Kneejerk PC stupidity from the FA.

Strip clubs?

 

It’s not knee jerk pc bollocks, it’s the right thing to do.

 

Of course, Bob. You really believe that and are not doing your usual stirring. Sure...

 

sound advice. i'll bear it in mind. i'm afraid the yorkshire in me is winning out over the boy racer part of me, or what's left of him. i'd set a few records if i did play in an fa cup final, that's for sure!

 

Spot on Ernie, Champagne is for drinking not wasting it by spraying it all over the place. However, having said that, the FA reasons for changing to non-alcoholic stuff really is twattery of the first order. What is the country coming to, when the reason they give is for religious grounds. We are a Christian country and we drink wine in church FFS.

 

Not a champagne bottle in sight. What it was like before all this politically correct bollocks. When football was football and not some circus for the benefit of Sky

 

They never had the champagne on the pitch, Obi. And never gave it out at World Cups. And the tradition at Cup Finals has nothing to do with SKY. But you can bet with the likes of Moore, Charlton etc plenty of something alcoholic will have been downed after the match.

 

The FA Cup Final one year later, still no champagne. Jimmy Greaves would have drank plenty of alcohol after both matches but isn't that irrelevant?

 

Any clips of a Champagne free dressing room, the dressing room being where they left the champagne, not on the pitch?

 

Your point is? If the players get covered in fizzy water on the pitch what do you think they'll be drinking in the dressing room? I hope it would be a nice cup of tea, sadly I'm no longer that naïve.

 

Why on earth would you hope someone would celebrate winning a cup by drinking a cup of tea?
And what about people who prefer coffee?

 

So it isn't all down to that awful SKY, as someone alluded to, and, as I said, has happened for a long time.

 

I don't think they had walls and windows on the pitch in 1954.

 

It would be political correctness gone mad if they served coffee.

 

I didn't realise they had walls and windows on the pitch now.

 

If you are genuinely annoyed about this, then you really need to take a look at yourself in the mirror. I mean honestly, who gives a **** if it is alcohol free champagne? None of us on here will ever be in that position anyway so it won't impact us. They've taken a decision that respects the religion of a handful of players who will be playing or in the match day squads so that they can take part in what has become a traditional post match winners celebration. What the **** could possibly be wrong with that?

 

Whilst I would never condone pandering to the snowflakes and their perceived sensibilities, chucking the stuff around like confetti does seem like a waste of expensive wine. I'm sure Evian or Shloer would do just as well.

 

My son's team had to celebrate with an imitation, non acoholic bottled drink each when they won a local league about 15 years ago now. So this is nothing new. They really enjoyed it - but, they had just won an under 12's league! Crazy.