ruscol85 Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 I’d say no, unfortunately. I say unfortunately, because the vast amount would behave just as well with a beer in their hand as they do already. It would be the already unruly minority (without beer in the stands) that would just become even worse. Shame, because there’s nothing better than watching sport with a pint, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casbahowl Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 33 minutes ago, Drewswfc said: Who they fighting with then? It’s a quote from another poster …….. The clue is in the “Quotation” marks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogers Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 1 hour ago, wakefieldowl said: There is a big drinking culture at cricket, especially international games. The difference is that cricket is played and supported with a different attitude. There is no cheating, feigning injury, trying to con the umpire. It is played with respect and with great attitude from intetnational to village cricket level. You have to be a lot braver and tougher to play cricket. Most wimpy cheating footballers would be terrified playing cricket Not sure how a player diving makes someone get hammered / smashed and be a tugger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A E Neuman NYowl Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 I saw a couple of punch ups at the MCG Australia V England. These were both 1on1s but away from the seating areas near the bars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JemmoJemoJemmo Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 We should be able to and it’d make it a more enjoyable experience if people behaved like at the rugby and cricket. However, too many football fans are absolute brain dead scum - so no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fpowl Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 If you look at how football fans celebrate a goal compared to how cricket fans celebrate a 6 or wicket It’s easy to see how control would be lost then look at the controversy in football poor decision makings the emotions and tensions in stands compared to cricket it’s not a great idea to full that full of beer. what I would say is it’s been a long time from the 70s / 80s why not start of trialing it at grounds in small section of a supervised section of selected home grounds keep raising the bar if you started this year by next year you could have one stand completely to open to drinking I doubt it would ever get to the stage where away fans can drink in the stand and I think you would always need a section for a non drinking stand for those that probably won’t want to be caked in beer. For some it’s kind of part of the celebration in Hillsborough maybe start off with selected gangways in the north stand ( cop end ) away from the way fans to trial drinking in stands I’m sure these seats will become popular then role it out to the cop and the north southstand non drinking in stands except corporate areas maybe the corporate areas is a good place to start the I’m stand drinking 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The coach Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 6 hours ago, OneManBand said: No, because football fans are idiots and they'll chuck it all over the people around them. ..my last expierence of boozin all thru the game was Czech Republic v England in 2019..there was about 40 of us on the their end...as soon as they scored they got drenched in booze was stood wi some bàlby owls as it happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowbelly Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 https://makeagif.com/amp/Lo4O_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83owl Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 2 hours ago, Inspector Lestrade said: The point is its discrimination when one group are allowed to do something and another group aren't. If we said the white people could not drink (after all they cause more trouble when drunk) the place would quite rightly go nuts. Where else do we stop one group of people from doing something whilst letting others do something? I can't off hand think of one, though I'm sure I will be shot down If someone breaks the law then they should be punished for it, if that's at the cricket, rugby, or indeed football. Mines a pint of Stones. Cheers Absolute drivel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latemodelchild Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 I could be trusted to drink a beer and watch a game without doing anything stupid. I've done it in the past. Trouble is, some other people who like football can't be trusted to do it so I am tarred with the same brush. Nowhere else in society would this be accepted or allowed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latemodelchild Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, 83owl said: Absolute drivel Where is the drivel in his post? He's absolutely right, I am punished because some people who I don't know, but who share my interest in football, can't behave properly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshy Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 1 hour ago, Inspector Lestrade said: I give you ball tampering, claiming catches which weren't, fixing games, ... loads of examples after one minute of googling. Eye, Steve Smith and the others springed to mind. Lost his captaincy over it. Only appeared contrite because he was caught and the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted June 4, 2022 Author Share Posted June 4, 2022 12 minutes ago, 83owl said: Absolute drivel We've already established that you bring nothing to debates from other threads, so we can set aside your "argument". Thank you, for your contribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mosborough-owl Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 I love my beer. And id love to drink in the stand but I just know it wouldn’t work, unless we have an area just for it, where you know it’s gunna get thrown about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
room0035 Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Football fans cannot even control themselves when they are allowed to stand, allowing alcohol as well is just asking for a lot of trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83owl Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 6 minutes ago, latemodelchild said: Where is the drivel in his post? He's absolutely right, I am punished because some people who I don't know, but who share my interest in football, can't behave properly. The fact that football fans have apparently been grouped together to be discriminated against then compared to discrimination against people of a certain colour. Pretty simple really. Going by your logic i believe that I should be able to walk around the town centre waving a gun and a machete around. Just because some people I don’t know share my interests in guns and machetes can’t behave doesn’t mean I should be punished for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83owl Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 5 minutes ago, Inspector Lestrade said: We've already established that you bring nothing to debates from other threads, so we can set aside your "argument". Thank you, for your contribution. Says the poster who was adamant that everyone had received their refunds 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
83owl Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 4 minutes ago, 83owl said: Says the poster who was adamant that everyone had received their refunds And who also believes that being discriminated against as a “football fan” is the same as being discriminated against for being a certain colour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickly Kevin Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 You would end up with morons who only go to matches to get drunk constantly leaving and returning to their seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewswfc Posted June 4, 2022 Share Posted June 4, 2022 Most people who go to the cricket also go to football . Strange how the atmosphere is different. I think in general football just means more to more people. Where as cricket is a day out ont lash and it's a bonus if your team wins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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