Oh no, it surely can't be that, can it ??It shows what a complete farce the whole situation is. Or as others have alluded to, the lengths the club will go to force fans to buy food and drink inside the stadium under the pretence of 'security'.
Oh no, it surely can't be that, can it ??
If it was genuinely about security then they'd close City Square 45 minutes before kick off, and tell everyone to go inside, but they don't, why ? because people are buying food and drink around City Square.
I think that's too cynical a view. I doubt very much they make very much at all on the back of pre-match revenue given the extra stewarding costs.Exactly.
City want the fans to get into the ground 1 hour early. And in that hour what are you going to do. Buy drinks and food. Bingo!
They want us to get in an hour early, but as other's have stated, City Square, bars, the souvenier store, etc are all open up close to kick off time.
The club place tables and large bins at the front of entrances so people have to leave their drinks, food, etc, if found or seen by the stewards.
Again. Random searches, scanners that don't work, queues stretchng around the stadium, and on to Alan Turing Way, etc.
Seriously, the club are taking the piss once again, and they must think the average City fan is f***ing stupid and blind to what the cub are up to. Driving revenues and gving the fans that *matchday experience*. My arse!
if anyone wants to get a can in, put it in a glove and walk towards the steward with glove in hand, already in the air ready for frisking. My friend has done this at every game and got it through each time. .
I've never once been asked to remove my hat.I bet he wont get it through next time - now that you've posted it on here.
Funny how the "take your hat off" announcements for searches started after people had said on here that they get their food/drink in under their hat..
A question is often asked in this thread about other grounds and how they do it ............ so today at middlesboro was a good time to compare. No queues, little or no searches, I certainly wasn't and no one missed the kick off.
Maybe Boro are not a terrorist target and City at home is but the difference was very very noticable. Maybe we are a target or maybe someone has got it all very very wrong.
Nope, walked straight in at boro today, stewards were sound and didn't clock my hip flask.Question for travelling blues...
Is it as bad as this at away grounds?
Hard to comment about stopping searches near KO as I tend to go in earlier at away games. However I've not seen queues snaking all over the place (as they do at home games) since paying on the gate for big games in the 70s and 80s.Question for travelling blues...
Is it as bad as this at away grounds?
Good observation. I was scratching my head wondering what it was because it's absolutely nothing to do with security and fan safety because any terrorist could just walk up to the giant queues and detonate a bomb there without the need to go in the ground.Exactly.
City want the fans to get into the ground 1 hour early. And in that hour what are you going to do. Buy drinks and food. Bingo!
They want us to get in an hour early, but as other's have stated, City Square, bars, the souvenier store, etc are all open up close to kick off time.
The club place tables and large bins at the front of entrances so people have to leave their drinks, food, etc, if found or seen by the stewards.
Again. Random searches, scanners that don't work, queues stretchng around the stadium, and on to Alan Turing Way, etc.
Seriously, the club are taking the piss once again, and they must think the average City fan is f***ing stupid and blind to what the cub are up to. Driving revenues and gving the fans that *matchday experience*. My arse!
Maybe Boro are not a terrorist target
No searches at Boro and terrorists were kicking off all over the place. Hundreds killed.Nope, walked straight in at boro today, stewards were sound and didn't clock my hip flask.