Ministers should resist calls to ease restrictions on drinking in UK football grounds given the lack of trouble at the Qatar World Cup, according to a police chief.
Chief Constable Mark Roberts, the UK’s football policing lead, said the tournament in the Gulf state had an atmosphere similar to the “passionate but friendly” one seen at the women’s Euros earlier in the year.
After he repeatedly noted alcohol has a “detrimental effect” on people’s behaviour, Mr Roberts suggested the “relaxed” atmosphere at the World Cup should dampen any talk of lifting the ban on drinking alcohol in the stands in the UK.
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