The Football Drinking Game

Drinking games are an essential part of a good stag party weekend, and a bit of football is never a bad shout. This is where lad genius comes in, though, when you combine the two into the ultimate football drinking game, superceeding all pub drinking games through its brilliant combination of pints and sport. Really, what more do you need? Maybe a packet of crisps. Here is how to play The Football Drinking Game.

Pub Drinking Game

I was on a Dungarven Stag Party Weekend a couple of years ago with a buddy who had just broken his leg the weekend before the stag, making our stag party activity plans of cycling the greenway a bust. Thankfully, Dungarven is filled with class pubs, some of which happened to have a football match on. And thus, our stag party weekend was saved by the delectable combination of footy and pints.

All you need to do is set yourself up in a comfy pub with a good view of the telly. Make sure all the lads have a pint and don’t forget one for yourself. Now, pints are essential for this as you need to keep your wits about you for the length of the match. After that, you’re free to do as you please or start up on your next pub drinking game.

And with the kick-off off so kicks off your football drinking game.

Drinking Game Rules

There are 2 parts to this drinking game. The first is what actually happens in the game and the second is the commentary on the game. We’ll also say the 1 drink is equal to 3 fingers on the pint glass.

So, drink when the following happens:

• Throw In = 1 drink
• Free Kick = 1 drink
• Decent Cross = 2 drinks
• Yellow Card = 2 drinks
• Red Card = 3 drinks
• Goal = Down the pint!
• Penalty = 3 drinks
• Corner = 1 drink
• Offside = 1 drink
• Save = 1 drink
• Individual piece of skill = 3 drinks
• Shot of fan shouting what the team should be doing = 1 drink
• Shot of a manager throwing his arms around in some vague way to describe tactics = 2 drinks
• Dive = 1 drink
• Injury = 2 drinks
• Sub = 2 drinks
• Goal kick = 1 drink
• Save off the line = 3 drinks
• Goal disallowed = 3 drinks
• Big clean tackle = 2 drinks
• Hits the post = 2 drinks
• Hits the crossbar = 3 drinks
• Fighting = 3 drinks
• Streaker = Down a full pint

When the commentator or pundit says:

• “A game of 2 halves” = 3 drinks
• “Fantastic” = 2 drinks
• “How did he miss that” = 2 drinks
• “Incredible” = 1 drink
• “At the end of the day” = 1 drink
• “He’s through” = 1 drink

Bonus round

• If you overhear anyone in the bar making an overgeneralized comment about football, a particular team, or a player or spouting some stats they just got from reading a tweet earlier, that equals three drinks.

So, there you have it, lads. The Football Drinking Game to take the game of football you’re watching in the pub on your stag to a whole new level. The hardest party of this stag party drinking game is deciding on what to actually drink!

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