Yep, that sounds about right judging by the comments from some City fans who called into Wetherspoons in the Printworks, after watching the West Ham game at the cinema there .... they had food , managed to down three pints whilst they were eating it, but were told to leave after they had finished .... you cannot carry on drinking.
And if they had gone on to another pub they would almost certainly have had to do exactly the same thing!
But i suppose from a pub or restaurants viewpoint it's understadable ... they have to keep tables open in case somebody else wants to eat , because that's where their real money is made , and drinkers will always come in second place to that.
i usually go into the city centre most Saturdays and spend most of the day drinking in several pubs , and just call to a chppy there , but until they lower these restrictions back to Tier 2, when it was just about tolerable, 'i'm just not gonna bother ...... it's now more trouble than it;s worth , and they have simply taken all the enjoyment out of it.