I think you are over thinking this. Yes, plastic bottles have been thrown before and after bottle tops were banned. I don’t recall anyone being injured by slipping on the stairwell as a result of spilt drinks.
It’s not just opposing players that can get hit by the bottles…..
I’d like to think that any bottle thrown is instinctive/ spur of the moment rather than a pre planned act requiring the prior purchase of blue tac and tissues, then the carefully sealing of the bottle top. I would hope that at...
It’s a sad (football) world we live in when a fan’s automatic reaction to an opposition player doing something good (ie scoring) is to chuck a bottle at him.