I think it could work but it should only be limited to one section.

Then any trouble makers can be inhoused, that said there are people who enjoy to drink and are not a problem.

@hissingdwarf did I forget to put that all seats in the DP should double as commodes?

 

Why don't we go all the way and make the chairs independent stanair lifts along with cup holders and complimentary werther's originals..

Not sure it would work in British football.

However there needs to be some change. I like a few pints when I go to the football, and normally I would like to get one at half time. However, to queue for 15 minutes and then tip a flat/warm carlsberg in a plastic bottle down my neck as fast as possible..... it doesn't really make the experience enjoyable.

So the concensus seems to be lets have bevvy in the DP and string all the present incumbents from the rafters... I like it

Oh come on you lot. Have you ever been in the crush around the bar at a pub or club before? People regularly spill their drinks on each other and it usually doesn't end in a brawl. Likewise at rugby. Likewise in German football (there is a hooligan problem here, but it isn't drinking in view of the pitch that's the problem!). Why should British football fans be any different? For some reason we're still seen as a threat. This is the same mentality that saw fans watching their football in cages in the 80s. The fences came down, the sky didn't fall down. Why would being able to hold your pint a few yards closer to the pitch result in anarchy and punch-ups galore?

Oh come on you lot. Have you ever been in the crush around the bar at a pub or club before? People regularly spill their drinks on each other and it usually doesn't end in a brawl. Likewise at rugby. Likewise in German football (there is a hooligan problem here, but it isn't drinking in view of the pitch that's the problem!). Why should British football fans be any different? For some reason we're still seen as a threat. This is the same mentality that saw fans watching their football in cages in the 80s. The fences came down, the sky didn't fall down. Why would being able to hold your pint a few yards closer to the pitch result in anarchy and punch-ups galore?

i think the points with football, not pubs.

i have seen fights break out between people who are in pubs and watching the game on tv, its a sport where emotions tend to always get the better of some idiots.

if this was ever to happen, it should be trailed and clubs should require a license which is accessed when they pass. it would cut down the clubs that see it enabling money making and then it would make sure its properly policed. i think its a dangerous mix myself! mainly because of the idiots who just like to fight and cause trouble.

Do emotions not break out in rugby, or in football in other countries? I occasionally have a beer on the terraces and I haven't headbutted anyone yet. I used the example of pubs and clubs because they are full of tanked-up, antisocial idiots, yet the vast majority know when to rein it in. Only at the football people drink a lot less - most people won't be up and down every few minutes because they're there to watch the match. If they were just interested in drinking, they'd be in a pub!

 

Like any other businesses that serve alcohol, clubs are already subject to licensing laws - only in our case the rules are much tighter since we're all animals who can't be trusted. It's one of those silly little things that sullies it for me.

I wonder what the clubs thoughts on this are.

I know Mr Trews often mentioned he liked rugby because you can drink, it's almost relaxed but I do feel football needs to change a lot more. Germany allow it right? They've probably learned how to cope with it and isn't in their culture to enjoy a drink/become merry? I think we as a nation are different but we should learn from others.

I'd be interested to know too. At my local club you can drink in the stands if you want to. Yon't actually see many people watching the match with a beer in their hand, there are one or two finishing off a pre-match or half-time beer, but you don't see people dashing out to get one beer after the other. In any case, they only sell beer with 3% alcohol.

 

It's in English culture to enjoy a drink too, there's little difference. There will always be some people who can't handle their drink and become aggressive, these individuals just get their fill before kick-off (in Germany too incidentally, most people don't want to spend the match stood in front of a urinal). Preventing people taking their drinks to within a certain distance of the pitch isn't the answer and never was.

 

If the thought of working class people with beers in hand is so frightening to the powers that be, maybe there should be a trial period first.

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This is how it should be. Served at your seat - from the away section at VfB Stuttgart vs. Borussia April 2013

I don't think they should ban drinking in the stands, but as others have said... keep it to a ban in the family areas if that ever happened. Banning would spoil it for the well behaved drinking fans.

In one football game, I was standing and drinking a pint. When I realised what I was doing, I quickly started a massive brawl as to fit in with the stereotype.

Didn't want people thinking this was acceptable behavior at a footy game. 
 

I just think if fights break out over something being spilt on them, which seems to be a one off. I just would be mindful of becoming more than just that, try it in the Pavis. Last thing we need is to hire more stewards, no point in making their job more challenging.

How do you feel @4everapie?

Don't sell beer at all, but that would spoil it for the sensible people who like to pay extortionate prices for their beer.

As someone who enjoys a beer before, during and after the game I'm happy with how it is. The minority 'would' spoil it for the rest.

I'll stick to my hip flask, feel free to ask for a sip if you're at the back of the Kop :-)

Regards Allen. You Pies!