"Certainly do, duncer, if the sport is being watched (and the beer drunk) in a pub, and particularly if the sport concerned is football."
Whoooooah, hold your horses there sir. I was talking about having a bottle of Cobra, or two, whilst watching a game at home. I think the two go together very nicely indeed?
Plenty of us can drink beer, watch football and behave, and all at the same time too, but, as with many things these days, all are punished, in the shape of stringent bans, rather than people, (the police, the courts, and legislators), going after the guilty and punishing them appropriately, leaving the rest of us to enjoy the game without drunken racist, bigoted and sectarian louts ruining it for rest of us.
Just a thought, and I would agree, I've never been a fan of watching football in the pub, although I have done it on occasion, usually in a pub full of football fans near Ibrox while waiting for the crowds to clear so I can get a train in peace and quiet.