Drinking at football matches - would fans welcome it?
It started with lower-level clubs, eventually being extended to the Premiership.The Scotland national team joined the trial for the friendlies against Japan and Curacao earlier this year. There's no reason why that shouldn't be the case for football fans, as it is for fans of rugby league, watching Oasis, or anything else that happens often in the same stadiums in the same seats."The FSA's position is that clubs should have the choice, in consultation with supporters, to sell alcohol. Clubs might want to offer it in all stands, others in designated areas, while a few might choose not to do so at all.Other sports offer designated alcohol-free sections, something that football clubs may wish to copy for some families and supporters who do not consume alcohol because of their religion.
- ▪It started with lower-level clubs, eventually being extended to the Premiership.The Scotland national team joined the trial for the friendlies against Japan and Curacao earlier this year.
- ▪There's no reason why that shouldn't be the case for football fans, as it is for fans of rugby league, watching Oasis, or anything else that happens often in the same stadiums in the same seats."The FSA's position is that clubs should have
- ▪Clubs might want to offer it in all stands, others in designated areas, while a few might choose not to do so at all.Other sports offer designated alcohol-free sections, something that football clubs may wish to copy for some families and s
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Drinking at football matches - would fans welcome it?Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The law permits supporters at stadiums from the Premier League to National League to drink alcohol outside the ground and in concourses, but not in their seatsByDale JohnsonFootball issues correspondentPublished24 September 2026, 15:03 BSTUpdated 5 minutes agoWhen UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham embarked on his trip to the United Nations in New York, he might not have been expecting a question about football fans drinking alcohol in grounds.Burnham firmly believes the law that prevents supporters from having a beer at their seat during a match is outdated.
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