Banned From a Pub in Aberdeen

[Sherry]

Kilt-wearing footie fan in pub ban A Scotland football fan was banned from a pub because he was wearing a kilt, it emerged today.

Robert Grant was told by doormen at Aberdeen's Soul bar that he was not allowed in because he was wearing the traditional dress.

Mr Grant, who was wearing the kilt to show his support for Scotland in their recent qualifying match against Belarus, intended to go into the bar to speak to a friend.

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Sherry

[Freedomlover]

That is incredible. Are there no anti descrimination laws in Scotland? And even if there are none it is still fantastic. Why not just go whole hog and ban the drinking of Scotch as well.

Bah, humbug.

[highlander_Daz]

I suspect that alchohol might have been a factor rather than the Kilt, also most clubs and bars wont allow football shirts of any description.

Any club or bar can have any dress code it pleases as a condition of entry.

[Owl of Oban]

Yup, not uncommon to see team colors banned at pubs. His kilt may have been such a garment....or was clearly intended to represent something other than 'pride in the national dress'.

For some reason the incidence of breakage goes up when you get opposing colors in the same room. :mrgreen:

[Raphael]

FYI: Scotland lost to Belarus on October 8th.

[Silverlake_Punk]

From www.scotsman.com , here's a longer article on the same incident:

Thu 20 Oct 2005
Kilt-wearing footie fan in pub ban
A Scotland football fan was banned from a pub because he was wearing a kilt, it emerged today.

Robert Grant was told by doormen at Aberdeen's Soul bar that he was not allowed in because he was wearing the traditional dress.


Mr Grant, who was wearing the kilt to show his support for Scotland in their recent qualifying match against Belarus, intended to go into the bar to speak to a friend.

He was eventually told that he could go in, but on the condition that he left as soon as he met his friend.

Mr Grant told the Evening Express newspaper: "We weren't particularly bothered because there are plenty of other bars that would welcome our money.

"But I imagine they'll be pretty quiet at Hogmanay. I'm sure they wouldn't stop another national in their national dress."

Management at the bar said they had nothing against the kilt but people wearing kilts or football tops would be turned away during games.

General manager of Soul, Kevin McIntosh, said: "We would rather direct anyone with a kilt or football top on to go to our other bar, The College, which is geared more towards football fans.

"We had a few guys in here during a Rangers match who were shouting and swearing loudly at the screen, and that is not something we want to encourage, as some of our family customers have felt intimidated due to people coming in who have had a few drinks.

"At other times we might also use it as an excuse - the doormen will say we don't allow kilts rather than get into a confrontational situation with a group of lads who have had too much to drink."


http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2119272005

[Freedomlover]

Well. Business owners can do as they please within the bounds of the law. In fact, I would go so far as to have very few restrictions on owners. Their success will reflect their choices. But it is too bad that certain sports thugs are so common that ordinary citizens are painted with the same brush.