[Football] Beer in the stands?

[drew]

but also...encouraging people to absolutely hammer down as many pints as possible in a tiny time frame results in people getting absolutely smashed and therefore worse behaviour

there's a huge difference between buying a pint at half time and drinking it throughout a 45 minute half- as I think most punters do at non league, (bars are rarely busy during the game) and absolutely ploughing through a pint in about 3 minutes (by the time you've queued) as part of a mad half time rush (i've even seen people neck TWO pints ffs). You get much, much drunker

as for spilled drinks....people have drinks during the game at the amex....are they many cases of people getting scolded with bovril or getting drenched with sticky fanta?

Not sure I'm aware of your first point. Most people who are that way inclined, are drinking before even arriving at the Amex and you can't hammer down pints to your hearts content because of the queues. Of course people may order themselves more than one pint at a time but I don't see that happening in great numbers.

As for your point about bovril etc.. they come in cups with lids so little spillage unless they are completely dropped. Also, you don't get many people making lots of trips to the bars during the game to get multiple bovrils down their neck which you would do if it was alcohol.

 

[stewart12]

I'm clearly not explaining myself properly. What I'm getting at is that opening up the amount of time that people are able to drink something that they've ordered results in less people getting off their faces. Some people might just like to casually nurse a pint throughout a half whilst watching a bit of football- the current system doesn't work for those people but does work for people who fancy getting absolutely obliterated by blitzing a pint of Fosters in 3 minutes. Should we not be discouraging the latter?!

I really don't think people are going to be popping to the bar throughout the half as much as people think they will- how many pints are most people drinking in a 45 minute period at a pub for example? Maybe giving people an option of a two pinter as they do in some gig venues would work, 2 pints in 45 minutes is better than 1 in 3 minutes really.

call me a radical but I just think encouraging a more casual drinking experience- LIKE THEY DO IN BASICALLY EVERY OTHER SPORT is surely better than the current system? I took an american friend to a game at the amex once and we got a pint before the game, he went to take his drink to his seat and couldn't quite believe his ears when I told him that he wasn't allowed....Take a step back and think about how ludicrous the sentence "you're not allowed to drink beer in view of the pitch" is

 

[BN9 BHA]

I'm clearly not explaining myself properly. What I'm getting at is that opening up the amount of time that people are able to drink something that they've ordered results in less people getting off their faces. Some people might just like to casually nurse a pint throughout a half whilst watching a bit of football- the current system doesn't work for those people but does work for people who fancy getting absolutely obliterated by blitzing a pint of Fosters in 3 minutes. Should we not be discouraging the latter?!

I really don't think people are going to be popping to the bar throughout the half as much as people think they will- how many pints are most people drinking in a 45 minute period at a pub for example? Maybe giving people an option of a two pinter as they do in some gig venues would work, 2 pints in 45 minutes is better than 1 in 3 minutes really.

call me a radical but I just think encouraging a more casual drinking experience- LIKE THEY DO IN BASICALLY EVERY OTHER SPORT is surely better than the current system? I took an american friend to a game at the amex once and we got a pint before the game, he went to take his drink to his seat and couldn't quite believe his ears when I told him that he wasn't allowed....Take a step back and think about how ludicrous the sentence "you're not allowed to drink beer in view of the pitch" is

You are explaining yourself properly.

I think some fans will just casually have a pint when watching the game and this won’t be an issue, trouble is there will also be f***wits will spoil it for everyone.

I suppose go back to the early days at the Amex and away games say 6+ years back and I don’t remember fans throwing pints around on a concourse. The year we were promoted to the Prem at a few away games before the match it was difficult to avoid a small group of lads luzzing beer around….Forest away springs to mind.

 

[Is it PotG?]

You are explaining yourself properly.

I think some fans will just casually have a pint when watching the game and this won’t be an issue, trouble is there will also be f***wits will spoil it for everyone.

I suppose go back to the early days at the Amex and away games say 6+ years back and I don’t remember fans throwing pints around on a concourse. The year we were promoted to the Prem at a few away games before the match it was difficult to avoid a small group of lads luzzing beer around….Forest away springs to mind.

On the concourse at Wolves, I got wetter than a dolphin's wet bits

 

[RexCathedra]

Have to check the reading glasses -- I thought it was 'Bear in the Stands"

Bear goes wild in Olympic stadium, is still on the loose

 

[BN9 BHA]

On the concourse at Wolves, I got wetter than a dolphin's wet bits

Wetter than a haddock’s bathing costume

 

[Lindfield by the Pond]

Club won't see much they don't sell the beer the catering company do

Would be able to charge catering company more, so would see more indirectly.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Drinking in seats at the cricket

https://twitter.com/josephmarsden8/status/1532825424371359744?s=21&t=c8r7zP7HdQCTZaCWydIFWg

 

[Bry Nylon]

Drinking in seats at the cricket

https://twitter.com/josephmarsden8/status/1532825424371359744?s=21&t=c8r7zP7HdQCTZaCWydIFWg

The Tweet is no longer accessible. What was happening?

 

[Stat Brother]

The Tweet is no longer accessible. What was happening?

I assume it's the rotund fella drinking 'one last beer' before all but passing out and looking like he was having a fit.



Nothing to see here.

 

[BN9 BHA]

The Tweet is no longer accessible. What was happening?

Apologies.
Group of lads watching Yorkshire CCC, one lad downed multiple pints in a row surrounded by at least 50 others cheering him on.
On his last pint he fell over the seats in front, he was then carried out on some sort of stretcher with everyone around chanting Yorkshire.

Shame it’s been deleted, I have it saved on my Twitter direct messages as I sent it to my son earlier.

 

[Bry Nylon]

That second photo…

ffs

 

[BN9 BHA]

That second photo…

ffs

I saw various videos from different angles earlier, not one clue why they have now disappeared from Twitter.

https://twitter.com/yorkshireaway/status/1533173661825474561?s=21&t=2oiLb7mcczKayGKSSP-EoQ
This is the only one I can find now, longer version was much better.

 

[BN9 BHA]

That second photo…

ffs

https://youtu.be/jptPAqIsjbU

 

[Marty McFly]

That'll be quite the hangover.

 

[Bry Nylon]

Look at the ****ing state of him

Shame he can’t be directly billed for whatever medical treatment he received after that.

 

[theboybilly]

On the concourse at Wolves, I got wetter than a dolphin's wet bits

Barnsley away too. Some fans got the hump with the soaking they got so it got a bit nasty. Bloke's rolling around fighting in God knows what - but it wasn't just beer. If that's the future then I'll give it a miss. I can go a couple of hours without a pint.

 

[FloatLeft]

I'm clearly not explaining myself properly. What I'm getting at is that opening up the amount of time that people are able to drink something that they've ordered results in less people getting off their faces. Some people might just like to casually nurse a pint throughout a half whilst watching a bit of football- the current system doesn't work for those people but does work for people who fancy getting absolutely obliterated by blitzing a pint of Fosters in 3 minutes. Should we not be discouraging the latter?!

I really don't think people are going to be popping to the bar throughout the half as much as people think they will- how many pints are most people drinking in a 45 minute period at a pub for example? Maybe giving people an option of a two pinter as they do in some gig venues would work, 2 pints in 45 minutes is better than 1 in 3 minutes really.

call me a radical but I just think encouraging a more casual drinking experience- LIKE THEY DO IN BASICALLY EVERY OTHER SPORT is surely better than the current system? I took an american friend to a game at the amex once and we got a pint before the game, he went to take his drink to his seat and couldn't quite believe his ears when I told him that he wasn't allowed....Take a step back and think about how ludicrous the sentence "you're not allowed to drink beer in view of the pitch" is

Just found this older post and have to disagree.

It is a fundamental law of physics that you could not get obliterated by blitzing a pint of Fosters in 3 minutes.

Maybe a pint of Stella. Maybe more a pint of Leffe.

Maybe more a ‘mega pint’ of red wine.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I’m really against this; things are fine as they are at the moment.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Look at the ****ing state of him

Shame he can’t be directly billed for whatever medical treatment he received after that.

Yeah! Yachting types and mountaineers too.