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Nikki Doucet, chief executive of Women’s Professional Leagues Limited (WPLL), has revealed that trials will be held to allow alcohol in the stands at two second-tier Championship clubs.
The consumption of alcohol in the stands at football stadiums has not been permitted in the top five tiers of the men’s game since 1985. It is allowed in other sports, such as cricket, rugby union and rugby league.
Women’s football has adopted the same rules as the men’s game, but Doucet has said that there are plans to lift the ban on a trial basis. The two clubs that will carry out the trial have not been confirmed.
“We are testing that in a couple of teams in the Championship this season and we will see what we will learn from that,” she said, according to the Reuters news agency.
“I think the behaviour of our fan base is different. It is about giving our fans choices while maintaining safety and being responsible.”
Doucet, who was speaking during the London Leaders Week conference, was announced as the chief executive of the newly formed WPLL in November last year.
The WPLL was launched as an independent body to oversee the running of the top-tier Women’s Super League and the second-tier Championship.
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