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| 21. Author: doctordandruff Date: Thu 6th Mar 2025. 16:08 Every discussion in media I have heard about this is to bring us in line with England. Nobody drinking in seats etc, no serving when the game is on. Those that want to get tanked up for a game are doing so already. The notion that drinking in the stadium and not a pub will turn us all into drunken psychopaths is absurd. I just don`t get the opposition to it. Limit it to beer (even session strength). Outside of the Old Firm, are we any worse than those that attend every week in England. Reply |
| 22. Author: Dandy Warhol Date: Thu 6th Mar 2025. 16:08 Being a non drinker it`s of no concern to me however I do think people should be allowed a beer at the football. I don`t wanna go down like disco. Reply |
| 23. Author: buffy Date: Thu 6th Mar 2025. 16:24 We had beer served in the fanzone if I remember correctly. Fair enough it was smaller crowds and only the one stand but it was fine. The way oor national team were playing ye needed a beer 😂 ”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019” Reply |
| 24. Author: AdamAntsParsStripe Date: Thu 6th Mar 2025. 16:44 I think it’s time it was trialed again outside of the Celtic and Rangers games and this notion it will encourage drunken louts to be worse is probably wide of the mark as fans tend to get tanked up before the game speed drinking before heading to the stadium whether home or away. If fans knew they could get a beer at the game they would most likely refrain from getting tanked up. Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte  Post Edited (Thu 06 Mar 16:44) Reply |
| 25. Author: LEGEND85 Date: Thu 6th Mar 2025. 16:57 AdamAntsParsStripe, Thu 6 Mar 16:44 Yeah I think thus is fairly accurate Reply |
| 26. Author: Tenruh Date: Thu 6th Mar 2025. 18:35 AdamAntsParsStripe, Thu 6 Mar 16:44 Another nail in the coffin ⚰️ of pubs.... I`d suspect the only winners in Scotland for allowing alcohol at matches is the 2 clubs that caused its original ban. Reply |
| 27. Author: saltonsgonagetu Date: Thu 6th Mar 2025. 18:39 Tenruh, Thu 6 Mar 18:35 Agree totally with this  Reply |
| 28. Author: P Date: Thu 6th Mar 2025. 18:46 In the unlikely event you could get beer at the game at least it would stagger arrival over the 255 rush Reply |
| 29. Author: veteraneastender Date: Thu 6th Mar 2025. 22:29 A major part of the problem in the distant past (pre 1980) was beer cans being taken into grounds - which then made handy ammuntion. It wasn`t only Old Firm fans - I mind a cup game v Aberdeen at EEP where such trouble erupted after the Pars (in a lower tier) scored to take the lead. The more recent blanket ban on containers might help eliminate that - but nothing is sure. A trial run in designated sections of the ground sounds reasonable - dry elsewhere. Reply |
| 30. Author: grelin Date: Fri 7th Mar 2025. 05:10 I agree with Da No.1 in that I`m not convinced it would be a great revenue stream for the club and the revenue it did generate would not be worth the hassle for various reasons. The one area where it should be allowed, is hospitality, having done the boxes at EEP a few times over the years with the Centenary Club, I could never accept it was justified in not providing alcohol in the comfort of the boxes during the game. This would in my opinion be an additional revenue stream in a suitably controlled environment. Reply |
| 31. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Fri 7th Mar 2025. 06:04 I don`t drink, but I`d be perfectly happy for my fellow supporters to be able to have a drink at the football. Governments love to ban stuff, I`m sure politicians ambition unconscious or otherwise is to cagole people into behaving in a way acceptable to them. When is the last time a government lifted a ban on something? If this does happen I`m sure it will be watered down into something so weak and that you have to jump through hoops so it takes most of the fun about it. Let the fans eat, drink and be merry.  Reply |
| 32. Author: parathletic Date: Fri 7th Mar 2025. 08:46 5 million euros catering profit on gates of 20 odd thousand is a lot of beer in a year! https://e.vnexpress.net/news/football/beer-makes-dutch-club-more-money-than-players-4683925.html I was at a Burnley match fairly recently and it did strike me the amount of matchday revenue they were generating must be chalk and cheese compared to up here. The tills were ringing constantly before the game and at half-time. Post Edited (Fri 07 Mar 08:50) Reply |
| 33. Author: Jock Par36 Date: Fri 7th Mar 2025. 08:57 Our young fans are bad enough already without booze, so no way should alcohol be served at football. Different at the Rugby games, where the fans are so different. Reply |
| 34. Author: da_no_1 Date: Fri 7th Mar 2025. 09:28 Jock Par36, Fri 7 Mar 08:57 Rubbish. The "young fans" who are most likely causing this bother won`t be affected. They`re under-age and if properly enforced, won`t be able to buy drink. As a country, why do we constantly find reasons for things not to change, instead of making it happen. "Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark" Post Edited (Fri 07 Mar 09:28) Reply |
| 35. Author: Playup_Pompey Date: Fri 7th Mar 2025. 09:36 with yesterdays news that club have reinstated Sky sports. Having additional hospitality etc on sale as well as TVs in the concourses etc where they would be able to show lunchtime kick offs etc it could be a real difference. Not sure how many would choose a damp/cold concourse in the winter over a pub but certainly need to look outside the box in terms of how we maximise revenue from kiosks etc  Reply |
| 36. Author: Jock Par36 Date: Fri 7th Mar 2025. 09:48 So young fans do not drink, that is total rubbish. Come through to Lochgelly and you will see youngsters on the Buckfast and other drink. So think before talking your rubbish. Reply |
| 37. Author: parsmad68 Date: Fri 7th Mar 2025. 09:52 Playup_Pompey, Fri 7 Mar 09:36 Hi Playup, you have identified a customer problem. If this is what drags people out of pubs to the game then what could be done with the concourse and would it make viable financial sense to have a warm environment for people to go to outside of the boxes. Solve enough problems and you have a solution. The problem of course, is still the law. Post Edited (Fri 07 Mar 09:53) Reply |
| 38. Author: da_no_1 Date: Fri 7th Mar 2025. 10:23 Jock Par36, Fri 7 Mar 09:48 This is hard work. I didn`t say youngsters didn`t drink. I said they wouldn`t be able to buy drink legally inside EEP. So you`re point is totally irrelevant. "Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark" Reply |
| 39. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Fri 7th Mar 2025. 10:49 People thinking that having a bar in the ground for an hour prior to kick off and 15 minutes at half time is going to cause drunken louts are just stuck in the mindset of “no alcohol” not thinking that folk drink for hours prior anyway! The income stream from this could be helpful for the club, may even cover the extra policing costs we currently have anyway 🫢 And the pub business is over these days anyway, even without alcohol in grounds! Reply |
| 40. Author: MinnesotaAndy Date: Fri 7th Mar 2025. 11:10 Scottish alcohol deaths at 15-year high https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg5233gn67o IMO I think the ban on alcohol in stadiums should be kept. Reply |
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