why should we do that?





there was 6 teams playing there yesterday so why should they all suffer because of maybe 1 or 2 of the teams that can't behave?



I wish the Halifax suppporter a very speedy recovery and hope to God that whoever was reponsible is brought to justice pretty damn quick.

TBH whilst you can never condone this sort of incident it (and the Wembley occurance) needs to be put into perspective. Many more people went to the game and left without incident.



Alcohol fuelled violence* is not unique to RL but is a society issue, and incidents like this unfortunately were/will be repeated in town/city centres every weekend envening.



(*speculation)

scum of the earth who ever did this. wish the halifax fan a speedy recovery

So why not ban alcohol sales at the ground? We repeatedly hear we are a family sport and the HJ a family stadium, so make it more welcoming to families by removing the cause of 99% of the trouble seen?

Alcohol sales in the ground no doubt generate some much needed revenue for the clubs, and admission prices may have to rise if it was banned.



More supporters would drink to excess prior to the game, leading to issues either with refused/delayed admittance (i.e. even more people leaving the Rodney etc 5 mins before kickoff) and trouble outside, or drunken fools inside the ground, so no difference there.

good idea, but you get people drinking more before they went into the stadium, there were fev and fax fans outside the rodney at 12.30 yesyerday when i drove past, thats 5 hours drinking time,

Was there last night and during the evacuation some fev fans were trying to get on to the pitch to get at the fax fans. Some fax fans were goading the fev fans from the pitch. When fax got transferred in to the east stand a group were fighting with stewards and the police. Some idiots from both sets of supporters (very much in the minority I might add) who spoiled the occasion for the proper fans. On another note got told at the game last night that u guys have signed Zak hardacre from fev. 18 yr old winger, rapid, scored two last night and has about 20 from 14 appearances this season. Looks like an exciting young prospect.

I think it's about time you declared your religious beliefs. I'm guessing a Methodist? Definitely a god botherer.



Forgive me if I am wrong but didn't you (or some other likeminded zealot) complain about my avatar in 2008 as it featured an image that looked a bit like Jesus in a dogs ?



If you don't want to drink alcohol then fine but why do you seek to stop others enjoying a perfectly legal pasttime?

i agree!

Banning drinking in the ground wouldn't solve any problems at all.



Lets put things into perspective, its a very small minority of people who cause trouble at our games, it is an even small minority of people who carry out awful attacks like witnessed yesterday. If drink is to blame for them causing trouble banning drinking in the ground will do little or nothing to stop it happening, people will drink before the game anyway and if they were that set on getting drunk would I'm sure find time for a few extra pints before heading to the ground.



Most fans can drink at the games with no trouble at all so by banning drinking in the ground you would be punishing all for the actions of a minority and most likely reducing the revenue coming into clubs from drink sales.



The individuals causing problems should be dealt with appropriately as problems arise rather than using generalised solutions such as banning alcohol.

So those of us who can drink responsibly bear the consequences of the idiot minority?

Beer doesn't kill people rappers do. Or something of that ilk.