| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy 22:51 - Sep 23 with 6022 views | colinallcars |
Andy to review the “in view” drinking ban at football matches as discriminatory.
Actually I've only ever had a few swigs of Scottish medicine in view of the pitch.
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 17:12 - Sep 24 with 1291 views | Clive_Anderson |
Would love a pint at the game, sadly everyone else would be allowed one too and a good percentage would act like morons.
There is a good reason it's allowed at rugby and cricket and not at football, although test matches seem to be going in that direction too in the last few years. |  | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 17:29 - Sep 24 with 1269 views | welwynranger |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:14 - Sep 24 by The_Beast1976 |
Test cricket is the best sport in the world. Far more 'interesting' than football (but yes crowds would undoubtedly be down if no booze. That says more about the UK's social habits and booze problems than it does about the sport though) [Post edited 24 Sep 13:15]
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Test cricket is the best sport in the world.
I disagree these days the match are generally over in 3 days or less.
Years ago the match could have had all 3 outcomes going into the 5th day.
Then it's was a battle of wits and mental strength between the batsman and the bowlers .
Creating an interesting and exciting finish.
Recently their was a test match with 19 wickets in the first day.
Most of the second day was rained off and it finished before tea on day three.
Not uncommon these days for one team to scorevover 400, while the other team are out for 150 having to follow on.
Where is the interesting sport in that.
Who is going to buy ticket for the 5th day of a test match.
Even the last Ashes series was no contest.
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So sorry but give me a last minute winner everytime | | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 18:01 - Sep 24 with 1196 views | Dorse |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 17:02 - Sep 24 by E17hoop |
Just no. |
I'm always curious as to whether the Irish fan parks end up looking like the Exxon Valdez disaster. |  |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 18:10 - Sep 24 with 1175 views | qpr_1968 |
funny how a cup of tea/coffee or bovril never goes up in the air when we score.... | |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 18:15 - Sep 24 with 1160 views | GroveR |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 08:36 - Sep 24 by slmrstid |
I'd be very much against it for all the reasons stated, but I'm also a child of the 90s so I have no experience of anything other than drinking in sight of the pitch being an offence.
For those on here who went to games pre-ban, how was it then? Especially in the terracing era? Was it a constant soaking then? |
I was drinking in the Loft for the beam-back of the Oldham play-off semi first leg but can't say if it was officially sanctioned or not. Tickets to the actual game were like rocking horse shìt. |  | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 18:19 - Sep 24 with 1147 views | GroveR |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 18:01 - Sep 24 by Dorse |
I'm always curious as to whether the Irish fan parks end up looking like the Exxon Valdez disaster. |
Careful now. Qualifying for a major tournament first would be a definite step in the right direction. | | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 18:57 - Sep 24 with 1108 views | stowmarketrange |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 10:32 - Sep 24 by Maggsinho |
Not for me either, not just people throwing beers to celebrate a goal but sloshing it over you as they return to their seat with full pints, beers getting knocked over leaving a sticky mess and having to get up all the time for people going to buy a pint.
Keep it as it is. |
It happens a lot at cricket too.You put your bag or coat down under your seat and they get drenched because some clown behind is too drunk to keep his beer in the plastic glass.
And the beer snakes are no fun to be sitting under either.
It’s a no from me. |  | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 19:09 - Sep 24 with 1078 views | Northernr |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 16:27 - Sep 24 by connell10 |
The price of a drink in Loftus road i for one would not be chucking it up in the air!! |
They throw them up in the air at Box Park and Lord alone knows how much a Madri is in there. |  | | |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 19:38 - Sep 24 with 1038 views | jonath1 |
On Today this morning when this was discussed the example given for when the beer would fly was "when you equalise against Preston" to which the guy from the supporters association replied, "whoever equalises against Preston".
I was only half awake, but did think "We Do" and wondered if the first person might be an R. Not sure who said it though. Anyone else catch that? | | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 19:48 - Sep 24 with 1025 views | ArvoSturm |
You’re all showing your age. | | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 20:19 - Sep 24 with 975 views | Mick_S |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 19:48 - Sep 24 by ArvoSturm |
You’re all showing your age. |
I’m 62 and don’t need to get showered with Carlsberg when we score.
Didn’t do the ice bucket thing, because I’m not SAS; I just don’t like drinks over me mush or head.
It’s an age thing 😉 |  |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 20:40 - Sep 24 with 959 views | daveB |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 19:09 - Sep 24 by Northernr |
They throw them up in the air at Box Park and Lord alone knows how much a Madri is in there. |
It was £9 when we went in before the NFL last year |  | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 00:58 - Sep 25 with 751 views | numptydumpty |
I get about five or six blokes where i sit, leaving for half time about ten minutes before the interval. They usually walk in around five minutes into a game and similarly after five minutes of the second half. Leave five or ten minutes before the end too.
This will just increase human traffic during the game.
Doesnt seem a point to doing this for me, and appears a gimmick a la Trump paying everyone $5000.
Wont change my vote either way.... |  |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 07:18 - Sep 25 with 662 views | Gus_iom |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 20:19 - Sep 24 by Mick_S |
I’m 62 and don’t need to get showered with Carlsberg when we score.
Didn’t do the ice bucket thing, because I’m not SAS; I just don’t like drinks over me mush or head.
It’s an age thing 😉 |
An age thing, or a carlsberg thing?
Maybe we need a poll, if you are going to be drenched in beer, which beer would it be?
Locally I drink Kaneens Keeshal, a lovely pint of golden, but it doesn't mean I want to tell the wife I had a golden shower while I was out, and that's why I'm a bit sticky and stinky. | |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 08:08 - Sep 25 with 606 views | Maggsinho |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 19:38 - Sep 24 by jonath1 |
On Today this morning when this was discussed the example given for when the beer would fly was "when you equalise against Preston" to which the guy from the supporters association replied, "whoever equalises against Preston".
I was only half awake, but did think "We Do" and wondered if the first person might be an R. Not sure who said it though. Anyone else catch that? |
Tom Greatrex. With a name like that that you won't be surprised to learn he's a Fulham fan. |  | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 08:59 - Sep 25 with 554 views | GroveR |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 23:17 - Sep 23 by Bluce_Ree |
Ban the rampant cocaine use. |
I'm not disagreeing but what's viewed as "ghastly" over the canapés at a dinner party often becomes much more socially acceptable once the cheese and port has gone round a couple of times. | | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 10:07 - Sep 25 with 493 views | TheChef |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 20:40 - Sep 24 by daveB |
It was £9 when we went in before the NFL last year |
The ten pound pint is upon us, FFS.
Also I noticed petrol is suddenly above 170 a litre (2 quid for diesel!!), why/when did that happen??
Sneaky bstards. |  |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 11:11 - Sep 25 with 431 views | kensalriser |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 10:07 - Sep 25 by TheChef |
The ten pound pint is upon us, FFS.
Also I noticed petrol is suddenly above 170 a litre (2 quid for diesel!!), why/when did that happen??
Sneaky bstards. |
You must have been ignoring the news for months if not longer.
It's because of Russia and the USA starting wars. |  |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 11:28 - Sep 25 with 416 views | TheChef |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 11:11 - Sep 25 by kensalriser |
You must have been ignoring the news for months if not longer.
It's because of Russia and the USA starting wars. |
Er yeah thanks.
Just p1sses me off how it's Joe Bloggs who gets screwed over - fuel companies sneakily bumping up prices (funny how they tend not to come down very often). | |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 12:01 - Sep 25 with 400 views | connell10 |
The price of a drink in Loftus road i for one would not be chucking it up in the air!! |  |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:21 - Sep 25 with 360 views | OldPedro |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 18:57 - Sep 24 by stowmarketrange |
It happens a lot at cricket too.You put your bag or coat down under your seat and they get drenched because some clown behind is too drunk to keep his beer in the plastic glass.
And the beer snakes are no fun to be sitting under either.
It’s a no from me. |
Generally find at cricket that the drunken beer spillages and beer snakes mainly happen in certain stands, for example at Headingley in the Western Terrace.
They even market that stand - "Split into three zones, Blocks A and B are the Fanzone where we welcome those who wish to come in fancy dress. The favoured area of the Barmy Army, we also welcome large groups of friends who may want to enjoy the party atmosphere as much as the cricket."
There are also a couple of other stands where no alcohol is allowed, so you can choose what you want. |  |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:40 - Sep 25 with 339 views | izlingtonhoop |
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| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:57 - Sep 25 with 308 views | kenthoop11 |
I really think it’ll cause more issues than it solves. Honestly see nothing wrong with how it works atm - the people who are desperate for a beer can go and get one. If you’re willing to sacrifice watching some of the game in favour of a pint (when you’re only in the ground for 2 hours max) then I think that’s a fair price to pay imo. Also, football ground pints are generally awful 😂
Post-COVID, crowd etiquette at things like gigs and the cinema has got insanely bad, so by proxy I’m foreseeing carnage like pints lobbed over people “for the bantz” happening more often than it doesn’t.
Maybe I’m in the minority, but I don’t think this is an issue that needs fixing. | | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 17:15 - Sep 25 with 188 views | stowmarketrange |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 13:21 - Sep 25 by OldPedro |
Generally find at cricket that the drunken beer spillages and beer snakes mainly happen in certain stands, for example at Headingley in the Western Terrace.
They even market that stand - "Split into three zones, Blocks A and B are the Fanzone where we welcome those who wish to come in fancy dress. The favoured area of the Barmy Army, we also welcome large groups of friends who may want to enjoy the party atmosphere as much as the cricket."
There are also a couple of other stands where no alcohol is allowed, so you can choose what you want. |
Unfortunately for me the only way to guarantee test tickets is to sit in the barmy army section at the Oval.I could become a Surrey member again for £285,but I wouldn’t use it apart from getting test tickets,and then you’d still have to buy them on top of your membership fee,so definitely not a good option for me.
The pissheads only really come out after the tea interval though,but the last 30 minutes of play is interrupted by beer snakes and people going to the toilet every few minutes. | | | |
| Andy Andy, don't drink Shandy on 17:38 - Sep 25 with 175 views | daveB |
It is mad that you can buy beer in the ground but just can't drink it in your seat. I get clubs and police would rather people were not drinking during the game but it being illegal is probably a bit outdated now. If they change the law clubs don't have to do it, like safe standing you consult the fans of your club and make a decsion. | | | |
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