Alcohol in the stands would spoil football | Brief letters

Before legislating to permit alcoholic drinks to be consumed in the stands at football (Report, 23 September), Andy Burnham should attend a rugby international. He will find that his view of the match is constantly interrupted by spectators coming and going to replenish their supplies and/or empty their bladders. Be careful what you wish for, Andy.Robert LeeHampton, London So a parliamentary committee is to investigate the UK’s performance at the Eurovision song contest (Report, 18 September). I look forward to a committee of MPs explaining why my team, Reading FC, have consistently failed to achieve promotion from League One.John LovelockBristol It’s a great shame that the hedgehog-flavoured crisps of Welshpool are no longer available. They surely would have made it into Ammar Kalia’s top 50 (‘They smell of urinal cakes!’: 100 unusual crisp flavours, ranked – from truly awful to totally scoffable, 23 September)?Jim AndrewLoose, Kent Tell Ammar Kalia to get serious: with 200 flavours and counting, and the non-crisp snacks in the festival fringe, the Huddersfield international crisp festival runs over nine days.Michael FortHuddersfield, West Yorkshire I hope the judge who said he was “sitting prone in bed” has a better knowledge of the law than he does of English (Judge wrong to hear case from bed while recovering from surgery, court says, 23 September).Mary HuttyBath