I blame the schools (this from last year)
'Ya wee w***': Booze-fuelled rammy at Catholic school football match leads to calls for drink ban for parents
CALLS have been made to ban alcohol at children's football matches after a booze-fuelled rammy that has led to the end-of-term football tournament being cancelled.
Parents became involved in a verbal ding-dong at the
Glasgow Catholic Schools FA semi-final that saw a P7 youngster called a "wee w***" by a drunk dad.
Things got so out of hand the match was abandoned - but parents claim it would never have happened if everyone had been sober.
Gary McDougall's boy Robbie, representing St Anne's Primary, was involved in the altercation, which saw him given a red card.
Gary, from Dennistoun, said: "Robbie is not a dirty player but he was involved in a 50/50 tackle that the referee decided was a red card.
"While the ref was making his decision, a dad from the other school, St Paul's, started shouting abuse at my boy from the sidelines.
"He called Robbie a 'wee w***' and things got more heated from there with the guy threatening me.
"The upshot is that none of this would have happened if booze was not available."
The match was between St Anne's Primary, in the Gallowgate, and St Paul's Primary,
Shettleston, and held at
Maryhill Juniors.
Parents from both sides, including Gary and Robbie's mum, were eventually asked to leave the ground.
The other parent is believed to have apologised for their behaviour.
And St Anne's Primary head teacher Wendy Barr and coach Michael Miller appealed the red card but this was upheld by committee.
Now local councillor Martin McElroy has contacted Glasgow City
Council's licensing board to ask what powers the authority might have to limit the sale of alcohol at school football matches.
He said: "Unfortunately, some parents spectating were quite obviously drunk and the players, mostly 11 and 12 year olds, were subject to verbal abuse and threats from the sidelines.
"We have very specific controls over the sale of alcohol at the highest professional levels, right through to the amateur leagues yet unfortunately there is little done to protect players and other spectators at juvenile games."
https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news...tch-leads-to-calls-for-drink-ban-for-parents/