Why is it that it that the Police continue to have the power to dictate to football that their over the top intimidating presence at football is required? No doubt part is as a means to justify their overtime. My experience is that they do not police games but wait and encourage confrontation and then react to justify their presence. Stats can be interpretated any you want but alcohol and drug related cime is unfortunately a society issue and should not be inclued or viewed as football related incidents in isolation to distort the stats/facts. Unfortunately, football fans still have a 70's stigma that the police are only too quick to promote