I love a drink in the stands, but Burnham’s beer proposal feels out of step with modern football | Marva Kreel
Focusing on the right to drink at your seat is an odd place to start when discrimination in the game runs much deeper Andy Burnham is right that football fans have historically been treated differently from other sports fans. But if we’re going to talk about discrimination in football, the ban on drinking at your seat feels like a strange place to start. The rule may have its roots in a very different era of football, but for many fans today, being able to take a pint to your seat may not be top
The rule may have its roots in a very different era of football, but for many fans today, being able to take a pint to your seat may not be top of their list of changes they’d like to see in the game. Especially at a time when discrimination is very much present elsewhere in football.
Marva Kreel is a broadcaster and football content creator
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