[Football] Sorry if this has been asked before.

[Medwayseagull]

I thought it was universally illegal to smoke in football stadiums, then I saw Diego Maradona watching the Argentina game smoking the fattest cigar I've seen in my life.

Once a cheat, always a cheat.

 

[Yes Chef]

You can smoke tabs, drink pilsner and stand on the terraces just the way it should be at Bundesliga games

 

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

I understood it was illegal to drink in view of the pitch!

All of the games so far has shown fans drinking in the crowd. Holding pint/ litre glasses

So is this just the uk where we can't drink? But other countries fans can drink in the stands!

They're not drinking beer though, they're drinking Budweiser

 

[Dave the OAP]

That is correct, British laws only apply in Britain, and other countries have there own... Will tomorrow's thread be about what different types of money other countries use? Or maybe why they don't all speak the same language as us?

Blimey it must be so difficult being you with your quick wit and bantz.

When I spoke to one of teh staff at the albion who had a senior position at the time, I was led to believe it was a EUFA directive that no alcohol was served and it was Europe wide.

But please do come back with something really pithy and so hilarious...you know you want to.

 

[el punal]

I understood it was illegal to drink in view of the pitch!

All of the games so far has shown fans drinking in the crowd. Holding pint/ litre glasses

So is this just the uk where we can't drink? But other countries fans can drink in the stands!

Correct (I think!). When I did a tour of the Amex a while back, I was told that the blinds had to be pulled down on all the executive box windows when the game kicked off. Presumably so that anyone having a good old guzzle could not be seen from the pitch. This was a throwback regulation from the late 1980s after the tragedies of Heysel and Hillsborough.

The other thing that gets my goat when drinking in a pub - why are we the only country that has to measure how much wine goes into your glass? Just pour the f***ing stuff until reaches the top of the glass!

 

[Justice]

Surely drinkers can make it through 45m without pouring alcohol down their necks.

 

[m20gull]

Surely drinkers can make it through 45m without pouring alcohol down their necks.

They can't do it at rugby matches

 

[Billy the Fish]

I remember attending a barca game with my daughter and peeps were drinking in the stands. She popped out to get a couple of beers and came back empty handed as they only sold alcohol free drinks.

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I went to a Porto game last season and it was the same.

 

[Springal]

Every World Cup I've been to its 0% / very low alcohol at £5+ a go. I don't expect Russia to be any different

 

[Wozza]

Every World Cup I've been to its 0% / very low alcohol at £5+ a go. I don't expect Russia to be any different

Or "Budweiser" as it's more commonly known.

 

[withdeanwombat]

That is correct, British laws only apply in Britain, and other countries have there own... Will tomorrow's thread be about what different types of money other countries use? Or maybe why they don't all speak the same language as us?

But they DO all speak the same language as us. It’s just you have to SHOUT at them.

 

[Baker lite]

Got it in one.

We are the most regulated country in the civilised world. I thought that was widely known.

We can barely take a shit without filling out a permit.

And there’s always a stool pidgin waiting to grass you up...

 

[Wozza]

And there’s always a stool pidgin waiting to grass you up...

Cha-cha-cha-cha.

 

[Dick Head]

Smoking is banned at all the stadiums in Russia. Maradona is a naughty boy.

No he's not, he's the Hand of God.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It's probably 1.0% beer. Quite common at major events.

I went to a Porto game last season and it was the same.

Every World Cup I've been to its 0% / very low alcohol at £5+ a go. I don't expect Russia to be any different

I've watched the Albion in Le Havre, Portugal and Spain, and it was alcohol free beer/lager.

 

[Justice]

They can't do it at rugby matches

Not really a sport though

 

[Gazwag]

Why would anybody want the law changed to allow beer in the stands. I can't bear the thought of being soaked every time we score and those who sit at matches will be up and down like a yoyo every time another person in your row wants a top up or needs the toilet.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Why would anybody want the law changed to allow beer in the stands. I can't bear the thought of being soaked every time we score and those who sit at matches will be up and down like a yoyo every time another person in your row wants a top up or needs the toilet.

I'd be very happy not to have to down my beer at world record pace after finally being served at half time.

 

[Springal]

Why would anybody want the law changed to allow beer in the stands. I can't bear the thought of being soaked every time we score and those who sit at matches will be up and down like a yoyo every time another person in your row wants a top up or needs the toilet.

Or even worse, covered in beer only to discover that VAR has ruled out the goal

 

[Easy 10]

Haven't you been completing your Log Book?

Oh well played sir