article_snippet: but when you have that sort of fixture, late on a weekend in particular, alcohol is a factor. '
article_snippet: If you give people four, five, six hours more drinking time, don't be surprised if in a highly-charged atmosphere, you give people four, five, six hours more drinking time behaviour isn't good.
article_snippet: If you're looking at whether alcohol was a factor, there was disorder at a public house near the ground before the game, people being arrested coming into the ground for being drunk and disorderly, being drunk seeking entry to a football ground. '
article_snippet: and I don't think there is any coincidence that where there's alcohol involved, people's behaviour tends to deteriorate.'