atfc village
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Been in place at Aldershot for years in the ground ,yet bring your own in and Know one bats an eyelid.
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[Albion] Bottle Top BAN!
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Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Thought this has been the case for years.
Sorry, I was referring to the Albion!
Cadiz Seagull
Grey bearded old man
Me too. Normally the water doesn't get drunk until half time, sometimes never and I take it away with me.
Taking the top off when I buy it will put an end to this.
And from where I sit in WSU row V I couldn't throw it onto the pitch if I tried!
Yes, my point is I think you'll find it's more to do with general security than making money, hence you can get water in the ground but not take liquids into the ground. No doubt there are commercial benefits but I think the prime reason is security.
pearl
Well-known member
Perhaps we should take it up with the European Court of Human Rights?
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Okay, fair enough. Let's stretch it a bit further. As has already been suggested on this thread, coins cause many more problems at the football. Surely coins of any sort should also fall into that category.
I am all for mitigating against risk, but there has to be a line and it is slowly moving uncomfortably towards a place where individual choice and liberty are being eroded.
Cheshire Cat
The most curious thing..
Crisps have sharp edges, and marsh mallows though soft and squidgey are full of sugar so could give someone diabetes.
You have been warned.
Deadly Danson
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Exactly. Obviously this is a fairly small issue but it's these incremental things that add up to making the (very expensive) experience just that little bit less enjoyable. And none of them seem to affect the people making these OTT decisions (unless perhaps they have been banned from wearing ties in case they run on to the pitch to try and strangle a player).
Baldseagull
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Removing money from supporters would be difficult to count as reasonable, taking the top off of a disposable bottle is reasonable.
Reasonable, but also ducking stupid and pointless.
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
This security 'segregation team' bloke was stood in front of me for the entire game at West Ham. I tried to hold a conversation with him but got no response. At one point I had to catch him as he fell over asleep!
But worse than making me stand the entire game, he had a flask with something hot inside.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
But the coins are far more likely to hurt someone. I think it's intolerable that coins are allowed in.
Baldseagull
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Does anyone recall being allowed to invade the pitch when we got promoted, or was the official statement that the club had to make telling us all it was not permitted?
SUA Seagull
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lawros left foot
Glory hunting since 1969
I queried this very rule at Wembley and was told that it was in case the ground had to be evacuated, they didn’t want capped bottles on the floor, where they could be a trip hazard, or people could step on them and damage their ankles/ legs, causing the swift evacuation of the stadium to be compromised. Yeah, I thought ,more likely to be so they can sell their vastly overpriced own products. I just told them I had a medical condition that meant I had to take tablets, and needed the water to take them, they let me take in my own capped water.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
That's a one-off situation. This petty ban affects anyone with a bottle of water or pop every single game. I am just glad my boys are not little anymore, in the summer in the East, it's like a greenhouse and they'd have spilt their drinks, every time.
Baldseagull
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Disposable bottle cap, reasonable to remove. Your bus fare home, not reasonable to remove. I think you could have worked that out for yourself if you tried.
Bus fare is included in your ticket price ;-)