As you and I know, alcohol is sold at football games. If you are in a corporate seat, you can drink before kick-off, at halftime and again at fulltime. Prohibition only applies to the cheap seats.
Alcohol-related issues remain a problem in towns across Scotland in the hours after big games, but suggestions by First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, that there is a potential correlation between those drinking from cheap seats at games and violence (including the domestic kind) are simply unfounded. People are free to get tanked up before and after games, the wealthy can do so during games, and millions can do so in pubs and at home while watching games on TV.
I have some concerns about reintroducing alcohol for the rest of us. Alcohol requires appropriate infrastructure and ambiance – like there is at the Kerrydale Suite, for example. The North Stand Upper, where I sit, does not have the space, supervision capabilities, or even the toilets to become an appropriate venue to encourage the consumption of any more fluids. In the 20 years it’s been up, it’s never had enough paper towels to make it to halftime, and may God go with you, if you need to spend a longer visit, but don’t let that be a reason to stop the rest of you.
Modern football stadiums have many safe areas where alcohol can be consumed. Those who cannot handle their drink, would find themselves supervised to within an inch of a football banning order. Scotland needs to learn what a healthy attitude to alcohol looks like – check out the Kerrydale Suite for a glimpse.
Build the lounges, toilets, and grills. Put carpet down, dress stewards in black ties, have them welcome fans as “Sir” or “Madam”, treat football fans like responsible adults. It works in the hospitality areas and in the Kerrydale Suite, it’ll work from Palmerston to Peterhead.
Thank you for the tremendous response yesterday to the line-up for the CQN11 St Patrick’s Dinner. We have (St) Packy Bonnar, Tommy Coyne and Joe Miller for a Q&A, an unmissable address on Jock Stein by Archie Macpherson, and Celtic’s First Lady of Song, Patricia Ferns, for those of you who enjoy a song or dance. Let me know if you’re still looking for tickets,
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And Celtic, how hard can it be to put enough paper towels in the toilets? I love the family approach the club has now, but bringing kids means dealing with the toilets, and that’s never a highlight of the trip.
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Football, beer and above all gambling filled up the horizon
of their minds.
To keep control was not difficult.
George Orwell, 1984
Think about this when Saint Jim starts talking about it.
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Paris Saint German and Chelsea are basically the Ramgers of France and England ..
Well apart from Playing in the Champions League and Being Owned by Billionaires..
Apart from that that are the Same..
Summa
Snake
Does any reasonably intelligent person believe what politicians say
Geordie
Hold me touch me
..are Ra#gers not owned by a billionaire?
Zico-‘Watching Sunshine on Leith at moment and getting a wee bit homesick.’
Stick on Braveheart and you won’t be….
DBBIA
An off the radar one …I thought
….PFayr supports WeeOscar
Certainly not that one and especially not after today.
I posted earlier in the day that I didn’t have strong views either way on the drink at games proposal.
Cue Les Gray on Radio Shortbread tonight :
I am now a firm supporter of the plan. Bring on the bevvy!
The man is a total disgrace, sees himself as an expert on everything – how the Police Federation allow him to represent him says everything about that organisation.
Blantyretim.
I said I’d call you when I got home but the phones acting up. I arrived home at 7.45pm. fit, and raring to go for the wee game on Thursday, Thank Karen for getting me to the train on time and managed it by 2 minutes
PFAyr- when is our hero’s day in Court?
That’s goin’ to shake a few coconuts out of the ole tree.
Snake
Nice try ..
Btw
I’d rather have a bevvy available at the fitba than the OB Act
It’s £1.80 for a Capri Sun in the Northstand and if you skewer it first time of asking, it’s done before you get back to your seat.
iki
19:38 on 17 February, 2015
Radio Scotland and alcohol debates ….. 50 shades of Les Grey, pure torture.
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After Chick Young, Les Grey is my least favourite person to hear spout nonsense on radio or TV. He is Police Federation rep and so does not represent the official view of Police Scotland, but rather the coppers’ staff association. Does he speak for them all? I doubt it. However he seems to be invited on to give the police view of….well…..just about anything related to football. We are not told his footballing affiliation. His performance tonight was typical. An utter failure to grasp the issue at hand allied to a determination not to listen to anyone else resulted in a hysterical over reaction to any point raised. Maybe they have him on because he generates more heat than light. I dunno. What I do now is that he is a moron who adds nothing worthwhile. There must be coppers out there who are articulate and rational and who could contribute something useful.
I won’t mention his eagerness to let the audience know that he had “no idea” what the Kerrydale Suite at Celtic Park was. Despite the fact that he claimed to have policed the sporting arena of Celtic Park until fairly recently. As a reminder, this is the guy who was “terrified” when in a pub one day when the punters started singing The Celtic Song. Apparently he was in fear for his life. An embarrassment.
Les Gray …unfortunately as good as Police Scotland get …
I listened to wee Les earlier.
He managed to make Dwyl Brdft sound like Confucius.
South Of Tunis
20:28 on
17 February, 2015
Delivery
Recorded Air Mail delivery of a 7 ” Single – London to Sicily – £ 9.45
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Bet you it arrived in record time too. Jaiket
DBBIA
Not sure ….it will be fun
I’m sure ole Whytey will have a few cassette tapes lodged as productions
BSR,
Knew you wouldn’t disappoint.
EC67
Midfield Maestro
Sorry for your loss may your Da rest in peace
BB
Les Grey , would rather listen to the tune of me farting, same idea!
Snake Plissken@ 20 41
Been a long time since Higher English but I remember Good Ole George adding ” primitive patriotism ” to beer , football and gambling.
I was asked by a cop on duty who was talking to an off duty cop with me why Celtic fans carried Irish flags to games, he was supposed to be a Motherwell fan by the way, he was serious, so Les Gray will be the tip of the iceberg, IMO if the could get away with a curfew they would ask for it
The ole Capri Sun.
£1.80 for one in Paradise.
5 for a Sevco in ole Poundland.
EC67
craigellachie10
20:46 on 17 February, 2015
I posted earlier in the day that I didn’t have strong views either way on the drink at games proposal.
Cue Les Gray on Radio Shortbread tonight :
I am now a firm supporter of the plan. Bring on the bevvy!
The man is a total disgrace, sees himself as an expert on everything – how the Police Federation allow him to represent him says everything about that organisation.
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You beat me to it dude. Ditto.
Butsybhoy.
Have you managed to obtain a ticket yet?
Are you going to race night?
I’ve named my horse Brown’s Round.
italiabhoy
19:38 on 17 February, 2015
I’m afraid it means you’ve not got one.
GM
Old Jimmy, who’s only recently retired from the TO, always gave me grief because I’d always go to collect my tickets without offer letters or season cards.
I ended up doing it just to annoy him, saying that searching the ole computer for client codes was developing his IT skills :-)
….PFayr supports WeeOscar
I’d rather have neither to be honest both of them are bad ideas at football.
Chelsea with a touch of Luiz defending ..1-1
Cavani in the middle of four Chelsea defenders …free header
Just when you think it can’t get worse than PSG v Chelski, over on Murdochvision, big Rambo of Bayern fame mangling the English language.
EC67
….pfayr supports weeoscar
20:45 on 17 February, 2015
DBBIA
An off the radar one …I thought
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
An off his rocker one ….I’m sure ….. Hehe
Drat, changed the channel and PSG scored.
Snake
Perhaps
But one criminalises otherwise law abiding young fans the other just isn’t a very good idea
“Old Jimmy, who’s only recently retired from the TO”
HT,
Old Jimmy was only 42. You did that to him. :))
HH
And they have the cheek to talk about civil and religious liberty (for all)
‘For years, the Orange Order has been accused of controlling secretive “land funds” which have been used by individual Orange Lodges to protect Protestant land in their communities. And when we met the Orange Order to discuss the issue, Grand Secretary Drew Nelson both admitted to the existence of such funds, and defended their use’
http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-31505614
Jimmynotpaul
20:55 on
17 February, 2015
Ticket Not yet.
The race night if I don’t go to Hull for a wedding I will be there got a race to sponsor
Names will be interesting for the horses bet your glad it wasn’t Browns ring.
Hail Hail
….PFayr supports WeeOscar
Yeah but being under the influence makes it more likely you’ll fall foul of the other bad idea and then there are the other problems that come from too much bevvy after the game.
As I say, they are both bad ideas for different reasons
Les Gray- last week on a phone in on Shortbread he managed to totally contradict himself during a debate on Police searching under 12’s.
When callers and the presenter- Kaye Adams I think- pulled him up on this he threw the toys out the pram, made a lot of noise and bluster, made a complete erse of himself- as usual.
An absolute buffoon of a man, utterly hopeless, but the go to media tart with a satchel full of empty sound bytes, a bit like Chris Graham.