Hopes the archaic, ineffectual, needless and counterproductive ban on selling alcohol inside Scottish football grounds might be relaxed or even lifted were dashed last season by some of the worst incidences of crowd trouble seen in the game in this country for many years.
The findings of the independent investigation which has been carried out by sports event consultant Mark Blackbourne into the reasons for the unrest which flared after the Scottish Gas Scottish Cup quarter-final between Rangers and Celtic have still to be published.
