DavidNoble Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 Just wondering whether fans are allowed to take cider cans on the away coach travel service. I'd quite like to bring a few tins to Reading away but just want to check. CTID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 As it's against the law NO. The club, coach company and you will be heavily fined if you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 5 minutes ago, DavidNoble said: Just wondering whether fans are allowed to take cider cans on the away coach travel service. I'd quite like to bring a few tins to Reading away but just want to check. CTID You'll be fine. I think they also encourage the use of flares, blunt missiles and some class A drugs. They are renowned for their lawless nature, especially the phsyopaths on coach one. "They do what they want....!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 3 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said: You'll be fine. I think they also encourage the use of flares, blunt missiles and some class A drugs. They are renowned for their lawless nature, especially the phsyopaths on coach one. "They do what they want....!" They are. The advice to the police on duty is not to stop, just to contain and get them to the stadium with the minimum of disorder and kettle them when they get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 Yes . They disguise cider on coach 1 as coffee and tea but we all know there drinking cider... Aren't they ? Surely they are otherwise I can't explain why there like that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamalagerdrinker Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 Would I be alright? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 9 minutes ago, iamalagerdrinker said: Would I be alright? As a sacrifice to the coach one steward, yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamalagerdrinker Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 1 minute ago, Bar BS3 said: As a sacrifice to the coach one steward, yes. I'll bring the pigs blood and masks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 1 minute ago, iamalagerdrinker said: I'll bring the pigs blood and masks They'll have plenty in their packed lunch. A few may have come straight from Tog hill and have their masks with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldlandReddies Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 No problem as long as you dont flaunt it. Always take 4 cans, crack them open on the coach and sit there quietly supping with no issues. Lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigate Red Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 Cats on cider? Will this one do..... unfortunately it's not on the cat yet but give him a few more bottles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forbespm Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 Would you be able to handle watching city sober? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Red Rich Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 Cider no, 'apple tango' yes..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 Like with most rules, it only becomes applicable if you are caught Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelts Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 General rule of thumb is if Drive is on the Natch then game on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordofthebling Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 3 hours ago, Reigate Red said: Cats on cider? Will this one do..... unfortunately it's not on the cat yet but give him a few more bottles Porn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 This could have had the makings of an interesting thread about restrictions on fans and sanitization of game in UK. Gonna, if I get time, make a thread on this sometime Wednesday. Went to a game overseas recently, gonna compare etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 4 hours ago, DavidNoble said: Just wondering whether fans are allowed to take cider cans on the away coach travel service. I'd quite like to bring a few tins to Reading away but just want to check. CTID Can you imagine cider on coach 1? Think Tizer, Think Salt And Vinegar, Think Elasticated Waistband, Think Pebble Glasses, Think BO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 3 hours ago, Reigate Red said: Cats on cider? Will this one do..... unfortunately it's not on the cat yet but give him a few more bottles I think my cat drops acid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTFiGO!?! Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 10 minutes ago, Juan Kerr said: I think my cat drops acid. I dare say your cat thinks their human does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted August 29, 2017 Report Share Posted August 29, 2017 12 minutes ago, WTFiGO!?! said: I dare say your cat thinks their human does! Thank ye, kindly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 8 hours ago, Mr Popodopolous said: This could have had the makings of an interesting thread about restrictions on fans and sanitization of game in UK. Gonna, if I get time, make a thread on this sometime Wednesday. Went to a game overseas recently, gonna compare etc. It's got nothing to do with football (for once). Alcohol is not allowed to be consumed in vehicles, wherever they are going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 14 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said: It's got nothing to do with football (for once). Alcohol is not allowed to be consumed in vehicles, wherever they are going. Oh. Thanks. I don't drive so yeah thanks. Stand corrected, makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsince82 Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 19 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said: It's got nothing to do with football (for once). Alcohol is not allowed to be consumed in vehicles, wherever they are going. Aren't trains technically classed as a vehicle then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 1 hour ago, Bar BS3 said: It's got nothing to do with football (for once). Alcohol is not allowed to be consumed in vehicles, wherever they are going. 57 minutes ago, redsince82 said: Aren't trains technically classed as a vehicle then? The Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985 This Act prohibits the possession of alcohol on the way to matches on special football coaches and trains and makes it an offence to be drunk on them. It also makes it an offence to try to enter a ground when drunk or in possession of alcohol; to possess or consume alcohol within view of the pitch during the period of the match; to be drunk during the period of the match, or to have flares or fireworks at the match. The Act provides the police with the power to search someone reasonably suspected of committing an offence under the Act, and to arrest such a person. This may include searching coaches or trains carrying passengers to or from matches or on arrival as well as searching fans waiting to enter a ground or inside a ground. Section 1 provides for four offences: (1) a person who knowingly causes or permits intoxicating liquor to be carried on a vehicle; (2) a person who has intoxicating liquor in his possession on a vehicle (3) a person who is in possession of alcohol on a vehicle (4) a person who is drunk on a vehicle when such a vehicle relates to public service vehicles and railway passenger vehicles which are being used for the principal purpose of carrying passengers for the whole or part of a journey to or from a designated sporting event. 'Public service vehicle' is given the same meaning as in section I of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981, that is, a motor vehicle (other than a tramcar) which is either adapted to carry more than eight passengers and is used for carrying them for hire or (being a vehicle not so adapted) is used for carrying passengers at separate fares for reward in the course of a business of carrying passengers. Subsection (2) above makes it an offence knowingly to cause or permit intoxicating liquor to be carried on a vehicle to which this section applies. The offence extends, in the case of public service vehicles, to the hirer or operator and their servants and agents, and in the case of railway passenger vehicles, to the hirer and his servants and agents; and has a maximum penalty on summary conviction of a fine. The 'operator' of a public service vehicle is also given the same definition as in the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 and means the driver, if he owns the vehicle, and in any other case the person for whom the driver works (whether under a contract of employment or any other description of contract personally to do work). Subsection 3 makes it an offence to be in possession of alcohol on a public service vehicle or railway passenger vehicle travelling to or from a designated sporting event. The penalty on conviction for this offence will be imprisonment and / or a fine. Subsection (4) provides for the offence of drunkenness on public service vehicles and railway passenger vehicles travelling to and from a designated sporting event with a maximum penalty on conviction of a fine. There is power in Section 7(3) for a constable to stop and search a public service vehicle to which Section 1 applies, or to search a railway passenger vehicle to which Section 1 applies, if he has reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence under 1ection 1 is being or has been committed in respect of the vehicle. Section 2 provides for two offences. First, it is an offence for a person to possess alcohol or an article to which the section applies when entering or attempting to enter a designated sports ground during the period of a designated sporting event. It is also an offence to possess these things in any area of the ground from which the pitch may be directly viewed. The maximum penalty on conviction for this offence is imprisonment and / or a fine. Articles to which this section applies are bottles, cans or other portable containers (or any part of them) which are for holding drink and which when empty are normally thrown away, returned to the supplier or recovered by him and which are capable of causing injury to a person struck by them. This definition does not include articles that are not usually discarded, for example, thermos flasks but does catch articles such as beer glasses that are normally returned to the supplier. The definition specifically excludes anything used to hold a medicinal product within the meaning of the Medicines Act 1968. These offences are committed in any area of the ground from which the event may be directly viewed. Such areas include the stands, terraces and any restaurants, sponsors' boxes and other rooms which overlook the pitch, It is not an offence to possess alcohol or any other article described in Section 2 in parts of the ground which have no direct view of the event. Section 2 also makes it an offence for any person who is drunk to enter or try to enter or be in any part of a designated sports ground during the period of a designated sporting event. The maximum penalty for this offence will be a fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 That legislation seems very sweeping but the devil with these things is in the definitions. I know for example that you can have a beer (or a cider) and watch the game at Conference South level; as The Wealdstone Raider demonstrated and I have also done. So you'd also be able to drink in the coach on the way. So it must be a question of what counts as a designated event. I'd have thought it was perfectly legal to tank back the ciders on a CATS coach going to a pre-season friendly for example. You can of course drink alcohol in a moving vehicle; there's nothing illegal about that per se. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 7 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said: That legislation seems very sweeping but the devil with these things is in the definitions. I know for example that you can have a beer (or a cider) and watch the game at Conference South level; as The Wealdstone Raider demonstrated and I have also done. So you'd also be able to drink in the coach on the way. So it must be a question of what counts as a designated event. I'd have thought it was perfectly legal to tank back the ciders on a CATS coach going to a pre-season friendly for example. You can of course drink alcohol in a moving vehicle; there's nothing illegal about that per se. SCHEDULE 2CLASSES OF SPORTING EVENTS Article 2(1), 2(2) PART I 1. Association football matches in which one or both of the participating teams represents a club which is for the time being a member (whether a full or associate member) of the Football League, the Football Association Premier League, the Football Conference National Division, the Scottish Football League or Welsh Premier League, or represents a country or territory. 2. Association football matches in competition for the Football Association Cup (other than in a preliminary or qualifying round). Article 2(3) PART 2 Association football matches at a sports ground outside England and Wales in which one or both of the participating teams represents a club which is for the time being a member (whether a full or associate member) of the Football League, the Football Association Premier League, the Football Conference National division, the Scottish Football League or Welsh Premier League, or represents the Football Association or the Football Association of Wales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, BobBobSuperBob said: SCHEDULE 2CLASSES OF SPORTING EVENTS Article 2(1), 2(2) PART I 1. Association football matches in which one or both of the participating teams represents a club which is for the time being a member (whether a full or associate member) of the Football League, the Football Association Premier League, the Football Conference National Division, the Scottish Football League or Welsh Premier League, or represents a country or territory. 2. Association football matches in competition for the Football Association Cup (other than in a preliminary or qualifying round). Article 2(3) PART 2 Association football matches at a sports ground outside England and Wales in which one or both of the participating teams represents a club which is for the time being a member (whether a full or associate member) of the Football League, the Football Association Premier League, the Football Conference National division, the Scottish Football League or Welsh Premier League, or represents the Football Association or the Football Association of Wales. Cheers Bobx3; that explains it. So no getting bevvied on the coach to a friendly. Unless we get several relegations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobBobSuperBob Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 2 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said: Cheers Bobx3; that explains it. So no getting bevvied on the coach to a friendly. Unless we get several relegations. Welcome Sorry - a bit of boring read / legislation just thought that it may be worth posting so people arn't caught unawares at least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted August 30, 2017 Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 1 hour ago, redsince82 said: Aren't trains technically classed as a vehicle then? they have a license to serve alcohol and it can be consumed on route, much like planes, I don't think Coach's have the same luxury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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