Fans drinking alcohol risks sending football back to 1980s, club owner warns

Fans drinking alcohol risks sending football back to 1980s, club owner warns

Allowing supporters to drink alcohol on the terraces would be “short-sighted” and “send football back to the depths of the ‘80s”, Andy Burnham has been warned. The Prime Minister has said he wants to end the “discrimination” against football fans, who are banned from drinking pitchside when fans of rugby and cricket are permitted to. [...]