Everyone else suffers as a result.
But then, I'm not an alcoholic, so I don't care either way. I'd rather not have drunk people around me at a football match (or anywhere, for that matter) thanks.
I'm not saying everyone can't handle their alcohol. I'm saying not everyone can.
