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Methuselah wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 12:36 am Can we somehow rain it in a bit.I was on a coach going to the Stockport game and we had some people came on our coach who came onto our coach who started drinking before the coach left Barrow and carried on drinking all the way to Stockport.The result was two of them got arrested and ended up getting left behind.
People have to remember sometimes we have young children on these coaches and families and it doesn,t set a very good example.
By all means have a good time but just have a couple of drinks on the way to the match because we alll get dropped at a pub near the ground anyway.
What I couldn,t understand is why the stewards from the Bluebird Trust don,t tell people to behave themselves instead of providing them with bin bags for their empties.
I,m all for people enjoying themselves but if you have drunk too much how can you follow what is going on.The only result is what you had on last Saturday when you had Stockport and Barrow fans baiting each other.Surely we as a club and supporters are better than that.

Methuselah wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 12:36 am Can we somehow rain it in a bit.I was on a coach going to the Stockport game and we had some people came on our coach who came onto our coach who started drinking before the coach left Barrow and carried on drinking all the way to Stockport.The result was two of them got arrested and ended up getting left behind.
People have to remember sometimes we have young children on these coaches and families and it doesn,t set a very good example.
By all means have a good time but just have a couple of drinks on the way to the match because we alll get dropped at a pub near the ground anyway.
What I couldn,t understand is why the stewards from the Bluebird Trust don,t tell people to behave themselves instead of providing them with bin bags for their empties.
I,m all for people enjoying themselves but if you have drunk too much how can you follow what is going on.The only result is what you had on last Saturday when you had Stockport and Barrow fans baiting each other.Surely we as a club and supporters are better than that.

2 doors up wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 3:39 am
Is it not a criminal offence to drink alcohol or infact have it on a coach going to a football match?

Desmond2-2 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 9:25 am Mods, please remove this topic

bluessupporter wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 9:00 am

2 doors up wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 3:39 am
Is it not a criminal offence to drink alcohol or infact have it on a coach going to a football match?

The Sporting Event (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985

The act creates a number of offences in connection with alcohol being transported to and from football matches. Anyone who has alcohol in their possession whilst travelling on a coach or train that is principally being used to take people to or from a match is guilty of an offence. There are provisions relating to the operators and also those who hire vehicles. It is also an offence to be drunk on such a vehicle whether or not the person is in possession of alcohol.

These provisions also apply to minibuses in certain circumstances.

Methuselah wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 12:36 am Can we somehow rain it in a bit.I was on a coach going to the Stockport game and we had some people came on our coach who came onto our coach who started drinking before the coach left Barrow and carried on drinking all the way to Stockport.The result was two of them got arrested and ended up getting left behind.
People have to remember sometimes we have young children on these coaches and families and it doesn,t set a very good example.
By all means have a good time but just have a couple of drinks on the way to the match because we alll get dropped at a pub near the ground anyway.
What I couldn,t understand is why the stewards from the Bluebird Trust don,t tell people to behave themselves instead of providing them with bin bags for their empties.
I,m all for people enjoying themselves but if you have drunk too much how can you follow what is going on.The only result is what you had on last Saturday when you had Stockport and Barrow fans baiting each other.Surely we as a club and supporters are better than that.

beachy01 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 11:22 am

Methuselah wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 12:36 am Can we somehow rain it in a bit.I was on a coach going to the Stockport game and we had some people came on our coach who came onto our coach who started drinking before the coach left Barrow and carried on drinking all the way to Stockport.The result was two of them got arrested and ended up getting left behind.
People have to remember sometimes we have young children on these coaches and families and it doesn,t set a very good example.
By all means have a good time but just have a couple of drinks on the way to the match because we alll get dropped at a pub near the ground anyway.
What I couldn,t understand is why the stewards from the Bluebird Trust don,t tell people to behave themselves instead of providing them with bin bags for their empties.
I,m all for people enjoying themselves but if you have drunk too much how can you follow what is going on.The only result is what you had on last Saturday when you had Stockport and Barrow fans baiting each other.Surely we as a club and supporters are better than that.

not only do we have a fan base full of people wanting to condemn other supporters (usually home ones) at every possible opportunity. we now have people desperate to eradicate ever lasty bit of fun and joy out of match day

1 word, GRASS

Methuselah wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 12:36 am Can we somehow rain it in a bit.I was on a coach going to the Stockport game and we had some people came on our coach who came onto our coach who started drinking before the coach left Barrow and carried on drinking all the way to Stockport.The result was two of them got arrested and ended up getting left behind.
People have to remember sometimes we have young children on these coaches and families and it doesn,t set a very good example.
By all means have a good time but just have a couple of drinks on the way to the match because we alll get dropped at a pub near the ground anyway.
What I couldn,t understand is why the stewards from the Bluebird Trust don,t tell people to behave themselves instead of providing them with bin bags for their empties.
I,m all for people enjoying themselves but if you have drunk too much how can you follow what is going on.The only result is what you had on last Saturday when you had Stockport and Barrow fans baiting each other.Surely we as a club and supporters are better than that.

Ste Story wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 11:52 am
Individual cases of people being intoxicated aren't really worthy of a full crusade and 10 page thread against the hundreds who travelled by coach, anymore that it would make sense to talk about everyone who's ever drank in Wetherspoons because a couple of people have got bladdered in one or another and caused mischief over the years...

Ste Story wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 11:52 am Meh, legality isn't really the big issue.

Its illegal to drive at 73mph on a motorway yet I highly doubt anyone who made their own way to Stockport stuck to 69mph. The police aren't really likely to pull you for it though. Likewise realistically I don't think there's any doubt amongst Cumbria Police that people have a can or two or a dram of whisky from a flask l on football buses.

For decades a wide mix of people from teenagers to pensioners have enjoyed a drink on the way to football without issue. If certain people are going to choose to drink in excess, they'll do it whether that drinking is in a slower and contained environment on a coach or necking strong shots on arrival.

Individual cases of people being intoxicated aren't really worthy of a full crusade and 10 page thread against the hundreds who travelled by coach, anymore that it would make sense to talk about everyone who's ever drank in Wetherspoons because a couple of people have got bladdered in one or another and caused mischief over the years... The very fact you can travel to rugby or cricket or tiddlywinks on a coach and have a drink but not football is a joke in itself imo.

Christ, I remember Salisbury away when the chairman gifted us a couple of crates of beer for the coach home to credit our support one afternoon... Don't think anyone felt compelled to commit further crimes on the basis of a couple of tins and a sing song either.