Any England fans addicted to fruit should gobble their healthy snacks before entering stadiums at Euro 2024 – because they’re officially banned.
An apple or banana is a seemingly innocuous treat that some might be tempted to take into stadiums, but such smuggling comes with high risk.
That’s because supporters who do so could be expulsed from the ground and banned from attending any subsequent matches at the tournament.
UEFA’s list of prohibitions for the tournament actually prohibits fans from bringing any food or liquid into grounds, but they make a particular point about the fruity goods, writing: ‘including fruit, such as apples, bananas, oranges, etc.’
If anybody needs them for medical reasons, that’s okay, but the stadium authorities must be notified in advance.
Supporters will be banned from taking fruit into Euro 2024 stadiums and could be banned from the whole tournament for doing so
Devastatingly, fans will also be barred from taking ladders and vuvuzelas into the grounds
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The Sun reports that the food ban is in place to boost Germany’s sausage sales during the tournament, which runs from June 14 to July 14.
A standard sausage at a ground will set fans back £3.77 and if you’re lucky enough to attend the final, your wallet will be complaining at an enhanced sausage tax: £4.77.
England begin their Euro 2024 campaign against Serbia on June 16 at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen.
They then travel to Frankfurt to take on Denmark at Waldstadion on June 20 and face Slovenia on June 25 at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne.
As well as food and drink, there are all the standard bans on items for stadiums – don’t be bringing any weapons, pyrotechnics, drones, ladders, laser pointers, or political propaganda with you.
No Nazi flags, no flags supporting sides in the Israel-Hamas war, no drugs, no stools, and no suitcases.
Punishments include ‘expulsion from the stadium with a report to the police or a stadium ban for the whole or part of Euro 2024.’
Disappointingly, there’s also a block on vuvuzelas, so don’t expect the tournament to evoke many memories of the 2010 South Africa World Cup.
Gareth Southgate’s side will kick off their Euro 2024 campaign against Serbia on june 16
On the bright side, Mail Sport understands that Gareth Southgate will be able to take something nice: a 26-man squad.
It had been anticipated that limits would revert to normal 23-man squads this year, however a vote on Monday at a meeting of the UEFA national competitions committee has given the green-light for 26-player squads.
The vote does not necessarily translate to a change set in stone – UEFA’s executive committee must first sanction a formal alteration to the rule – although it does indicate that 26-player squads might become a regular fixture moving forward.
The suggestion had originally been raised a fortnight ago in Dusseldorf, Germany at a meeting of national team managers.
UEFA’s executive committee are not set to meet for almost a month – May 22 – although this decision could be ratified remotely.
Such an eventuality could even happen this week, giving the likes of Gareth Southgate and Steve Clarke more notice to start putting together final squads.
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