Having a drink at the game.

I love a drink but Iv no problem not drinking in the stadium,who wants to pay 5/6/7 quid for a pint of watered down pish in a plastic glass?certainly not me
 
I attend a good amount of Leyton Orient games . Their supporters bar is a CAMRA award winning bar with prices set around the 3.50/4 pound mark for all lagers, ales and Ciders.

In the ground you get a bud or a green king for a little bit more.(early birds get a ginsters pie and mash and a pint for £5).

If a league 2 Ground can make this work why not Ibrox?
It could, but only if the will is there and looking at the responses above do you see the commercial depts actually sanctioning this from a risk perpective?

As league 2, they're now looking at beer in the stands. I don't personally think it would work as the fan base is too volatile compared to the egg chasers.

But we'll see.
 
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Young guy a couple of rows in front of me last Sunday was in some state. Steaming when he came in, proceeds to open a can of Strongbow and spills more than he drinks. Chainsmoked during game and smashed his seat when Hibs third goal went in. Pain in the arse for everyone around him. Thankfully he didn't make the second half.
 
Old man of Hoy said:
Did I mention everyone who likes a beer ? I like a beer just as much as the next man, unfortunately you're missing the point where we are concerned in this country.
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I don't think I am missing the point. I realise that there will be idiots and there will be some who have just had one too many but it is always the way to punish the majority for the few and that is wrong in my eyes. It is the same with Corona. I don't know the Scottish figures but I guess they will be similar in percentage. In Holland there are about 1000 people in intensive care mostly people who are not vaccinated. 17 million people are being punished with restrictions because of the few who won't get vaccinated. It is always the majority that is punished. I don't want to start a Corona discussion it is just an example.
 
Cardendenger said:
Having a beer at the game for the majority would mean enjoying 2/3 pints ( like how they enjoy it in Europe at the football) but it would be the Scottish bams that would ruin it sitting necking pint after pint.
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Highly doubt they would when they can just take in a bottle of vodka or bucky just now anyway
 
Should be available before, half time and full time but not during the match and you can’t take it to your seat. Would net the club a fortune. It frustrates me that we can’t support the club in this way.
 
QueensferryCR3Bear said:
Scotland's relationship with alcohol and the current government mean getting a beer at the football isn't coming anytime soon.
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Our relationship with alcohol is no different than anywhere else in Europe. The issue we have an incompetent government. who for decades have been unwilling to tackle the real social issues within our society - alcohol is just an easy target for them to mask their incompetence.
 
si72 said:
If you can't sit in Ibrox for 90mins without alcohol then you have a problem.Alcohol being back in Scottish Football is disaster waiting to happen.
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I drive to games and it's easy to sit without alcohol and even if it's available, I probably wouldn't have any. But, as an older bloke I would like the choice of whether to have a drink or not, not be dictated to by inflated ego politicians.
It works all over the world and even here except our sport.
Those that make these rules, if they go to games it's in directors boxes, hospitality etc where they can have drinks. The whole situation is hypocritical.
 
A Dundee United fan assaulted an Aberdeen player the other day. Don't hold your breath waiting for booze back in grounds - and with good reason unfortunately
 
The complete ban on alcohol sales in Scottish football grounds is a blunt instrument designed to create the perception of action being taken to tackle the country's alcoholism problem. In reality, all it really serves to do is penalise the majority who could enjoy a quiet pint before the match or at half time and generate much needed revenue for the clubs.

As others have said, those intent on getting off their nut will do it anyway. I've been to hundreds of EPL games home and away and it's no different down here; folk loading up on cans travelling to the game or in the pubs beforehand - the couple of pints you have the time to get in the ground itself make very little difference.

What is very different at Ibrox in my experience is the number of folk sneaking in bottles of Buckfast or minature spirits, I've rarely seen that at EPL games. Would the option of a half time pint change that? Who knows, but banning it for everyone else isn't working either...
 
_DON_ said:
Our relationship with alcohol is no different than anywhere else in Europe. The issue we have an incompetent government. who for decades have been unwilling to tackle the real social issues within our society - alcohol is just an easy target for them to mask their incompetence.
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There aren't many European cities that look like Glasgow on a Saturday night.
 
the_ref said:
Don't see it happening, and not fussed to be honest.

Have been at grounds in other countries that serve booze, and would really enjoy a pint with the game.

But two things for me - Euro nights would be intolerable (see zoomers thread) if folk could continue drinking while at the game.

Secondly, when it's done elsewhere, it's done properly. Particularly in Australia - can mind going for a pint when an injury occurred, was back at my seat with a round of drinks before the guy was back on his feet, as they had someone just stting filling up pints, another charging, and another chucking them out.
under current catering conditions at Ibrox, you'd have to write off about 20-30 minutes of the game if you wanted a drink during it.
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Euro nights bit sums it up for me. Young ned quota goes through the roof at those games, invariably pished and annoying as hell.
 
Davger 72 said:
It doesn’t appeal to me personally, but it would be nice for people to at least have the choice. Nanny-state pish that we’re not allowed a watery beer in a plastic cup.
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You are not thinking this through.
More alcohol leads to worse attitude, people leaving seats more, to buy then refill then to piss
All told it’s a misery for those there to watch the game.
Hey how about this, watch the f.king game and support the team for the full game and leave the booze till later
 
NeillyGibson said:
Alcohol has no place in Scottish football grounds for very good reasons. Long may that continue.
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Complete and utter drivel. What an embarassment of a nation we are that we can't serve alcohol on the concourse before the game and at halftime. You can get on a train for an hour and do it at Carlisle and Newcastle. They are no different to us!
 
Yes it is. Would be a massive money spinner for both Rangers and all other clubs across the country.

You could do what they do in Netherlands and restrict the sale of alcohol as matches deemed higher risk (Old Firms/ Edinburgh derbies etc). Outside those sort of games, no one will convince me that seeking watered down Tennents for £5 a go will see to a massive increase of crowd trouble at St Mirren v Ross County.
 
GF1 said:
Got to laugh at the people here saying saying it would cause issues.

The people who would cause the issues are the ones coming in coked up with bottles of Buckie and MD just now anyway. The amount of boozing that happens inside Ibrox is shocking as it is. I genuinely don't see too much difference as these people wouldn't pay a £7 for a 3% pint of piss anyway. They would still do what they are doing now
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It's not even coke it's 80% benzo (probably at times more) their all shoving up their noses, it's funny watching wee fannies sort each other out thinking their tickets and their product is utter snide.

On a serious note, if they really want to do that shit then that's up to them but doing it and especially in full view inc at games will only get them the nick, their house raided, debt, a few sore faces & later in life the auld brewer's droop !!

Viagra Loyal :)
 
Beer Belly Loyal said:
Is it time to bring back fans of Scottish football to enjoy the game more with a pint in hand? Are our law makers taking us for bams or something? It's 2021 ffs!

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Fast forward 10 years. . o_O
 
I do see the plus points money spinner etc but it would almost certainly not be a good thing, plus it would cause carnage on here.
 
Should be allowed to drink on supporters buses as well, they are self policed enough that it would rarely be that out of hand
 
See if we had the option for alcohol at the football, we'd probably not all get as tanked up before a game.

More money would be spent at the ground, some of us will still head to the pubs after which means they still make their money too.

It's 2021, weed is becoming legal in parts of the UK through licensing ffs. But you still can't buy alcohol at the footy.
 
There’s maybe a halfway house to be had.

Perhaps Allow sales of beer around the stadium footprint up until 30/45 mins before kickoff?

No alcohol sold once you go through a turnstile.

Even limit it to 2.5%/3% stuff.
 
Loyal72 said:
See if we had the option for alcohol at the football, we'd probably not all get as tanked up before a game.

More money would be spent at the ground, some of us will still head to the pubs after which means they still make their money too.

It's 2021, weed is becoming legal in parts of the UK through licensing ffs. But you still can't buy alcohol at the footy.
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Fully agree with this. I think after an initial transition period you would find a lot less sneak in Buckie and half bottles because you have the option to get a pint at the game.

It’d also help getting everyone in to the ground earlier as opposed to the rush and queues that you see 10 mins before kick off.

Should definitely be trialled and if people are acting up because they’re too pissed then deal with them appropriately and chuck them out. If you enforce the rules people will soon learn and it means the rest of us can enjoy a pint or two at the stadium.

FWIW don’t see any difference between our culture and English culture in this respect but won’t even be considered anytime soon whilst the dictator and her minions still have control.
 
I'm all for introducing it on a trial basis, although it wouldn't be for me as I don't drink beer from plastic glasses. I think the length of the queue would put a lot of people off as well.
 
I don't drink but people should be allowed a pint at the game, saves them having to get tanked up in the pub beforehand.
 
Never been a drinker when at the football as I always ended up falling asleep
or missing important bits in the game. But we see enough plastered folk at games do we really need to make that worse? Factor in the kiosk staff having to refuse folk because they’re already gone it’s a nightmare waiting to happen.
 
I like a pint as much as the next fella but the plastic glass experience has put an end to me having a pint at the ground.
 
Loved my experience in the old Bar 72. A few pints beforehand, a few at half-time then an hour or so after the match.

Not sure it would work anywhere else in the stadium right enough, and certainly not during the game. My attitude with alcohol has changed dramatically recently and I I’d rather drink less to avoid having to go to the pisser during the game.
 
Loyal72 said:
See if we had the option for alcohol at the football, we'd probably not all get as tanked up before a game.

More money would be spent at the ground, some of us will still head to the pubs after which means they still make their money too.

It's 2021, weed is becoming legal in parts of the UK through licensing ffs. But you still can't buy alcohol at the footy.
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We should make weed legal in football stadiums. Would calm some of the zoomers right down.
 
G33 said:
We should make weed legal in football stadiums. Would calm some of the zoomers right down.
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Just picturing the people usually sat around me stoned out their nuts and no shouting random shite.

Wouldn't be the same pml
 
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Mark-Penny said:
Never been a drinker when at the football as I always ended up falling asleep
or missing important bits in the game. But we see enough plastered folk at games do we really need to make that worse? Factor in the kiosk staff having to refuse folk because they’re already gone it’s a nightmare waiting to happen.
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Why do think it can happen in hundreds of English grounds every well without any issues. Scotland is such a backward little place sometimes. People have been conditioned to believe the stereotype
 
Mancbear said:
Why do think it can happen in hundreds of English grounds every well without any issues. Scotland is such a backward little place sometimes. People have been conditioned to believe the stereotype
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I think attitude towards drink in general is different in Scotland to that of England. You just have to look at the stats to see that.
 
When Edmiston House is finished i would like some thought put into the area around the stadium. Was at Murrayfield a few weeks ago and there were the pop up stalls selling, food, drink etc outside so you could turn up early, have your refreshment and then during the game don't need to bother.

Not too bothered about drink but a lot more effort could be put into food kiosks.
 
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