The bar of the Tooting & Mitcham United football club looks like a relic(遗物，遗迹) from the 1930s. Black-and-white photographs of past players line the walls as fans queue to buy £5 ($6.80) pre-match pints—a bargain by south London’s standards. But instead of accompanying their beers with pies like fans of yore, today’s supporters are tucking into perfectly seasoned jerk chicken and plantains served on rice.(但如今的球迷不再像过去那样用馅饼配啤酒，而是享用调味完美的烤鸡和大蕉配米饭。) “The food is what gets me here,” says Terry, a Chelsea supporter turned season-ticket holder(季票持有者) at semi-professional Tooting.
图廷米彻姆联足球俱乐部的酒吧看起来像是20世纪30年代的遗物。黑白照片挂满墙壁，球迷们排队购买5英镑（6.80美元）的赛前啤酒——按南伦敦的标准，这很划算。但与过去的球迷用馅饼配啤酒不同，如今的球迷正享用着调味完美的牙买加烤鸡和配米饭的大蕉。“美食是吸引我来这里的原因，”特里说，他曾是切尔西球迷，如今成了半职业球队图廷的季票持有者。
Lower-tier football clubs are having a culinary moment(美食时刻，烹饪热潮). Footy Scran, an Instagram account documenting football-stadium food around the world, has singled out(特别挑出，单独表扬) several clubs outside the Premier League for praise. Supporters of Whitehawk, a non-league club in Brighton, can tackle a gravity-defying(违背重力的，巨大的) burger combining chicken, beef and hash browns(土豆饼), topped with onion fries. Forest Green Rovers, in the Cotswolds, another non-league club, has decided to make environmentalism part of its identity by becoming the world’s first vegan(纯素的，纯素主义者) football club. Its match-day menu might include a plant-based meat burrito with stir-fried peppers or a cauliflower, chickpea and onion bhaji(巴吉（印度炸蔬菜饼）) pasty.
低级别足球俱乐部正迎来美食时刻。Footy Scran 是一个记录世界各地足球场美食的 Instagram 账号，它特别表扬了英超之外的几家俱乐部。布莱顿的非联赛俱乐部怀特霍克的支持者们可以挑战一个违背重力的汉堡，里面结合了鸡肉、牛肉和土豆饼，上面还撒着洋葱薯条。位于科茨沃尔德的另一家非联赛俱乐部森林绿流浪者决定将环保主义作为其身份的一部分，成为世界上第一家纯素足球俱乐部。其比赛日菜单可能包括植物肉墨西哥卷配炒辣椒，或花椰菜、鹰嘴豆和洋葱巴吉馅饼。
Improving match-day food is about more than catering to(迎合，满足需求) varied tastes. Dean Stones, the general manager of DN4 Events, which caters for Doncaster Rovers in League One, says there is a strong business case(商业理由，商业论证) for serving food that is better than the traditional pie and Bovril(博弗里尔（牛肉提取物饮料）). After the club’s “Chippy Tea Butty”—a fishcake patty on a bed of chips, topped with tartar sauce and mushy peas—went viral(走红，病毒式传播) on social media, more away supporters(客场球迷) began making the journey. Mr Stones says the appeal for such fans is that the club offers food that is specific to(特有的，特定的) Yorkshire.
改善比赛日食物不仅仅是迎合多样化的口味。DN4 Events 的总经理迪恩·斯通斯为英甲联赛的唐卡斯特流浪者提供餐饮服务，他表示，提供比传统馅饼和牛肉汁更好的食物有充分的商业理由。该俱乐部的“炸鱼薯条三明治”——一种鱼饼放在薯条上，淋上塔塔酱和豌豆泥——在社交媒体上走红后，更多的客场球迷开始前往观赛。斯通斯表示，这类球迷的吸引力在于俱乐部提供约克郡特有的食物。