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The Football Show · 17 October 2026
Is facial recognition at football grounds a step too far? Hugh MacDonald and Gordon Parks join Peter Martin on the police suggestion, why "Civil liberties is a massive thing", stewards on minimum wage, rising police costs, and why "you're accountable for that seat". Plus Hugh's point that the big problem with misbehaviour "is not alcohol, it's cocaine", fans with pint tumblers at Scotland women in Paisley, and the Saturday-night TV slots.
Facial recognition at the turnstiles: yes or no? Tell us below.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Saturday night at 8:00: the TV slots
0:45 Scotland women in Paisley: pint tumblers in the stands
1:35 "Not alcohol, it's cocaine"
2:22 Why isn't the media talking about it?
4:24 Facial recognition at football grounds
5:47 George Orwell and "if you're not doing anything wrong"
6:36 Disorder then and now
7:42 Stewarding on minimum wage and police costs
8:23 "You're accountable for that seat"
9:24 "Facial recognition among football fans is not going to fly"
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10:55 A minor cold and Bill Shankly
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