Burnham calls for end to four-decade football drinking ban
Summarised from 10 outlets · 23 reports · Updated 24 Sept, 18:08 · Archive
Prime Minister Andy Burnham says the ban on alcohol in football stands is discriminatory and should be scrapped.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called the four-decade-old ban on alcohol in football stands discriminatory, arguing that football fans are unfairly singled out compared to supporters of rugby and cricket. The ban, introduced in 1985 following football violence, remains in place but Burnham believes there is a case for its removal. The Mirror reports the ban could be costing lower-league clubs thousands of pounds annually. A club owner has warned that allowing drinking would be short-sighted and risk returning football to the violence of the 1980s. The UK Football Policing Unit has cited the Taylor Report following Hillsborough in defending the existing ban.
How it is being reported
- Simon Jordan accuses Andy Burnham of using sport 'for political gain’ as PM seeks to end ‘outdated’ football beer banGB News · 24 Sept, 20:34
- Alcohol in the stands would spoil football | Brief lettersThe Guardian · 24 Sept, 18:02
- UK Football Police Unit accused of ‘bringing Hillsborough’ into alcohol debateThe Guardian · 24 Sept, 17:43
- Andy Burnham's football booze plot risks spoiling the experience for everybody - and if one person gets hurt, it will have been a failure, writes LUKE POWERDaily Mail Sport · 24 Sept, 17:31
- U.K. prime minister teases possible return of booze to soccer matchesCBS News · 24 Sept, 17:27
- Football and pints are brilliant – Burnham’s plan to lift booze bans at games isn’tMetro · 24 Sept, 16:42
- Football Daily | Pints and points: the arguments for and against booze at football matchesThe Guardian · 24 Sept, 16:08
- Drinking at football matches - would fans welcome it?BBC News · 24 Sept, 15:09
- Andy Burnham's football booze vow splits opinion as fans disagree on drinking in standsMirror Sport · 24 Sept, 14:41
- Archive, 1985: Alcohol banned from football grounds in England and WalesThe Guardian · 24 Sept, 13:32
- Fans drinking alcohol risks sending football back to 1980s, club owner warnsCity AM · 24 Sept, 10:47
- 'Unfair' ban on drinking alcohol in football stands could be scrapped, says BurnhamSky News · 24 Sept, 07:52
- Mirror readers debate whether government should lift ban on football fans drinking in the standsThe Mirror · 24 Sept, 07:17
- Should football fans be allowed to drink alcohol in the stands?Mirror Sport · 24 Sept, 06:36
- Drinking ban at football matches could be scrapped, says Prime MinisterSky Sports Football · 23 Sept, 23:20
- Burnham wants ‘discriminatory’ alcohol ban in stands at football matches to be overturnedThe Independent · 23 Sept, 23:00
- Drinking ban at football matches could be scrapped, says Prime MinisterSky Sports · 23 Sept, 23:00
- 'Andy Burnham's right to say football booze ban is unfair - but a sober debate is needed'The Mirror · 23 Sept, 22:15
- 'Let football fans have a pint — it’s time to scrap this outdated drinking in stands ban'The Mirror · 23 Sept, 22:14
- Burnham finally comes up with a policy... to lift the booze ban on football terracesDaily Mail · 23 Sept, 22:13
- Andy Burnham hints 'unfair' ban on football fans drinking in stands could be liftedThe Mirror · 23 Sept, 22:02
- Burnham brands ban on football fans drinking alcohol in stands as 'discrimination'BBC News · 23 Sept, 22:01
- Andy Burnham signals he may lift ban on alcohol in football standsThe Guardian · 23 Sept, 22:00
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