Thanks for all the replies. I've only been once to Qatar before, but been to Dubai many times and wasn't sure if Qatar shared the same thoughts on booze.

I'm staying at the Intercon (where i've stayed before) but was wondering if there was going to be much of an atmosphere before the game at the stadium and whether it was worth getting there a bit early. But if no boozing there then i guess probably not. Perhaps a couple by the pool first!

I'm not sure how may how many lads are coming over for the game. I wouldn't be surprised if there is a few empty seats in the bit reserved by the English FA as people will have paid for a ticket to ensure they get the right number of "caps" to get tickets for SA, but won't actually use the tickets because they don't want to pay all the costs of getting to Doha.