Quote: Him "I see it a bit like smoking, I don't see why I and my family should have to breathe in somebody else's smoke all game. Fortunately it's banned at stadiums now. I don't want to ban alcohol at grounds as many people can manage to have a drink without being an idiot, but I just wish the stewards were more pro-active at challenging people who are drunk.
From what I've heard I think incidents were few and far between at Newcastle and this is more a rant directed at Grand Finals and the Cup Final.'"
I don't think it helps that many of these events are indirectly 'sold' as a day / week on the pop. Magic Weekend has a 'weekend with the lads' feel about it, to the point where it's actually becoming a bit of a stag do thing. I've certainly seen more of those over the years.
It's probably the reason why we have football clubs being very keen to host it. MCFC coming out and saying publicly that they had never sold so much ale before at an event isn't particularly helpful from a 'discouraging p***heads' perspective.
Of course, the RFL doesn't overtly play on the alcohol aspect, but it's arguably a byproduct of the type of event that it is.
