U.K. prime minister teases possible return of booze to soccer matches

London — British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has called the ban on alcohol in the stands at high-level men's soccer matches in the U.K. "discrimination," teasing fellow fans with a possible reversal of a more than 40-year-old ban.
"I don't think it's fair for football fans to be singled out," Burnham told reporters in New York on Wednesday, where he is attending the United Nations General Assembly.
The U.K. government, under then-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, banned alcohol in the bleachers at men's soccer games in England and Wales in 1985.
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