England v Wales Alcohol Ban (Non-WHU)

[ironstu]

Alcohol ban in Lens for 24 hours for the England v Wales game. That will upset a few :lol:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36372446

[M*A*R*C]

Oh well, as long as we can smoke...

[ironstu]

Reckon the bars in the area will resort to selling Class A's. Not to miss out on any business and all that :twisted:

[Glory Hunter]

Didn't they do this during Italia 90 and all the locals spent weeks stocking up on booze and selling it on to fans - I can imagine the queues at Carrefour must be out of the door by now.

[fjthegrey]

It's good to know everyone will be stone cold sober.

[Sweeney Bod]

UEFA do not like their alcohol. Wembley was always "dry" for Euro games, and of course no beers for us at a Europa League game. Perhaps Platini had shares in the AA.

[wolf359]

All games in Lens have an alcohol ban, it isn't England focused as the headlines suggest.

[sjb958]

It's because Lens is a a smallish town and they can't handle thousands of drunk people. Believe it or not the capacity of the stadium is bigger than the town's population

[Ironsn3lions]

Booze served in bars/restaurants and fan zone but they are stopping boozing in other outside public places, coaches, cars etc apparently

[@dave_boy]

IIRC, this happened during France '98 as well.

When England beat Columbia in Lens, nearby Lille (including our campsite) was packed to the rafters with English fans, the majority ticket-less.

Happy days.