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Does anyone else think it's about time the law got changed on this matter?

In short, no.

Private box, no problemo.

What is the law?

It's what governs us all

Its different in Scotland and England for a start.  So what law are we talking about. 

In England it's illegal to drink alcohol within view of a football match (don't know how far down the leagues it goes).

When I was in a box to watch Fulham v Wolves last season they closed the blinds 15 mins before kickoff. I decided it was much the +EV move to stay inside the box drinking beer and watching rugby on the telly than sitting outside watching the game in the cold.

no

Love having a few beers whilst watching rugby league matches. Then again the crowds aren't filled with unfettered hatred for the opposition and often aren't segregated because they can be trusted to act like adult human beings.

If football fans can do the same then there's no reason not to.

Bin to hull (hell) much?

Really! You can't compare, a global, multi-billion pound industry, with two sets of blokes from villages in Yorkshire, having a cuddle on a Saturday afternoon!

No, because the rugby league fans can behave like adults as I said.

FYP.

Another reason why the Olympics was so fantastic.

Everyone enjoying a beer or two and not even a hint of trouble.

Every other sporting event you can drink, i feel thankfully that football trouble these days is away from the stadium not at it so why punish the fans? People are just getting smashed in pubs before hand that want to anyway so let the fans enjoy a couple of beers during the game surely.

I agree with Flushy, times have changed when this law was bought in hooliganisim was rife, all changed now, so change the law.

I went to watch the Premier League darts at the NIA in Birmingham a couple of years back. People were vomiting through being drunk on the way in. Again: ON THE WAY IN. Not even a tactical chunder; a full-blown evacu-vom.

There were fights, rows, thrown beers and plenty of "I bloody love you I do"s. People only paid attention when the music came on (Planet Funk's Chase the Sun - Sky's darts theme for the ad breaks), upon hearing the first drum beat of which, they would perform a zombie-like, out of time ritual mumble, with obligatory wiggle, only managing to reach harmonies on the "OY OY OY!"

It was the sort of thing you would have seen on an early 90s TV show like The Word or that one with Jools Holland and Paula Yates.

I'm not going back in a hurry.

Still probably safer and more hospitable than going to the football when everyone drank in the game.

Actually, I've changed my mind.

Bring back the ability to drink during the game; ban John Terry.

Yep. That works.

I don't think he normally drinks during the game.

Nothing to do with drinking. Just ban John Terry.

Allow drinking, ban football.

The reason there is no trouble is 1200 odd coppers at places like Wembley. The average England rugby match at Twickenham? 15 coppers with just one sergeant.

This is a great post.

Even if the law was changed there is no way a top tier EPL club would allow drinking in their stadium. It's not family friendly and absolutely everything about football is geared towards appealing to that market now. Marchandising revenues are far higher with families and the income from them is sustained.

Arsenal make £3m per home game and the Emirates is one of the best stadiums in the world by it's design and how pleasant it is to be there. I've been there with family and it's light years ahead of the old stadiums. Why would they make a slightly larger profit in the short run to change the nature of their crowd in the longer run and possibly even drive down revenues eventually?