[St Charles Owl]

I was surprised they said they weren't aware that you couldn't drink in the stands, that no one reads the many signs that state this and the terms and conditions on the tickets!! Not sure I believe them with that, seems like a convenient excuse.

I think the banning of alcohol was absolutely down to anti-social behavior by those who had a few too many, and probably rightly so when the law was put in place but I think things have moved on now so it should be looked at. Having said that I think there also needs to be consideration not for the drunkeness of fans but the spilling of beer over people when say a goal is scored. Football is a very emotive sport, people are up and down like yo-yos during most games and I would imagine a ton of beer will get spilled during a game. I attend a lot of sport over here and you can have beer anywhere, most of the time they sell it to you while you are sat in your seat with vendors walking up and down the gangways. The difference is every seat in most US stadiums comes with a built in drinks holder, usually attached to the back of the seat in front of you, so there is no need for you to hold your drink constantly and definitely not when you get animated at the event on the pitch!!