substantial meal

This included any pub stops only being allowed at premises which serve a "substantial meal" with alcohol bought.

Among the most controversial voluntary guidelines was the suggestion that stops at pubs on the way to and from matches would be agreed in advance and only allowed in premises where alcohol can bought "ancillary to a substantial meal".

This includes coaches being forced to arrive an hour before kick-off and any stops at pubs before the games only allowed at premises which serve a "substantial meal" with any alcohol bought.

The rules there allowed customers to consume alcohol inside a venue if accompanied by a substantial meal.

Lunch of soup, bread and jam, and cocoa was at 1:00 P.M., tea was at 4:00 P.M., and dinner, the most substantial meal of the day, was at 6:00 P.M.