Early drinking set to get go ahead for World Cup

Early drinking set to get go ahead for World Cup

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CarZee

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13,382 posts

280 months

Friday 12th April 2002
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www.thisislondon.co.uk/dynamic/news/story.html?in_review_id=550095&in_review_text_id=516387
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A pub landlord today won his High Court bid to be allowed to serve alcohol during early morning World Cup matches.
In the pub by 7.30am... 4 pints later.. driving to work are we sir?

I don't wanna come over all 'thou shalt not' but I think this is a recipe for disaster.. how many will see it as an opportunity not to be missed?

It's one thing when alcohol is always available 24hrs a day, but when it's 'special dispensation' a lot of people will take advantage of the opportunity who otherwise may not.

I'm gonna take me telly and hide whilst we're still in the world cup... which won't be for long

loudpedal

3,941 posts

282 months

Friday 12th April 2002
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talking of the world cup, did you guys see that that ?@!$%!!! who did Beckham is being touted as a national hero in Argentina. It looked like a seriously nasty tackle to me. God, I hope we stuff the Argies.

apache

39,731 posts

297 months

Friday 12th April 2002
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dunno about you but I couldn't face a pint at 7.30 am

Tabs

1,031 posts

285 months

Friday 12th April 2002
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Wait til half time!

thom

2,745 posts

286 months

Friday 12th April 2002
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Anyway who's going to get up so early for just a football match?

JMorgan

36,010 posts

297 months

Friday 12th April 2002
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Another excuse to drag up 1966 again?

hertsbiker

6,443 posts

284 months

Saturday 13th April 2002
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dunno about you but I couldn't face a pint at 7.30 am



Oh I could ! but I hate football....

Cotty

41,054 posts

297 months

Monday 15th April 2002
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dunno about you but I couldn't face a pint at 7.30 am



Oh I could ! but I hate football....



Early pint is nice especially if your at Smithfields market having a big fry up, thats if you can face walking past all the meat hanging up.
Paul

mattjbatch

1,502 posts

284 months

Monday 15th April 2002
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Everyone knows a pint is the best cure for a hangover so I can see only one thing to do...

steve harrison

461 posts

280 months

Tuesday 16th April 2002
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Oh happy days. When (years ago) I used to work in Kuwait I would sit amongst the suits in the shuttle lounge at Manchester Airport at 6:30 in the morning waiting for my flight to Heathrow and onward to the dry wilderness, getting a few pints down my neck and attracting the kind of looks usually reserved for things dogs leave on the pavements.