The PM's spokesman defended the 'sensible' ban on alcohol within view of the pitch - which has been in force in England for 40 years to curb hooliganism.

Andy Burnham criticised the ban, which has been in place for England's top five leagues for more than forty years in a bid to curb hooliganism.

The prime minister-in-waiting said, ‘I think we need to look at that’

The PM's spokesman defended the 'sensible' ban on alcohol within view of the pitch - which has been in force in England for 40 years to curb hooliganism.

The PM-in-waiting said a ban on football fans drinking alcohol in the stands is ‘wrong’