Queues

[Carver]

2.35 in queue to M1.
Got to my sat at 3.05.
Some still coming in at 3.15

2:38 same queue got through turnstile at 2:55 in seat after taking a leak 2:58 (only 1 step up from concourse level). Does that make me the fastest pisser in all the land?

P.S. I don't usually run my life by recording the exact second but checked this today 'cos I was 15 min later than usual after waiting for mate's son to get back from the game he was playing in.

 

[The blue phantom]

Probably having a piss

Actually ive quoted the wrong post. I meant to have a go at the guy who said there were no queues. As round near M1 it was fucking unbeleivable.

 

[citytilllidie]

Z. Queue was back near the tram. Missed the kick off plus some. Copper said it was the same at United last week. Going earlier from now on (hope so anyway)

 

[Pam]

Missed the first ten minutes. It was ridiculous.

 

[Carver]

Wondering if checks could be done before entering concourse where they could have more check stations - not practical for south stand.

At Yankee stadium (New York) for the baseball bags are not allowed. You have to take them to an off site bag drop and pay for it. Dunno about handbags though - would that help?

 

[Rammy Blue]

Over 30 mins to get into family stand at Z today. Last season we were allowed in at A which this season we can't, less than 2 min queue there but wouldn't let anyone from Z in that way. As has been said elsewhere never scanned the kids.

I get in at A, best entrance in the stadium, lol.

 

[Brendan110_0]

Walked through X in 30 seconds at 2:25pm. Queues outside Z didn't look bad to me.

 

[Paulpowersleftfoot]

Which entrance?

Z1/Z2

 

[BringBackSwales]

Walked through X in 30 seconds at 2:25pm. Queues outside Z didn't look bad to me.

Got there at 2:33 got in at 3:03

 

[didsburyblu]

I always have a pocket full of wires and battery packs (phone chargers) for the first time today the wand bleeped so I guess they have invested in batteries however when it bleeped I just reached in my pocket pulled out a mobile phone charger and said it's probably that and he waved me through..... so I had no problems getting my 3 sticks of semtex in (I didn't actually have them) but the point is if I had I would have got them in without issue even with the wand beeping

 

[Leto]

20+ minutes is too long. Yeah some smart arses will say get there earlier but some people can't. If I'm at the ground 15 minutes before kick off I shouldn't be missing about 10 minutes of the game.

The worst thing is that in the end they often just rush you through anyway so they might as well not even be there.

 

[Franny 1234]

Took my kid today which I don't often get to do. I noticed they didn't search him at all and waved him through. That kinda makes every other search pointless as if I wanted to smuggle anything in (which I dont) then that's the obv way forward. Is it normal not to bother searching kids? I'm pretty certain a terrorist wouldn't think twice about using them so why not? Just makes a mockery of the whole security. Either do it right or not at all.

I take my 7 year old grandson to every home match and have done for 4 seasons now and he as never been checked.
C.T.I.D

 

[malg]

Queues were bad, but it didn't take any longer than 10 mins for us to get in. The security threat is high, and I'd guess that one of the biggest targets would be a top flight game in England.

 

[greasedupdeafguy]

Never seen it that bad. There were queues going back to the club shop 5 mins before kick off.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Turn up earlier. Only solution

 

[Kazakh blue]

The morale of the story is get there early as we all know we live in the age where the world is full of nutters so stop complaining

 

[Deepest Blue]

M1 must be the worst at the stadium. Ironically M2 next door takes only a few minutes for the punters there to get in.

Got a CL 3 match package the other day and made sure that I was nowhere near M fucking 1 :/

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

Does anyone actually know what those wands do. My keys, belt buckle and money don't set them off so what will? Also when there are four turnstiles to allow people in why only have two people pretending to do security which halves the number of turnstiles which causes the queues

 

[moggymoz]

Could not believe it today. I was shuffling along in the Queue for about 20 minutes when some c##t saunters up and joins it in front of me, I asked him what the fuck are you doing and he says "I'm with my friend" who had also been queuing in front of me, so I told him to fuck off and get to the back of the line...

 

[lancs blue]

Queues were bad, but it didn't take any longer than 10 mins for us to get in. The security threat is high, and I'd guess that one of the biggest targets would be a top flight game in England.

It's seems pretty clear that the security checks as they stand won't prevent an attack anyway, just ensure that it happens in a crowd outside the stadium as opposed to inside.