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Government must think “really carefully” before allowing football fans to drink in stands, Met Police Commissioner warns

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Government must think “really carefully” before allowing football fans to drink in stands, Met Police Commissioner warns

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Laws prohibiting the consumption of alcohol within view of a football pitch were introduced in 1985, with then-Home Secretary Leon Brittan suggesting that alcohol was a "major contributory factor in violent and disorderly behaviour" in grounds

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Police are busy enjoying arresting elderly protestors; they don’t wanna have to deal with this.
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Don’t follow football, but who is asking for this? Have the fans been chanting in the stands for this?
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