The Guardian · Feb 21, 2015
There has to be a better way to drown our sorrows
After 35 years, banning alcohol at football matches has done nothing to tackle Scotland’s drink problemIf the 1980 Scottish Cup final between Celtic and Rangers had not ended in violence amid bottles and a policewoman on a white horse, life would have been much more difficult for a generation of television documentary-makers and political pamphleteers.The match between two of the world’s most bitter sporting rivals possessed all the themes so beloved of Scotland’s liberal and supercilious intelligen...
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