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

Newcastle United v Ipswich Town in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 26 April 2025. Luke Charters says the days of football hooliganism are gone and it’s time to look at allowing alcohol into stands in English football.Photograph: Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty ImagesA Labour MP has called for trials to assess the impact of lifting a decades-long ban on drinking alcohol in football stands.York Outer MP Luke Charters said football needs to take a “modern approach” to the issue in a debate on the foo