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Re-Introduction Of Alcohol At Games


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In the coming days the Society will be issuing an e-mail survey to members regarding the sale of alcohol at football games. We'd like to ask all members to ensure their e-mail address is correct on the members area of DFCtv.


 


We have opened up a discussion on our Facebook page for members to discuss the issue, but we will obviously monitor this thread also for the opinions of the fans.


 


Thanks to the Admin for allowing this thread.


 


https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dundee-FC-Supporters-Society/187955291233019


 


 


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Good to see the Society pushing for this. It's ridiculous that Scottish football fans are denied a half-time drink that supporters in the rest of Britain, Europe and the world take for granted.

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Not fussed tbh.. Think we should probably be focusing on providing better catering all round..

A 5hitey overpriced pie washed down with a (very likely overpriced) beer is still a 5hitey overpriced pie

:-/

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The beer might be poor quality and over-priced but it's the principle. Adults being told in 2015 that they can't buy a pint at half-time because Old Firm fans rioted 35 years is a nonsense.

 

English fans can drink at games even though they had the worst hooligan problem in Europe in the 1980s. Even Scottish rugby fans can enjoy a drink. It's an insult to all football fans in Scotland. If the authorities want to continue banning Rangers and Celtic fans fair enough but there's absolutely no reason why the rest of us should be affected.

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The beer might be poor quality and over-priced but it's the principle. Adults being told in 2015 that they can't buy a pint at half-time because Old Firm fans rioted 35 years is a nonsense.

English fans can drink at games even though they had the worst hooligan problem in Europe in the 1980s. Even Scottish rugby fans can enjoy a drink. It's an insult to all football fans in Scotland. If the authorities want to continue banning Rangers and Celtic fans fair enough but there's absolutely no reason why the rest of us should be affected.

I agree with you Cobra.. Just don't think it should realy be high up our list of priorities mate. We have more pressing matters to improve the match day experience for supporters at Dens than having the ability to have a bevvy at half time.

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The beer might be poor quality and over-priced but it's the principle. Adults being told in 2015 that they can't buy a pint at half-time because Old Firm fans rioted 35 years is a nonsense.
 
English fans can drink at games even though they had the worst hooligan problem in Europe in the 1980s. Even Scottish rugby fans can enjoy a drink. It's an insult to all football fans in Scotland. If the authorities want to continue banning Rangers and Celtic fans fair enough but there's absolutely no reason why the rest of us should be affected.

Agree with that.

I wouldn't buy it as I don't usually drink before or after the games but it's ridiculous that those that would buy it are denied the right due to those half wits.

I also agree with Boba though, there are plenty other things the club needs to sort first before offering to sell us overpriced beer at half time.

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It's a Massive YES from me!!

Permit the sale of Alcohol both inside grounds & also in designated areas around grounds before kick-off i.e. In the vending area's below & Behind the Bobby Cox / Shankly stands.

The Scottish Football Association NEEDS to do everything in its power to attract more punters back into attending matches. Simple Fact!

Publican's & SKY seem to be winning the battle for trade between 15.00pm & 17.45pm, partly due to sky customer’s watching at home but practically all pubs have score coverage & sell alcohol.

The SFA must realise this is our main competition for trade & if changing the laws attracts anyone back into any ground in Scotland to watch matches then it's a positive step imo

Using the excuse of potential violent eruptions inside or around matches due to consumption is a very poor excuse & doesn't cut it for me as this fall's into event management etc.

Until strict laws, fines & bans or jail terms are imposed regarding violent football offenders there will always be football related violence.

Why should anyone born from the 1980's onwards suffer due to the stupidity of other generation’s supporters, out-dated laws which were put in place at a time where they were arguably necessary?

Licensing laws have changed as has the stewarding of all matches, most of all I think peoples perceptions of drinking have changed.

Why should we younger supporters suffer 20+ years on for another generations mistakes?..

rant ower :P 

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Couldn't care less to be honest. In fact I'd rather be without it. Then again I understand that my lack of excitement regarding having a drink anywhere puts me in the minority.

Would someone who can sit in a pub for free and have a pint really spend £25 so they can have a pint at -2 in the middle of winter?

I do however appreciate it could increase income for clubs and that has to be a good thing. 

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I agree with you Cobra.. Just don't think it should realy be high up our list of priorities mate. We have more pressing matters to improve the match day experience for supporters at Dens than having the ability to have a bevvy at half time.

While there may be more important things that need changing, this should be pretty simple to implement, while I'll probably have a pint at Dens the first day it happens it will be for the sake of it, I generally don't bother drinking before the game. Football fans are treated pretty poorly and we just accept it. Punish the a-holes and leave the rest of us to enjoy our sport. Even things like carrying a Swiss army knife is apparently frowned upon, I carry one all the time and the couple of times I've double checked its legal the example I've been given is "but you shouldn't take it to a football match" and that's without them knowing I'm a football fan. If the police enforced the rules and stopped pished folk getting in etc then there would be less problems in the ground but they seem unwilling a lot of the time. We accept being treated as potential criminals at times, especially at the OF grounds and its not right. As I say, sort out the dicks and let the rest of us crack on.

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I'm in two minds.

On one hand people are going to drink before games anyway so if the clubs can tap into that revenue then it would be fantastic.

On the other hand, I've seen some of the behaviour from our fans at away games when they've had plenty drinking time pre-match. And it's not pretty.

Perhaps a compromise is to allow it for home fans only. I'd say in general people spend less time in the pub (or on the bus) pre-match at home games than away.

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I think the biggest embarrassment is that Jim Murphy is trying to make this an electoral issue. Of course the fans should be allowed to drink, but for Labour to use that as their biggest 'marketing' tool for votes in Scotland says a lot about that party. And that comes from a former Labour voter.

Sorry to bring the political side into this.

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I think the biggest embarrassment is that Jim Murphy is trying to make this an electoral issue. Of course the fans should be allowed to drink, but for Labour to use that as their biggest 'marketing' tool for votes in Scotland says a lot about that party. And that comes from a former Labour voter.

Sorry to bring the political side into this.

I watched that too and I didn't think he was using it as a 'political football' (pun intended), what he was saying about other sports made sense to me. As I posted earlier, I'm not bothered about it myself but I don't like being treated like scum, punish those that step out of line but if you treat people like scum, some of them will act like scum. If there's a serious push to make football better then we need to setting out an example of what's acceptable and not trusting folk doesn't make for a good example. I thought Jim Murphy came across pretty well to be fair.

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