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The Guardian - UK
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Marva Kreel

I love a drink in the stands, but Burnham’s beer proposal feels out of step with modern football

England fans at the Frankfurt Arena on 20 June 2024.
England fans at the Frankfurt Arena, Germany, on 20 June 2024. Photograph: Stefan Matzke/sampics/Corbis/Getty Images

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 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.

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