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look what you've gone and done

thats going to upset a few people in the business lounge

Daz tips off Jon B, bingo that'll teach the trust.

This will put an end to throwing pints over fans heads for nool and gang aswell!

It's shit though isn't it, has drinking during the game resulted in any problems ? I haven't heard of any, 'kin killjoys.

Brenty and the club will shit out on a few bob too.

Am I going nuts, or hasn't it been law that you can't watch football matches whilst consuming alcohol in view of the game for fooking years and years?

Since Heysel I think, so nearly 30 years.

Cornish Chris wrote:

Since Heysel I think, so nearly 30 years.

Thanks. It just goes to show how rank amateur and yes, village, Argyle are that they seemed oblivious to it.

Back in the 90's I used to watch most games from the 'exec' boxes as a mate had one. You weren't allowed to take alcohol back in from the Green Room bar in those days so it looks like things have slipped even further under Brents stewardship.

Why is it a law though? You can drink at a rugby match whilst watching the match can't you?!

But that aside, how village! Tring will have a field day and rightly so.

Yea Man wrote:

Why is it a law though? You can drink at a rugby match whilst watching the match can't you?!

But that aside, how village!  Tring will have a field day and rightly so.

Because the people watching rugby and cricket as you can drink at them too arent likely to kick off in the stands after a couple. Some footy fans sadly cant be trusted with booze sadly.

Yea Man wrote:

Why is it a law though? You can drink at a rugby match whilst watching the match can't you?!

But that aside, how village!  Tring will have a field day and rightly so.

Unique to football YM, been in place for 30 years as others have said. I've sneaked in the odd brandy in my shoes whilst watching Argyle away on a cold winter's night. Geddon.

Yea Man wrote:

Why is it a law though? You can drink at a rugby match whilst watching the match can't you?!

But that aside, how village!  Tring will have a field day and rightly so.

It's purely a football thing.

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Football attracts undesirables. We decent folk continue to pay the price............well I don't anymore but you guys do.

Angry wrote:

Yea Man wrote:

Why is it a law though? You can drink at a rugby match whilst watching the match can't you?!

But that aside, how village!  Tring will have a field day and rightly so.

Because the people watching rugby and cricket as you can drink at them too arent likely to kick off in the stands after a couple. Some footy fans sadly cant be trusted with booze sadly.

It's a load of fecking nonsense anyway Angers, we used to go to the game then have a few more at the game, a day of steady drinking. The main plan is now to hammer down 4,5,6,7,8 pints before you get to the game as its pretty well impossible to drink at the ground, (barring a couple of well overpriced shit bottled drinks). We then get to the crux is it the drink or the people consuming the drink that are the problem? Surely it would be more effective to legislate against bad behaviour rather than the vehicle used to get to said bad behaviour? The control methods used against football fans wouldn't be tolerated in any other walk of life so why do we put up with them? We aren't living in the seventies anymore let's move on, treat people like cattle and they will act with a herd like mentality, family day experience my arse.
As for the execs. as much as I would like to say feck them in a clas war like attitude I think that they also should be able to enjoy a beer watching the match, funny it's being going on for thirty years with no problems with no one noticing, probably because feck all has happened.
#policestate

Iggy wrote:

Angry wrote:

Yea Man wrote:

Why is it a law though? You can drink at a rugby match whilst watching the match can't you?!

But that aside, how village!  Tring will have a field day and rightly so.

Because the people watching rugby and cricket as you can drink at them too arent likely to kick off in the stands after a couple. Some footy fans sadly cant be trusted with booze sadly.

It's a load of fecking nonsense anyway Angers, we used to go to the game then have a few more at the game, a day of steady drinking. The main plan is now to hammer down 4,5,6,7,8 pints before you get to the game as its pretty well impossible to drink at the ground, (barring a couple of well overpriced shit bottled drinks). We then get to the crux is it the drink or the people consuming the drink that are the problem? Surely it would be more effective to legislate against bad behaviour rather than the vehicle used to get to said bad behaviour? The control methods used against football fans wouldn't be tolerated in any other walk of life so why do we put up with them? We aren't living in the seventies anymore let's move on, treat people like cattle and they will act with a herd like mentality, family day experience my arse.
As for the execs. as much as I would like to say feck them in a clas war like attitude I think that they also should be able to enjoy a beer watching the match, funny it's being going on for thirty years with no problems with no one noticing, probably because feck all has happened.
#policestate

I said some cant be trusted with booze at games not all and its the some that tend to make the trouble.

Angry wrote:

Iggy wrote:

Angry wrote:

Yea Man wrote:

Why is it a law though? You can drink at a rugby match whilst watching the match can't you?!

But that aside, how village!  Tring will have a field day and rightly so.

Because the people watching rugby and cricket as you can drink at them too arent likely to kick off in the stands after a couple. Some footy fans sadly cant be trusted with booze sadly.

It's a load of fecking nonsense anyway Angers, we used to go to the game then have a few more at the game, a day of steady drinking. The main plan is now to hammer down 4,5,6,7,8 pints before you get to the game as its pretty well impossible to drink at the ground, (barring a couple of well overpriced shit bottled drinks). We then get to the crux is it the drink or the people consuming the drink that are the problem? Surely it would be more effective to legislate against bad behaviour rather than the vehicle used to get to said bad behaviour? The control methods used against football fans wouldn't be tolerated in any other walk of life so why do we put up with them? We aren't living in the seventies anymore let's move on, treat people like cattle and they will act with a herd like mentality, family day experience my arse.
As for the execs. as much as I would like to say feck them in a clas war like attitude I think that they also should be able to enjoy a beer watching the match, funny it's being going on for thirty years with no problems with no one noticing, probably because feck all has happened.
#policestate

I said some cant be trusted with booze at games not all and its the some that tend to make the trouble.

Zackly, deal with the trouble makers and let everybody else get on with their day there are some people that can't be trusted with cars but they don't stop us all driving to the game do they?

As an aside I have been to a lot of rugby matches at clubs big and small and it's not unknown for a fight to break out in a rugby club bar or for people to be ejected from the ground, not common but it does happen. The mindset of rugby fans is different but like I say they aren't treated like cattle.

the club continues to cause embarrasment to supporters, when is this shite gonna end FFS !

Here in Germany, I can watch my local side whilst enjoying a beer and a smoke (the smoking bit is not allowed but everyone - who smokes - ignores it).

Iggy wrote:

As an aside I have been to a lot of rugby matches at clubs big and small and it's not unknown for a fight to break out in a rugby club bar or for people to be ejected from the ground, not common but it does happen. The mindset of rugby fans is different but like I say they aren't treated like cattle.

But how many crowd probs in and outside the ground due to booze has rugby had over the years compared to football in this country? Serving booze during games would be fine and dandy in todays football market however while there are idiots who cant drink to be sociable but to get hammered and i see enough of them kat games they will never bring it back.

Moist_Von_Lipwig wrote:

Here in Germany, I can watch my local side whilst enjoying a beer and a smoke (the smoking bit is not allowed but everyone - who smokes - ignores it).

germany isnt a nazi state...anymore with enforcing laws like that

Angry wrote:

Iggy wrote:

As an aside I have been to a lot of rugby matches at clubs big and small and it's not unknown for a fight to break out in a rugby club bar or for people to be ejected from the ground, not common but it does happen. The mindset of rugby fans is different but like I say they aren't treated like cattle.

But how many crowd probs in and outside the ground due to booze  has rugby had over the years compared to football in this country? Serving booze during games would be fine and dandy in todays football market however while there are idiots who cant drink to be sociable but to get hammered and i see enough of them kat games they will never bring it back.

But the vast majority of the stadium has been enforcing this law all along, it's just the Tribute lounge and executive boxes that haven't and I'm unaware of any drink related problems, surely they should be allowed to wash their prawn sarnies down with a beer ? The Tribute lounge is hardly the Royal Marine(Efford) 30 years ago.

AstiSpumante wrote:

Angry wrote:

Iggy wrote:

As an aside I have been to a lot of rugby matches at clubs big and small and it's not unknown for a fight to break out in a rugby club bar or for people to be ejected from the ground, not common but it does happen. The mindset of rugby fans is different but like I say they aren't treated like cattle.

But how many crowd probs in and outside the ground due to booze  has rugby had over the years compared to football in this country? Serving booze during games would be fine and dandy in todays football market however while there are idiots who cant drink to be sociable but to get hammered and i see enough of them kat games they will never bring it back.

But the vast majority of the stadium has been enforcing this law all along, it's just the Tribute lounge and executive boxes that haven't and I'm unaware of any drink related problems, surely they should be allowed to wash their prawn sarnies down with a beer ?  The Tribute lounge is hardly the Royal Marine(Efford) 30 years ago.

The stewards tend to be hot on anyone looking pissed in the stands or hammering the stuff in the kiosk areas so atm its controlled not to say a few dont slip the net.

Josh is ignoring this post i see