The crisps they sold at the Goldstone were vicious. Had a friend who cut his mouth really badly on a large salt and vinegar crisp - blood everywhere. Had to be taken to the St John's Ambulance, going around the pitch while the game was going on (very exciting when you're 13).
I get the focus on health and safety but, as someone not versed in how these things work, it seems that there is a never ending effort to find another risk to mitigate rather than just agree that unless things change the risk management approach doesn't change. These sort of changes smack more of people trying to justify their jobs/consultancy fees rather than genuinely making things safer. In fact, doesn't banning the plastic tops make it more likely that someone wanting to throw something onto the pitch will choose a metal coin, that will cause more damage if it hits someone?
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So lids can be a good thing.
