{"id":100817,"date":"2026-09-24T16:48:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T16:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/could-u-k-soccer-fans-get-their-beers-back-prime-minister-andy-burnham-teases-possible-end-of-40-year-ban\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T16:48:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T16:48:44","slug":"could-u-k-soccer-fans-get-their-beers-back-prime-minister-andy-burnham-teases-possible-end-of-40-year-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/could-u-k-soccer-fans-get-their-beers-back-prime-minister-andy-burnham-teases-possible-end-of-40-year-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Could U.K. soccer fans get their beers back? Prime Minister Andy Burnham teases possible end of 40-year ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>London <\/em>\u2014 British Prime Minister <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/keir-starmer-resigns-who-is-andy-burnham-likely-next-uk-prime-minister\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Andy Burnham<\/a><\/span> has called the ban on alcohol in the stands at high-level men&#8217;s soccer matches in the U.K. &#8220;discrimination,&#8221; teasing fellow fans with a possible reversal of a more than 40-year-old ban.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s fair for football fans to be singled out,&#8221; Burnham told reporters in New York on Wednesday, where he is attending the United Nations General Assembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He hinted at a trial to reintroduce alcohol consumption in stadium seating.<\/p>\n<p>The U.K. government, under then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, banned alcohol in the bleachers at men&#8217;s soccer games in England and Wales in 1985.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Home Secretary Leon Brittan said at the time that booze was a &#8220;major contributory factor in violent and disorderly behavior&#8221; in soccer stadiums.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, fans attending men&#8217;s soccer games in the top five divisions have not been allowed to drink alcohol in view of the pitch. People can still buy and drink alcohol in the concourse before games and during halftime, but they cannot carry it back to their seats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No other sports are subject to such a ban in the U.K.<\/p>\n<p>At some older, less well-equipped soccer grounds, lines for pints of beer can get so long during halftime that fans will leave their seats before the referee blows the whistle.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefsa.org.uk\/news\/fsa-statement-on-drinking-in-sight-of-the-pitch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Football Supporters&#8217; Association<\/a> said Thursday that it has &#8220;always argued that it&#8217;s unfair to criminalize football fans for having a pint while watching the match,&#8221; and it argued that many clubs are in favor of a reintroduction of alcohol, adding: &#8220;We welcome the prime minister&#8217;s comments and totally agree that the legislation is outdated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After a successful pilot run in the Women&#8217;s Super League, the highest level of English women&#8217;s soccer, fans of the women&#8217;s game have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2026\/jun\/22\/wsl-wsl2-fans-can-drink-alcohol-in-stands-next-season-after-successful-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">been allowed to drink in the stands<\/a> since the beginning of the current season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/24\/0be0354c-e8fb-4b53-8b3f-29fcdac512ab\/thumbnail\/620x413\/312d240de51e146552cbe1c5cb561246\/burnham-everton-2290965570.jpg#\" alt=\"Everton v Crystal Palace FC - Premier League 2026\/27 \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/24\/0be0354c-e8fb-4b53-8b3f-29fcdac512ab\/thumbnail\/620x413\/312d240de51e146552cbe1c5cb561246\/burnham-everton-2290965570.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/24\/0be0354c-e8fb-4b53-8b3f-29fcdac512ab\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/dfb6e04f968b1ec7c6441caf93c7d2b8\/burnham-everton-2290965570.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Prime Minister Andy Burnham (center) sits in the stands during a Premier League match between Everton and Crystal Palace FC, at Hill Dickinson Stadium, Aug. 22, 2026, in Liverpool, England.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Simon Stacpoole\/Offside\/Offside\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Burnham, who&#8217;s a season ticket holder at Premier League club Everton, criticized the restriction shortly before becoming prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Asked Wednesday if he still held the same view, he said: &#8220;I think that legislation dates to an era where football was very different \u2026 And I do believe there is a case to remove that discrimination. 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It could happen on a trial basis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not going to back away from what&#8217;s been a long-held view of mine,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t see how it can be fair that some supporters of one sport can be treated differently.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/24\/afa1eca5-c7dc-4535-942b-cbeaf85eb9b0\/thumbnail\/620x354g2\/63ac29463b79c28910135fe5f28fd4e7\/burnham-beer-2286653736.jpg#\" alt=\"Prime Minister Andy Burnham Highlights The Government's Support For The Pub Industry \" height=\"354\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/24\/afa1eca5-c7dc-4535-942b-cbeaf85eb9b0\/thumbnail\/620x354g2\/63ac29463b79c28910135fe5f28fd4e7\/burnham-beer-2286653736.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/09\/24\/afa1eca5-c7dc-4535-942b-cbeaf85eb9b0\/thumbnail\/1240x708g2\/01babc15499ad8702d9d0f41b752ab85\/burnham-beer-2286653736.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Prime Minister Andy Burnham reacts while holding a pint of beer as he visits the Hare Inn in Harlow, Essex, England, in a July 23, 2026, file photo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Richard Pohle-WPA Pool\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The ban was imposed with reason, however.<\/p>\n<p>Soccer hooliganism in 1970s and 1980s England \u2014 sometimes referred to as the &#8220;English Disease&#8221; \u2014   involved fans in rival gangs linked to soccer clubs fighting each other and vandalizing areas in and around stadiums.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Several high-profile deaths linked to hooliganism, including that of a 14-year-old boy who died when fans were pushed into a wall by police after violence between Birmingham City and Leeds United fans, led to the alcohol ban.<\/p>\n<p>Police have long supported the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Other sports simply don&#8217;t see the violence and criminal behavior from their supporters that football does, albeit a minority, with alcohol often playing a significant part in violent and disorderly behavior,&#8221; a spokesperson for the U.K.&#8217;s Football Policing Unit said, according to CBS News&#8217; U.K. partner network the BBC.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would be irresponsible to fuel this by allowing greater alcohol consumption during games,&#8221; they said, adding that it would be &#8220;incredibly rash to make fundamental changes without a full examination of the evidence and meaningful consultation with police practitioners who have the expertise in this area.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A fan-led <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/63e4d010d3bf7f05b871200d\/Football_Fan_led_Governance_Review_v8Web_Accessible.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review of U.K. laws around soccer in 2021<\/a> called for the legislation to be reviewed, however.<\/p>\n<p>In Scotland, which also has a history of soccer-related violence, alcohol has been banned from soccer stadiums since 1981, but recent trials have seen it reintroduced, and fans can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cjn5d6zgk1r6o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now buy booze at games at Hampden Park<\/a>, the country&#8217;s national soccer stadium.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/uk-soccer-alcohol-ban-andy-burnham\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London \u2014 British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called the ban on alcohol in the stands at high-level men&#8217;s soccer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2165,9169,4019,377,1157,354,7269,541,690],"class_list":["post-100817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-alcohol","tag-andy-burnham","tag-beer","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-football","tag-premier-league","tag-soccer","tag-united-kingdom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Could U.K. soccer fans get their beers back? 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