[Albion] Drinking alcohol in seats at football grounds

[Andy J.]

I sometimes stayed behind for over an hour on a Saturday, the train back to Newhaven wasn’t too bad then.

I couldn't stay behind for over an hour yesterday because I probably wouldn't have made it home by train. I wanted a drink after a long day at work and half time was my only time to do so, however it is so short and therefore I miss some of the match

 

[BN9 BHA]

I couldn't stay behind for over an hour yesterday because I probably wouldn't have made it home by train. I wanted a drink after a long day at work and half time was my only time to do so, however it is so short and therefore I miss some of the match

I never stayed behind after an evening match, I also never had a drink at evening games because of work the next morning.

IMO the service at the kiosks hasn’t improved since the opening of the Amex, probably got worse in some stands, always looks chaotic before the match and at half time in the North end of the WSU.

 

[theboybilly]

This.

Fancied a half-time pint yesterday, but don't like to miss any of the game.
Joined a queue for the auto pour machines, which barely moved - so left it.
Those machines will only speed up the process if there are 20 of them and I doubt that makes much commercial sense.

Surely there must be a way of lining up a beer only queue with ready poured pints?

Cash only - fiver a pint, £5 notes only - job done

 

[dazzer6666]

No it shouldn't.

People inconveniencing everyone else, by getting up every four minutes for a refill or a piss, throughout the game, are f***ing annoying. And getting showered in beer every time a goal is scored or conceded because people are immature pricks, isn't great fun either.

Enjoy your beer on the concourse. Cheers

A hundred times this. Bad enough now with people seemingly unable to cope for a whole 45 mins without food, drink or a piss. So, so glad I picked our ST seats right in the middle of the block so those on the left go left, and the right, right (apart from the occasional fvckwit)

 

[Horses Arse]

No it shouldn't.

People inconveniencing everyone else, by getting up every four minutes for a refill or a piss, throughout the game, are f***ing annoying. And getting showered in beer every time a goal is scored or conceded because people are immature pricks, isn't great fun either.

Enjoy your beer on the concourse. Cheers

Ah, but what about a piped system to every seat. And a commode. What about that? Would you be in?

Got to think out of the box, blue sky, horizon thinking and all that

 

[empire]

Marseille proved a great success

 

[BN9 BHA]

So, so glad I picked our ST seats right in the middle of the block so those on the left go left, and the right, right (apart from the occasional fvckwit)

Go left, go left
Go left, right left
Go left, go right apart from the occasional f***wit
Go left, go right, go left

 

[dazzer6666]

Ah, but what about a piped system to every seat. And a commode. What about that? Would you be in?

Got to think out of the box, blue sky, horizon thinking and all that

Perfect, and for those on Fosters and Heineken, this would present a fantastic recycling opportunity

 

[Horses Arse]

Perfect, and for those on Fosters and Heineken, this would present a fantastic recycling opportunity

Ooh, recycling! Now your talking. Probably get extra BREEAM credits for that

 

[Driver8]

Marseille proved a great success

Having been showered in beer in Marseille it only proved to me that it should never be allowed.

 

[Easy 10]

Stand up for a second, let the person pass and then sit down again. Is it really that hard?

I sat on the end of a row last night and I swear it was weak bladder Thursday as I must have got up 10 times each half. Did it bother me, not really as I just carried on watching the game.

Well as I grow older, I find my tolerance levels of other people have rapidly deteriorated.

YOU might be happy to play jack-in-the-box ten times a half during the game to accomodate people who can't handle 45 minutes without a beer (and then a piss). But I am not one of those people. It gets really old, really quick.

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Well as I grow older, I find my tolerance levels of other people have rapidly deteriorated.

YOU might be happy to play jack-in-the-box ten times a half during the game to accomodate people who can't handle 45 minutes without a beer (and then a piss). But I am not one of those people. It gets really old, really quick.

So are you saying at the moment you’re NOT a Jack in the box because we’re not allowed beer in the seats? Because I fuckin am, God knows where they’re going or what they get up to, but it’s not to get a beer.

 

[Easy 10]

So are you saying at the moment you’re NOT a Jack in the box because we’re not allowed beer in the seats? Because I fuckin am, God knows where they’re going or what they get up to, but it’s not to get a beer.

Perhaps you are unfortunately afflicted with a series of peanut-bladders in your row. I can't account for that.

I sit quite near the middle of a WSU row, and survive most games relatively unmolested from the trevails of those who must make constant exits back and forth to the concourse.

But that WSL beamback - when people could endlessly chug piss-warm flat lager from a floppy cup all through the game - was an absolute BALLACHE from start to finish, to the point where I was looking to move to a back row so I could just stand for the whole thing. Would I want that at every home game ? About as much as I'd want an armpit for an arsehole.

 

[Justice]

If you can't go 90 minutes without a beer, I think you have a problem.

This, smokers are expected to Although they seemed to have turned a blind eye to vaping in the NS concourse.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Cash only - fiver a pint, £5 notes only - job done

The only time I ever see £5 notes is when I’m up north. Will I be expected to go the bank pre-match?

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Having been showered in beer in Marseille it only proved to me that it should never be allowed.

You think it was beer!!

 

[BN41Albion]

It has.
Many times

And it's not as simple as yes and no.

I would like to be able to leisurely drink a pint at my seat.
But I don't want to be getting out of the way for people going to the bar and returning then going for a piss, every 10 minutes.
Neither do I want to get drenched in beer for the "limbs" when we score.

Really does my head in, that. BBC/ITV making it worse by glorifying it when showing 'scenes' from fan parks during WCs/Euros

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

No it shouldn't.

People inconveniencing everyone else, by getting up every four minutes for a refill or a piss, throughout the game, are f***ing annoying. And getting showered in beer every time a goal is scored or conceded because people are immature pricks, isn't great fun either.

Enjoy your beer on the concourse. Cheers

Not to forget the puddles of beer from pints which have been put on the floor and then knocked over.

 

[Goldstone1976]

PL and EPL no. Non league clubs, all standing or whatever, shouldn't be much of a problem I'd have thought.

I can see how it might be a problem in the highlighted case.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

100% this. I like a beer, but can wait until the match finishes . Why spend £6 on a beer and then chuck it in the air over other people

A while back there was some footage of a guy buying a round at one of those BoxPark places when England scored. All the freshly poured pints where then lobbed in the air.