Should drinking in the stands be allowed back in football?

[leon]

The warped logic is "real fans hate their rivals so if I do things that show how much I hate them more than anyone else then I'm a better fan than anyone else..."

100%. I've said before, one of my best mates is a Spurs fan, and while he is sensible and level headed about other things, if you mention Arsenal to him he will tell you how sh*t they are, how they only ever fluked their way to winning things, how everything about them is laughable etc. its quite mad really. Ive tried to chat to him to say its fine to desperately want them to lose but still acknowledge at times they are very good at football, and he looks at me like ive lost my mind and can't see whats really happening. elements of MAGA type behaviour where if you point out something obvious he will question whether i think that because the media are telling me to think it, then laughs to himself as if he can see through it all.

genuinely had this:

having pleasant conversation about football

me 'Arsenal on a great run right now, see their win last weekend?'
him 'oh is that what Match of the f*cking day and Sky Sports told you is it?!' shakes head and rolls eyes, gets up and heads to the bar/toilet to end conversation

most premier league fans are utter twats

[stealthpapes]

I suddenly recalled the young lad at Shrewsbury who was clearly struggling and threw up halfway down the stairs of the stand, hand vaguely in the way so he covered himself completely in beer and bile.
Good times.

[Green]

I suddenly recalled the young lad at Shrewsbury who was clearly struggling and threw up halfway down the stairs of the stand, hand vaguely in the way so he covered himself completely in beer and bile.
Good times.

See I'll always argue that prohibition doesn't work. Same as 11pm curfews for pubs, it just means people chuck more down their neck beforehand.

Have to say, along with lower ticket prices, drinking in the stands is probably the thing that'd get me to attend more games. Charlton are down the road from me and as much as they're a smashing little club, a vague notion of "I should go to a game sometime" has yet to materialise.