Ipswich Town FC campaign - drinking In your seats...

[Canaries Utd 0]

Football fans could be allowed to drink alcohol in their seats for the first time in almost 30 years if a campaign led by Ipswich Town gets the go-ahead.

I would be surprised if it got the go ahead, but I think it should be given a chance. The only thing I''m fearful of is the drinking vessels being thrown onto pitch. They would have to use those really flimsy plastic beakers.

I hope they run a trial period.

Some might say you need alcohol to watch football at Poorman Road at the moment?

[e10_yellow 0]

Wouldn''t be a fan of this in all-seater. People up and down the row every two minutes throughout the game to the bar or the toilet would be very annoying, it''s bad enough in the 5 minutes before/after half time now.

I''ve very much enjoyed drinking on the terraces at games in Germany, but that''s because you''re free to stand/move anywhere you want and don''t get disturbed by others moving around. If we got safe standing over here I''d be happier with the proposal.

[First Wizard 0]

Well lets be blunt here, you''d have to be piss*d to watch them!

[shefcanary 2,955]

I''m all for it - have enjoyed for example drinking a pint at Bramall Lane while watching the Sheffield Eagles Rugby League team. 

 

I note the remark about people being up and down all the time during the match, but you could deal with that by only having the bar open at half-time and say in the ten minutes leading up to half-time and the end of the match.  It might also help if the team are playing an exciting branbd of football on the pitch (!?). 

 

Allowing people to take their drinks from the bar onto the terrace might encourage more to partake and thus increase revenue for the clubs.  I don''t think it will lead to a repeat of 70''s / 80''s style alcoholic fuelled problems at the moment if nothing else because of the bloody cost.  If it does happen expect average price of a pint being closer to £4!

[morty 0]

It works perfectly well overseas, why shouldn''t it work here?

[Nuff Said 5,965]

[quote user="morty"]It works perfectly well overseas, why shouldn''t it work here?

[/quote]Because most other countries have a very different attitude towards drinking alcohol?

[morty 0]

[quote user="Nuff Said"][quote user="morty"]It works perfectly well overseas, why shouldn''t it work here?

[/quote]Because most other countries have a very different attitude towards drinking alcohol? [/quote]I agree, and while I accept that point, when I attended a match over seas, it was virtually impossible to logistically purchase more than 3 or 4 beers during a match, just purely because of waiting for the guy coming round and selling them, or going to the kiosk and joining a queue.

[Bill 1,788]

" I don''t think it will lead to a repeat of 70''s / 80''s style alcoholic fuelled problems"

 

because drinking at the ground played almost no part in it

 

people drank in pubs before the game, as they still do

 

 

[Thirsty Lizard 3,215]

I think this is a well thought out plan by Ipswich - after all there are so many empty seats at their ground that it won''t be at all difficult to get back to your seat without spilling it!

[......and Smith must score. 1,599]

[quote user="Canaries Utd"]..........

Some might say you need alcohol to watch football at Poorman Road at the moment?[/quote]Some might say the same about watching at Carrow Rd right now.....[:D]

[SwindonCanary 457]

It was brought in after Hillsborough by the Taylor Report. The facts obtained from this report have now been proved to be false. so shouldn''t the findings and recommendations of that report be annulled ? 

[Thirsty Lizard 3,215]

swindoncanary - can I respectfully suggest that you do a little bit more research before you post on topics such as Hillsborough, the Taylor Report etc.

[Number 9 0]

I''m not sure it could work anywhere apart from 1p5wich.

The six webbed fingers enable them to do their online gambling with their phones and simultaneously drink half pints / eat pork scratchings.

[Zak Van Burger 0]

The Binners will be fine soon enough, the ban will cease to exist for them once they drop below Conference level in the leagues.

[YankeeCanary 0]

 

I can understand the campaign....they prefer suds to duds.

[havemyhowsonit 0]

Never a problem in rugby, speedway, cricket.

Be a good thing. Stop the half time rush. Would actually get some noise in the ground and make a bad game feel good

I''m all for it.

[SwindonCanary 457]

[quote user="Thirsty Lizard"]swindoncanary - can I respectfully suggest that you do a little bit more research before you post on topics such as Hillsborough, the Taylor Report etc.[/quote]

admittedly I did write it without research but what''s wrong with it ? Following the Taylor Report the following legal conditions which must be adhered to for all football stadiums throughout the country:

All stadiums must be all seater

There must be appropriate segregation of rival sets of supporters

There must be appropriate amounts of stewards in specific areas of the stadiums

The club security must work in accordance with the Police in providing access to certain areas of the stadium – for example the main control room

The smoking ban extends to all areas of a football stadium - Smoke-free (Premises and Enforcement) Regulations

No alcohol can be drunk in site of the pitch

[Ketts Rebel 0]

Fans were allowed to take alcohol to their seats during the Ip5w1ch   5-1 thrashing beam back at Carrow road...the only time I''ve had a beer in my seat. No probs.

[Webbo118 0]

Half a dozen pints and a few straws should suffice

[nutty nigel 7,902]

 

"Now where did I leave my pint............"

 

 

[Zak Van Burger 0]

[quote user="swindoncanary"] Following the Taylor Report the following legal conditions which must be adhered to for all football stadiums throughout the country: ..........//.............

No alcohol can be drunk in site of the pitch[/quote]Sorry mate the alcohol ban had been in place for a few years before the Hillsborough tragedy.The ban (and the ban on liquor on trains and coaches travelling to/from designated events) was introduced in 1985 thus:Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc.) Act 1985Sec 2 Offences in connection with alcohol, containers etc. at sports grounds.(1)A person who has intoxicating liquor or an article to which this section applies in his possession—(a)at any time during the period of a designated sporting event when he is in any area of a designated sports ground from which the event may be directly viewed, or(b)while entering or trying to enter a designated sports ground at any time during the period of a designated sporting event at that ground,is guilty of an offence.A designated event was defined in the The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) Order 1985 as basically football matches....The definition was kept separate from the statute by means of a statutory instrument so that it could be revised more easily. By revision they don''t mean take football matches off it they just mean keep the definitions up to date in case of any changes to the league names which might inadvertantly mean you could legally drink at a Premier League game if the law said you couldn''t at a "Premiership" game.A recent example is:The Sports Grounds and Sporting Events (Designation) Order 2005SCHEDULE 2CLASSES OF SPORTING EVENTSArticle 2(1), 2(2)PART I1.  Association football matches in which one or both of the participating teams represents a club which is for the time being a member (whether a full or associate member) of the Football League, the Football Association Premier League, the Football Conference National Division, the Scottish Football League or Welsh Premier League, or represents a country or territory.2.  Association football matches in competition for the Football Association Cup (other than in a preliminary or qualifying round).Which effectively keeps the 1985 law up to date due to interim renaming of leagues.