Is it a terrace/seating issue? I wouldn't be drinking during the game now but used to quite enjoy a pint whilst standing at Plough Lane and also at Leyton Orient with a colleague who was a fan there. I think on the whole it is a bad move to bring it back now. The same with gigs, standing with a pint at the Half Moon Putney was fine, people pushing past seats at the Rainbow or hammersmith Odeon, very annoying.

Anyway, it probably won’t happen, the police will probably have the final say…

I wonder whether he wants to change the rules so that hospitality suites can keep serving alcohol rather than pilling the blinds down and kicking everyone out.

The problem is, clubs financially will do well out of alcohol being allowed in stands so they will probably want it. Surprised that Burnham is for it as I had him down as someone who understands the typical match day goer, not a day tripper.

A4e - oh God yes! We went to a really good gig (as everyone else calls it) at Hammersmith Odeon last year and the band - Dead South- were really giving it their all while the audience just drifted in and out of the bar. Awful idea.

Maybe the mobile guys with the tanks of beer on their back will be roaming the stands

No to beer in the stands - we all know those who sit near us and who leave a few minutes before half time and then arrive back late during the second half, and if they can’t cope without their booze, that’s their problem, but if beer is allowed inside the stadium, we will all be having to get up twenty times per half to let people in and out non stop rather than just the once or twice as it currently is… (and that’s without even mentioning all the inevitable spillages others have already highlighted).

yeah, no thanks, am quite happy with no beers in the stands, thanks for the thought though Andy

Keefy - plus the obligatory shoe drenching when the person in the row behind kicks over their pint that they've put down on the floor

RK - just looking at it from a different angle in that the middle Christmas game is usually a midweek game that sometimes falls on a Saturday (as it should do in 2029)

[Link] interview with Sessegnon about his struggles at Wigan and then joining us.

A lady in our row of seats leaves the stand 10 mins before half time to get the beer for her husband. The idea of her bringing back two full plastic containers back again ! Anyway she has been well trained by her spouse. He never misses a minute of the match.

Yeah that would probably stop me going to games.

Drinking in the stands Mr Burnham! No thanks don't want a lager shower when we score our occassional goal.

Football fans might be allowed to drink in the stands again.. might help.with the latecomers

Yeah but it's still four midweek games + MK, that was my only point!

Looking at the BBC sport app & it’s showing a massive 846 attendance for last nights Chelsea ladies game at Plough Lane, can anyone remind me what the reason was them to play games in OUR stadium? They got less than 5,000 in the league at Stamford Bridge on Saturday too, Anyone with half a brain can see that the women’s game attracts nowhere near the attendances to justify the media coverage, I’m assuming the $ we get from them makes it worth our while but I’d rather they fucked off out of our home

Because that's one of the three Christmas/New Year games which falls in the middle of the three and is quite often a midweek match.

Also Luton 29/12, not sure whyvthat's nit included?

That pitch

RK. Last season (prior to any Sky moves or International break postponements) we had two scheduled midweek home league matches (Cardiff 19/8/25 and Orient 17/3/26 - there were three scheduled away games (Luton got moved to the Friday night for TV so you can say 4 away). This season there were three before MK got moved (Mansfield 20/10/26, Burton 9/2/27 and Cambridge 13/7/27. (I'm not including the three Christmas and two Easter games in this as they are usually played on random days)

As I have my train tickets etc I’m glad the game is on, but it’ll be annoying if the absences affect the outcome… JJ will need to choose his starting 11 carefully and use the bench wisely (I guess that’s the case every game tbh…).

We had an unfortunate league cup draw which threw at least one fixture into disarray.

Wouldn't be keen on more midweek league games. This season they increased from three to four due to late start, plus we had MK making it five. Doubtless there will be more due to Sky and postponements due to international squads. Clubs like ours lose money, my hunch is £30,000 per midweek game and then there's the blinding Ad hoardings, better but not great

That would be a good solution Airsy.