GMP pricing.

[Taylor]

Manchester City and Manchester Utd spend £1.8m on policing

Manchester City and Manchester United paid £1.69m more in policing costs than their five Premier League London rivals combined last season.

Arsenal, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Tottenham and West Ham were charged £178,047 between them by the Metropolitan Police for security inside and immediately outside their stadiums.

Manchester City had the biggest bill in England's top flight, paying £944,195 to Great Manchester Police (GMP) closely followed by United, who spent £925,126.

The figures were obtained by the Press Association using a Freedom of Information request.

The Metropolitan Police said as a rule it not did police inside stadiums and could only charge for policing on property owned by a club.

"We're there to prevent crime and disorder," said a spokesperson. "If there are problems - or intelligence to suggest there will be problems - then we will police inside, but as a general rule we withdrew from that two or three years ago."

GMP said the higher costs were due to a higher police presence in the grounds and immediately outside them.

Last season, six games were given a category C classification - the highest risk category.

They were the Manchester derby at Etihad Stadium, Liverpool v Manchester United, Tottenham v Arsenal, West Ham v Spurs, Crystal Palace v Charlton in the League Cup and Leicester v Everton, when the Foxes received the Premier League trophy.

Policing costs 2015/2016
* Palace do not have any police presence at Selhurst Park

 

[Taylor]

Sorry if posted already- couldn't see it.

Personally I think this is a joke, how can the Manchester clubs play substantially more than other premier league teams.

 

[Kinkys Left Foot]

They should arrest themselves for daylight robbery - unless it was a night match obviously!

 

[blue b4 the moon]

There always seems more coppers about when I travel away as well. I appreciate they'll be centred around away fans but I'm in SS3 and walk to/from the pub around the away part of our ground. God knows where all the cops are if we're paying £1.9m to £190k.

 

[Silvercloud]

I think the biggest reason is that the cops here are paid overtime for it, whereas the Met aren't. Speaking to some last year, GMP pay their officers to be there on their days off, so pay overtime. The Met use ones already on duty and pull them in from across London.

 

[SWP's back]

Given the relative crowd numbers and how vile their scum are, how come we pay more than United?

 

[mat]

We'd better start selling donuts to get the price halved.

 

[cheddar404]

Given the relative crowd numbers and how vile their scum are, how come we pay more than United?

We're more successful so more games?

 

[SWP's back]

We're more successful so more games?

Good point.

 

[danielwood5]

The higher costs may be because we have City Square open before matches with bands and guests on as well as the bar that's owned by the club outside the stadium as it says the policing is only for outside the stadium, they also block the roads off after the game to let the buses fill up and then move off. Just a guess.