England fans could be fined for wearing English jersey during world cup.

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ENGLAND shirts could be BANNED at pubs screening live World Cup matches.
Killjoy cops have urged landlords to bar anyone wearing a Three Lions top.
They want to avoid a repeat of violence which has marred previous events, particularly if England lose.
But one patriotic fan said yesterday: "We often hear of a loss of pride in Britain, now cops want to ban the England shirt.
"It's like saying anyone who wears one is a yob."
The advice comes in a letter from the Metropolitan Police to pubs in Croydon, South London.
Among World Cup guidance, it suggests "dress code restrictions - eg no football shirts".
It also urges using plastic glasses and door staff.
Pubs are not obliged to follow the advice, but it warns: "Police will not hesitate to use powers under the Licensing Act should we find you are not actively supporting the prevention of crime."
Other forces could follow, but licensees' spokesman Bill Sharp said: "The World Cup should be a chance for people to enjoy the football in the pub." The Met said: "These are suggestions to make pubs safer."

Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2918868/Bid-to-ban-England-tops-in-World-Cup-pubs.html#ixzz0oSB9GD8R

What do you folks think?

Heres what I think:

stovelid

Could ban. Conditionally. Perhaps. Maybe.

Sun = toilet roll.

Cookie_Monster

Why don't the the Brits just ban fun and be done with it once and for all

derfderf

The police are absolutely right here i think, u can always spot the trouble makers cos of the jerseys. They should only let in the people wearing burberry or stone island gear.

IvyTheTerrible

What a load of silliness. As if the troublemakers won't be troublemakers if you take the jerseys off them.

yermandan

Can we start a campaign to rid society of tabloid newspapers?

Apanachi

They want to avoid a repeat of violence which has marred previous events, particularly if England lose.

Yeah, cos not wearing a certain T-Shirt will stop this...

I think it's absolutely BS, reminds me of the time during the 2002 World Cup, I was in a pub in Germany watching Germany play, obviously there were Germans there cheering on their team German flags on display and this guy (also German) came over giving out about how dare they display such a fascit flag and they should be ashamed of themselves and went on about WWII and Hitler etc...

I think it's a disgrace not to be allowed to wear your country colours (esp. when it's during a friggin' World Cup tournament



Edit: just noticed I sure did use the words Germany & Germany a lot in that post

Heisenberg.

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Run_to_da_hills

Uk Nanny State.

seamus

They probably copied and pasted the guidelines from some standard information leaflet they have, without considering the text.

At any other time of the year, a guy walking around town with a football shirt on wouldn't exactly be top-class clientele, and saying, "Enforce a dress code, e.g. no football shirts" would be a perfectly reasonable statement.

monkeyfudge

I'd have thought 'Not showing any soccer matches' would be the best suggestion really.

stovelid

Banning football supporters from your pub during a world cup is quite an intelligent business initiative. I'm sure the take up will be massive.

biko

I think you should post in Soccer/Rugby/England forum.