Johannesburg - Aside from the exorbitant food prices at English football stadia, the quality of cuisine being dished up to fans in one of the best footballing countries in the world is sometimes downright diabolical.
Disclaimer: The following is not recommended for sensitive stomachs.
Twitter account @FootyScran, a kind of stomach-heaving whistleblower, is at the forefront of exposing the area of football which seldom makes the news.
Pictured below is a pie and gravy with ‘mushy’-peas swamped in gravy, alongside a pint of beer for 132 South African rand. Although, it’s probably not best to convert the price into rand - or attempt to eat the so-called meal.
Steak pie, peas and gravy at FC United of Manchester (@FCUnitedMcr)
— Footy Scran (@FootyScran) January 23, 2022
💷 £6.40 with a pint (£2.80 without) pic.twitter.com/927c59yRRD
At R92.80 you might expect a fully-cooked sausage, but don’t digest just yet.
Half cooked hot dog at Derby County (@dcfcofficial)
— Footy Scran (@FootyScran) January 16, 2022
💷 £4.50 pic.twitter.com/8hpb0EInFk
How about R100 for a cheeseburger, you’d probably expect a genuine hamburger roll, right? Wrong.
Double cheeseburger in a hot dog roll at Boreham Wood (@BOREHAM_WOODFC)
— Footy Scran (@FootyScran) January 24, 2022
💷 £5 pic.twitter.com/MjWjvmE5wI
Or if you’d prefer, a char-grilled pizza slice for R82?
Pizza slice at West Brom (@WBA)
— Footy Scran (@FootyScran) January 22, 2022
£4 pic.twitter.com/fEjwY0fNC2
If you have a budget of R72, you could always keep it simple, drop a slice or two of processed cheese on a container of chips drowned in gravy.
Cheesy chips and gravy at Stalybridge Celtic (@StalyCelticFC)
— Footy Scran (@FootyScran) January 21, 2022
💷 £3.50 pic.twitter.com/IvfOdp69Sq
But by far the most reasonable meal at just under R31, on one’s pocket that is, on offer would be another variation of a pie and gravy and some more mushy-peas.
Pie, peas and gravy at Minton FC (@ammiesfc)
— Footy Scran (@FootyScran) January 17, 2022
💷 £1.50 pic.twitter.com/GfXbrSLlfN
It seems then, though South African football is a world away from competing with the English, the UK could learn a thing or two about catering for their fans.
@Golfhackno1