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Originally Posted by jtw1  That proves it can be done IF the authorities are prepared for it and if nothing else comes out of this episode it's that Manchester City Council + Police seriously got things wrong .
I'm not calling for a total ban everywhere but if there's an area set aside for a big screen then that should be alcohol free .
Listened to Real radio phone-in and it seems most if not all pubs in the vacinity of the ground and big-screen zones were ordered to shut at 14:00
With hindsight the main problem, imo, was that Manchester was TOO close for the neds and arseholes to get to .
If it was held abroad then i think you'd find the majority of that element would not be there .
I may be contradicted but up to the final RANGERS away support had a relatively good record this season ? and i think you'd find they were regular supporters not the hangers-on . |
I don't think the areas where the big screens are should necessarily be alcahol free either, i see where your coming from but it starts to become pretty unenjoyable taking away things like that. Your right it being 3 hours down the road was a disaster in terms of the volume of fans who only needed to take 1 day off work and cheapness in getting there.
As far as i know they were ok apart from in Barcelona where they were not received well at all by the locals and police authorities for creating such a mess, pissing in fountains etc as the repurcussions carried over to when Celtic were there which is why the council laid out bin bags and urinals in the fanzones etc and the fountains were covered up.
Btw, why was MJB20_2008 banned
He didn't do anything wrong ?