Nice bit of narrative pushing from a Russian writer who writes for Al Jazeera and Russia Today, and who spent 2.5 years in (British) jail for possession with intent to supply. Make of his article what you will.
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Articles like this are making the case for football matches free of the middle-classes and other demographics that never followed football before it became popular.
There might be a sensible discussion to be had about how alcohol at football (and other sports) is handled, but this is frankly just a distraction from the atrocities of the Qatar state.
There is a ban on alcohol sponsorships in football. I am actually surprised there is not a limit on alcohol sales.
How dare somebody interject a reasonable idea into the world of football
So in the Qatar venues you can drink, but only in the fanzones outside the stadiums.
In this country you can only drink in the concourse of the stadium.
How different even is that? Either way you can’t drink at your seat, and either way you can drink shortly before and after.
Not sure how such a slight difference in accessibility could possibly result in the supposed polarity of English crowds being full of drunks and Qatari crowds being fully sober.
Here’s my theory: pints of Bud in Qatar being £15 is quite off-putting?
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Nice bit of narrative pushing from a Russian writer who writes for Al Jazeera and Russia Today, and who spent 2.5 years in (British) jail for possession with intent to supply. Make of his article what you will.
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Articles like this are making the case for football matches free of the middle-classes and other demographics that never followed football before it became popular.
There might be a sensible discussion to be had about how alcohol at football (and other sports) is handled, but this is frankly just a distraction from the atrocities of the Qatar state.
There is a ban on alcohol sponsorships in football. I am actually surprised there is not a limit on alcohol sales.
How dare somebody interject a reasonable idea into the world of football
So in the Qatar venues you can drink, but only in the fanzones outside the stadiums.
In this country you can only drink in the concourse of the stadium.
How different even is that? Either way you can’t drink at your seat, and either way you can drink shortly before and after.
Not sure how such a slight difference in accessibility could possibly result in the supposed polarity of English crowds being full of drunks and Qatari crowds being fully sober.
Here’s my theory: pints of Bud in Qatar being £15 is quite off-putting?