MP calls for trials of lifting drinking ban in English football stands

<p>Labour’s Luke Charters says allowing alcohol in the top five tiers of the men’s game would be the ‘modern approach’</p><p>A Labour MP has called for trials to assess the impact of lifting a decades-long ban on drinking alcohol in football stands.</p><p>York Outer MP Luke Charters said football needs to take a “modern approach” to the issue in a debate on the football governance bill earlier this week.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/03/mp-luke-charters-calls-for-trials-of-lifting-drinking-ban-in-english-football-stands">Continue reading...</a>