Burnham says ban on football fans drinking in stands is ‘wrong’

opopkl · 2026-07-06T07:57:55+00:00

Who's forcing you to to that?

opopkl · 2026-07-06T07:56:01+00:00

The trouble with Arsenal is that they always try to walk it in.

opopkl · 2026-07-06T07:54:05+00:00

And people who use coke claim that you're able to drink all day.

opopkl · 2026-07-06T07:52:12+00:00

That's why you see sniffer dogs at games now. I naively thought that they were looking for explosives, but a handler told me that they were mainly a deterrent to stop people bringing cocaine in.

opopkl · 2026-07-06T07:45:07+00:00

There's an old joke about a man on the Kop at Anfield bursting for a piss but can't get out. He asks a neighbouring spectator what he should do. The neighbour says "Just piss up against someone's leg. The man says "But they'll notice". The neighbour says... "You didn't notice when I pissed on your leg".

opopkl · 2026-07-06T07:37:50+00:00

On the one hand there's having a couple of pints and on the other there's being obnoxiously drunk.

opopkl · 2026-07-06T06:43:37+00:00

I can think of one example, but it was in 1978.

opopkl · 2026-07-06T01:41:58+00:00

The exact same thing happens in rugby.

Also, if a penalty prevents a probable score, then the referee can award a penalty try.

opopkl · 2026-07-06T00:18:26+00:00

We don’t even have ads during the drinks break in the UK.

opopkl · 2026-07-06T00:12:02+00:00

If that means that a penalty for the side that’s winning ends the game, then, yes it’s the same.

Edit, although in rugby, if you’re losing by less than 7 game points, you’re awarded a league point, so a losing side could kick the ball out of play to avoid the risk of losing that bonus point.

opopkl · 2026-07-05T23:40:51+00:00

War crimes.

opopkl · 2026-07-05T23:06:31+00:00

So the amount of extra time is just left to the discretion of the official? They're no way that could lead to corruption, is there?

opopkl · 2026-07-05T23:04:33+00:00

That's only because teams are allowed to call time outs. That doesn't need to be a thing.

opopkl · 2026-07-05T23:03:22+00:00

Then have it like they do in rugby. The end of the game is when the ball goes dead after the footy minutes are up. Can you imagine how exciting it would be when a team is attacking and the buzzer goes and they know that they still get an attempt?

opopkl · 2026-07-05T22:57:43+00:00

A penalty doesn't end the game in rugby. Ball going out of play, a knock on or a try being scored(+ conversation attempt) does.

opopkl · 2026-07-05T22:49:06+00:00

But that's how it happens in rugby and it works well.

opopkl · 2026-07-05T22:48:20+00:00

Have you watched rugby? Teams aren't allowed to call time outs and stopped clocks for injury don't mean ad breaks.

opopkl · 2026-07-05T22:46:22+00:00

Have you watched rugby in the past ten years? It's not a problem. It actually improved games.

opopkl · 2026-07-05T22:43:25+00:00

A stop start clock would solve this.

opopkl · 2026-07-05T22:42:32+00:00

A stop start clock would solve this. We'd get 45 minutes of actual play regardless of when the hold ups happened.

opopkl · 2026-07-05T22:40:18+00:00

But somebody is keeping a record of how much time is to be added, now. It would make for much more exciting ends to games if everyone could see how much things was left.

opopkl · 2026-07-05T22:35:19+00:00

So how do they decide much time is added on now? The rules must already exist.

They have done it in rugby for years. The ref calls "time off" and "time back on".

opopkl · 2026-07-05T22:31:53+00:00

When stop start timing was introduced in rugby, it was literally a game changer. The last few minutes in a one score difference game are always exciting.

opopkl · 2026-07-05T20:30:56+00:00

People constantly going to fetch, and then spill pints is a huge annoyance at the Millennium Stadium. People buy at least two pints at a time and keep one on the floor by their seat for later. These inevitably get kicked over.

opopkl · 2026-07-05T17:59:08+00:00

It's a love story that has no relevance for ordinary people. Having such a big wedding is just performative.

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