This beer nonsense at the WC
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Jedi boro
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If you think this is only about getting a drink then You’re missing the point.
LeeMiller
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It’s a genuine question. Could you get a pint at Ayresome? I’ve seen some pictures of Hampden after a cup final and the terraces are just a sea of empties.
Jedi boro
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The 100 club in the north stand I’d say but other than that no It was the Westminster for us pre match.
Hospitality and catering was very much after an thought aside from the odd pie and bovril/oxo.
Badonde
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IIRC the first time I saw alcohol served at a UK ground was at Wembley at the Zenith Data final (1990?).
It felt quite novel....also remember buying a sausage roll with an expiry day of 2 years and horrible triangular frozen fish being served.
The thing is there had been a clampdown on hooliganism and a new law had recently been introduced (1986?) banning 'the transportation of ale to or from a sporting venue'.
I seem to remember fleets of minibuses getting their beers seized and poured down the drain in Wembley car park.
I was convinced this spilled beer was being pumped back up into the Wembley catering tanks!
It seemed mad to be banning the sale outside but selling it inside.
It felt quite novel....also remember buying a sausage roll with an expiry day of 2 years and horrible triangular frozen fish being served.
The thing is there had been a clampdown on hooliganism and a new law had recently been introduced (1986?) banning 'the transportation of ale to or from a sporting venue'.
I seem to remember fleets of minibuses getting their beers seized and poured down the drain in Wembley car park.
I was convinced this spilled beer was being pumped back up into the Wembley catering tanks!
It seemed mad to be banning the sale outside but selling it inside.
gizboro68
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I remember getting a pint at Maine Road mid/late 80's,maybe 84-85
BlindBoyGrunt
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77/78 Leeds United, when the away end at Elland Road had been made seated, they were serving beer on the concourse. We got thrashed 5-0
Transitarmy
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No beer on the Holgate or any where else in Ayresome except the 100s club. WBA were selling beer in the 'away' end when we beat them 4- 0 in J C's promotion year. I thought it was a novelty back then.
ThePrisoner
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Was there a law banning it though? Or was it just that it was not thought worthwhile. In those days it would have been real glass glasses or cans, no concourses to speak of and the majority of fans stood on open terraces. Sounds like a non-starter to me.
Handling a lava temperature styrofoam cup of bovril without sustaining second degree burns though - now that was a real skill.