Cocaine Use At Home/Away Matches

Have you taken cocaine, or any other class A drug when attending Reading games?

Yes
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27%
No
33
73%
 
Total votes: 45
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Cocaine Use At Home/Away Matches

by Weymouth Royal » 24 Mar 2022 18:30

Have you taken cocaine, or any other class A drug, when attending Reading games?

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by Snowflake Royal » 24 Mar 2022 18:36

I'm assuming most people who attend are on some form of anti-depressant at least.

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by blythspartan » 24 Mar 2022 19:32

I take Imodium so that I don’t sh*t my pants when I am watching our kamikaze defending but since Ince took over I have cut down to one tablet.

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by AthleticoSpizz » 24 Mar 2022 19:37

Snowflake Royal I'm assuming most people who attend are on some form of anti-depressant at least.
only if sat anywhere near you…boom tish ….oh…that olde ‘radio’ gag getting rolled out yeeee-et again etc etc

Seriously…some of this weeks posts have been an eye-opener…I genuinely wasn’t aware that so much drugs taken ‘off-of-the-pitch’ but were yet so prevalent. Will give anybody entering a cubicle the death stare henceforth.

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by Jagermesiter1871 » 24 Mar 2022 23:00

I voted yes, although I actually haven't.


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by Hound » 25 Mar 2022 07:50

No and don’t think I’ve ever had more than a couple of pints before a match either because it just seems a bit of a weird thing to be hammered watching a football match, sitting around in a cold stand watching us be rubbish

I kind of get why it’s ‘popular’ what with the price of booze in pubs and the youth just wanting to do their thing on away trips. It’s a bad mix though - can see why it’d lead to trouble

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by JedMaxwell » 25 Mar 2022 08:22

Nice try, nark.

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by Greatwesternline » 25 Mar 2022 08:57

Hound No and don’t think I’ve ever had more than a couple of pints before a match either because it just seems a bit of a weird thing to be hammered watching a football match, sitting around in a cold stand watching us be rubbish

I kind of get why it’s ‘popular’ what with the price of booze in pubs and the youth just wanting to do their thing on away trips. It’s a bad mix though - can see why it’d lead to trouble


Do you think it's weird to get drunk at a festival, or get drunk in a pub? Because getting drunk in both those things its much the same as getting drunk watching a game of football.

You socialise with your friends, drink alcohol because it makes you feel nice and relaxed, and you have live sport / live music / chat with friends to entertain you.

Drinking at football has the added benefit of taking the edge off the cold. It's not actually very normal behaviour for human beings to sit/stand still outdoors in winter for extended period of time.

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by Hendo » 25 Mar 2022 09:22

I don't think getting drunk at a pub is the same as getting drunk at football :| Madness for anyone to consider that the same thing.


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by St Pauli » 25 Mar 2022 09:23

Hendo I don't think getting drunk at a pub is the same as getting drunk at football :| Madness for anyone to consider that the same thing.


Why? Don't see a significant difference myself they're both social occasions and locations where alcohol is sold. Especially given how many people have replaced the live match going experience with watching football in the pub experience because of the cost of football.

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by Hendo » 25 Mar 2022 09:26

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Hendo I don't think getting drunk at a pub is the same as getting drunk at football :| Madness for anyone to consider that the same thing.


Why?


Because if you're going to football, you're going to an event which not everyone is drinking at and doesn't actually require alcohol to enjoy (although this season...). Whereas if you're going to a pub, the drinking is usually the event, the likelihood is that having a few pints and getting drunk is the end goal, along with everyone else there, without anything else planned after, unless its more drinking.

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Re: Cocaine Use At Home/Away Matches

by St Pauli » 25 Mar 2022 09:31

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Hendo I don't think getting drunk at a pub is the same as getting drunk at football :| Madness for anyone to consider that the same thing.


Why?


Because if you're going to football, you're going to an event which not everyone is drinking at and doesn't actually require alcohol to enjoy (although this season...). Whereas if you're going to a pub, the drinking is usually the event, the likelihood is that having a few pints and getting drunk is the end goal, along with everyone else there, without anything else planned after, unless its more drinking.


In a lot of 'pubs' these days drinking isn't even the main focus, leave alone drinking alcohol, or getting drunk. It depends on the pub, and it depends on the game, and/or football club, and/or home end away end, but IME behaviour and drunkenness is tolerated in many away ends that is a lot worse than what would be tolerated in all pubs I know of.

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by Hound » 25 Mar 2022 09:48

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Hound No and don’t think I’ve ever had more than a couple of pints before a match either because it just seems a bit of a weird thing to be hammered watching a football match, sitting around in a cold stand watching us be rubbish

I kind of get why it’s ‘popular’ what with the price of booze in pubs and the youth just wanting to do their thing on away trips. It’s a bad mix though - can see why it’d lead to trouble


Do you think it's weird to get drunk at a festival, or get drunk in a pub? Because getting drunk in both those things its much the same as getting drunk watching a game of football.

You socialise with your friends, drink alcohol because it makes you feel nice and relaxed, and you have live sport / live music / chat with friends to entertain you.

Drinking at football has the added benefit of taking the edge off the cold. It's not actually very normal behaviour for human beings to sit/stand still outdoors in winter for extended period of time.


No definitely not the same thing. Regarding music festivals, the booze helps you lose the inhibitions so you can enjoy the music more. Certain drugs certainly improve the experience as well depending on the drug/music. It’s also going to be ‘up’ for a lot longer if you like the music, not just 5 or 6 moments of excitement over 90 mins.

Pubwise the emphasis is largely on the drink, and again lose the inhibitions socially so often you chat more. People genuinely go to enjoy the drink itself as well

Why would you want to lose those inhibitions when you watch a football game? You also massively lose the detail of what is going on, can’t pick up on small changes in the game which for me make it enjoyable. Plus if it affects your eyesight, which for me it does after a few drinks then it becomes massively frustrating

If you are just going for a day out to get smashed with your mates, then I suppose it may be football or anywhere else really. But sitting in a half empty cold stadium is one of the last places I’d choose to get properly hammered


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Re: Cocaine Use At Home/Away Matches

by jd82 » 25 Mar 2022 09:53

I think what your missing here Hound, is that the actual football is usually rather incidental in the day out.. people that are having 8 cans and a nose full of marching powder aren't there for the tactical nuance.

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by Sanguine » 25 Mar 2022 09:55

Sure, but I think the point that Hound succinctly makes at the end there, is that those people being at the football is rather incidental too. They could literally be anywhere and have the same 'good time'.

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by Hound » 25 Mar 2022 09:59

Yeah exactly. I mean I know people do it - and people use the football itself as an excuse for the day out and get away from the wife/kids/whatever. Personally I actually go because I want to watch a football match, and if I wanted to get hammered I could think of a lot better places to do it

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by jd82 » 25 Mar 2022 10:01

Sanguine Sure, but I think the point that Hound succinctly makes at the end there, is that those people being at the football is rather incidental too. They could literally be anywhere and have the same 'good time'.


The 'football' is incidental, being at the football isn't.

This is mainly an away game slant, i agree that going to the MadStad on a Tuesday night to watch Reading lose to Rotherham, doesn't sound like a fun time to be off your nut.

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Re: Cocaine Use At Home/Away Matches

by Elm Park Kid » 25 Mar 2022 11:22

I feel like i'm being gaslighted here by people suggesting that it's 'odd' to drink a fair bit before a football match.

Sure, it's only a section of fans that do this, and it's probably decreased over the past few decades with out of town stadiums, high drink prices and the general fall in alcohol consumption. But it's still a big, big part of the game.

I'm going to be honest - I think that unless there are big stakes in the game that football is generally a bit of a boring sport to watch for the full 90 mins. I'll be going to Barnsley next week and i'll be nervously excited for the entire game because I know how meaningful the result is. But if we were both midtable I would not choose to watch that game sober - I have (just about) better things to do with my life. But going to a 'meaningless' game with friends 4-5 pints in? Yes, then it becomes an enjoyable experience for me. Maybe that's a bit sad but it's pretty normal for a large percentage of football fans. And it's ridiculous to suggest it's not.

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Re: Cocaine Use At Home/Away Matches

by St Pauli » 25 Mar 2022 11:29

The 'losing your inhibitions' bit with alcohol is part of the football away day experience though as well isn't it?

Calling/singing that a load of northerners are c/nts, or an opposition coach is a paedo, claiming that your struggling championship side is the best team in the world seems like a pretty moronic and childish thing to do sober, but when you've had a few down you it makes a whole lot more sense.

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by Hound » 25 Mar 2022 11:39

St Pauli The 'losing your inhibitions' bit with alcohol is part of the football away day experience though as well isn't it?

Calling/singing that a load of northerners are c/nts, or an opposition coach is a paedo, claiming that your struggling championship side is the best team in the world seems like a pretty moronic and childish thing to do sober, but when you've had a few down you it makes a whole lot more sense.


I can certainly understand it more from the away day experience. Particularly if part of a large away following, and if all standing/terracing then even more so

Still doesn’t appeal personally mind you

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