The final whistle for the football booze ban? | Letters
The rushed law probably increases pre-match binge drinking, writes Prof Geoff Pearson; plus a letter from a concerned reader who lives near a football groundThe prime minister is right to identify that the existing ban on alcohol consumption at football…
The ‘elixir of long life’: how the elusive Chartreuse quietly became the trendiest drink around
With its garish ‘grellow’ colour, mythological origins, secret recipe and limited supplies, the herbal liqueur made by French monks is now the coolest thing to order at the bar It’s just after 9pm in drizzly Belleville, Paris. Too late for cocktails, too…
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 deeperAndy Burnham is right that football fans have historically been treated differently from other sports fans. But if we’re going to talk…
Alcohol in the stands would spoil football | Brief letters
Andy Burnham’s own goal | Investigating failure | Hedgehog-flavoured crisps | Crisp festival | Sitting proneBefore legislating to permit alcoholic drinks to be consumed in the stands at football (Report, 23 September), Andy Burnham should attend a rugby…