Hello . It’s me . Would you buy me a beer, please ? I tried to take a firkin of beer into the ground . But the stewards stopped me and insisted that I remove the cap off the top of the barrel . I did as they asked but the pressure was such that the beer exploded out of the top and drenched...
No, I’m not swallowing shit - that happened to be a pulled pork bap from a kiosk in the West Upper a year ago. I’m just, sort of, playing devil’s advocate, as in it hasn’t happened yet but it could. Anyway my prime consideration in all of this is to go and watch the football and support my team.
I’m sure I read in an article recently that Bournemouth’s gate receipts only account for 4% of their turnover. They’d better not relegated anytime soon! :eek:
I don’t know, I’m not a munitions expert! All I’m saying is that the club are following guidelines set by the powers that be regarding security and safety issues. I suppose I would be annoyed if I took a flask of tea, or whatever, into the ground on a regular basis and then told I couldn’t...
Thou does’t exaggerate! Not all revenue comes from TV companies and being a PL club. A huge chunk is from gate receipts and merchandising, admittedly it helps having the benefits of the cash cow that is the Premier League.
But it’s not hypocritical, is it? Unfortunately we live in an age where a terrorist attack, however unlikely you may think, could be on a football stadium. The club are following procedures to ensure the safety of you and I. From being searched at the turnstiles, to not taking in flasks, and not...