mrs used to play with him and his mrs on the IQ machine in the Rock on Leeds and Bradford road.. They never won much

They generally weren't interested all night, a stewarding job at Craven Park is merely an excuse to get paid to wear an orange coat and watch the game.

Ain't it the same at most grounds unless the stewards are Polish and have no interest in what's going on on the pitch

... alledgedly

Its impossible to explain to an alcoholic that he/she has a serious addiction.



Its also impossible to reason with them that perhaps the next time they may want to sit on the ends of the aisles instead of the middle and/or get to their seats before kickoff and not try and find them after kickoff - finding seats eats into drinking time though, that why its impossible to reason with them.

How many alcoholics go to watch Rugby League games, in all seriousness!

Plenty I should imagine, alcoholics are merely people who have a physical and/or psychological addiction to alcohol, apart from this commonality there is a huge diversity amongst them. Personally I prefer the term 'problem drinker' to 'alcoholic' as it recognises the impact that their alcohol use is having on their lives, recognition of which is the pre-requisite to moving towards recovery.

I didn't realise people weren't allowed to enjoy a beer at matches.

Neither did I. I don't think anyone has said that, merely comments about the impact it had on others during a particular match.

Quite correct.



If a person really can't sit down for a max 40 minutes without HAVING to go for another beer then maybe that person should have considered sitting on the end of a row instead of in the middle.



It [iis[/i possible to watch 80 minutes of rugby without HAVING to have a full beer in your hand, I don't think that Ari Gold realises that yet, my concern is that he is rather young to be developing a dependance.

One tell-tale way to check is their interesting headwear, perhaps paying hommage to a fictional detective on the way ?

part of the highlight of my friday night game at headingley is my couple of pints after the game in my local favourite pub, but i cannot relate to the people who feel the need to drink beer in lets face it cold uncomfortable thermal conditions ,and those who move straight to the bar about 3-5 minutes before halftime then we all have to standup and let them pass when they return 3-5 minutes after the restart.

i couldnt drink during the game to save my life it looks too much like torture

Not having a pop or anything Danny but when fans say "Bailey should have gone home in a coffin" do you not think thats out of order?

Yes it is, but you were still moaning and having a pop at others for doing the same.

They are, but when their selfishness starts affecting others enjoyment then its out of order.

I do realise that, which is why I got two for the first half, and other two at half time, so that I didn't ruin anyone's enjoyment (which is a term used loosley as most people wanted to moan about something rather than watch the game)

Maybe they couldn't see the game because they had to keep standing up to let people out, or people in front of them were going to the bar all the time??

Nobody was going to the bar all the time though, we all took up enough beer for each half, the only time any of us got out to go elsewhere was when Bailey was down.

Do you always have to have five pints when you go to watch a rugby match ?

I don't have to, I just enjoy a beer. 5 pints is hardly going to make me bladdered is it?

You have a drink problem.







I'd say someone shoving past to go to the bar every five minutes would be a pretty good reason for those disrupted to complain.



I'd have just refused to stand up and the drunk would have had to find somewhere else to sit.

I'd just have barged past, if I said excuse me mate it's courtesy to be let past.



And as I've said, I never went to the bar at all during any of the action on the field, I took up 2 drinks to prevent me from having to do this.

If it had been quite a few times excuse me wouldnt matter.



...........if anyone barged past they'd have found themselves 4 rows down.

I doubt they would have





Doesn't that make you as bad as the people you're moaning about?

In which case you really really do not know me.







Wouldnt do it again though would they.

How about if they WANT to have drink, if they WANT to watch the game with a drink why shouldn't they?



From what Ari Gold has said he does it in a sensible way which doesn't impact on others so where is the problem? Even if he (or any other fan) did need to leave the stand for whatever reason during the game as long as they do so in a polite fashion and not every 5 mins does it matter? People need to leave the stand during a game for a number of reasons not just to go back and forward to the bar!