Queues

[BimboBob]

I go and see Newcastle play at St James'$ Park on a regular basis. No security checks what so ever. Makes me think there is intel about a possible threat to the Etihad

That would explain all of the heavily armed police that I didn't see.

 

[urban genie]

Still arriving 5 mins before kick of, but found this year the queus much smaller and better managed in P

 

[casserole of nonsense]

I go and see Newcastle play at St James'$ Park on a regular basis. No security checks what so ever. Makes me think there is intel about a possible threat to the Etihad

I recall queuing past sniffer dogs at St James' last season.

 

[squirtyflower]

I recall queuing past sniffer dogs at St James' last season.

If you look at it he’s talking about the home fans, not away.
We are at home, can understand the searches when we are away.

 

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

Two games in and the most I have queued is two people in front. Get in early. Some of you may not be able to but most can.

Getting there early isn't the point. The point is the awful organisation. Look at JRBs post as an example. In my case 2 adjacent spirals (T&R) where one has a huge queue and the other one doesn't. Both spirals are as good as each other (almost) for accessing blocks 325,324,323,322.

 

[quiet_riot]

I recall queuing past sniffer dogs at St James' last season.

A tad harsh on the female population of Newcastle.

 

[EricBrooksGhost]

T was chaos yesterday; it's always like that

 

[frasermcfc]

T was chaos yesterday; it's always like that

They have a separate queue for the people who insist on bringing bags, but don't stop them from joining the other queues, hence every queue is as slow as the bag queue.

 

[Corky]

If the person doing the scan takes five seconds then no queues, if they take 20 seconds massive queues.

 

[squirtyflower]

Getting there early isn't the point. The point is the awful organisation. Look at JRBs post as an example. In my case 2 adjacent spirals (T&R) where one has a huge queue and the other one doesn't. Both spirals are as good as each other (almost) for accessing blocks 325,324,323,322.

Always makes me laugh when someone comes on saying there are no queues at the ground.
There clearly are and they affect some fans whilst not others. Just because it doesn’t affect on ‘I’m alright Jack’ then it doesn’t mean they are not there.
I got moved last year and my new entrance has small queues and I could easily say to others there’s no problem. However I went back to my old stand yesterday, which was horrendous for queuing before and it had three short queues and one very long one for bags.
I thought, fuck this, and just went to the shorter one with my bag and got in in next to no time.

 

[Hart of the Matter]

I recall queuing past sniffer dogs at St James' last season.

Not sure about away fans, but home fans no security checks what so ever, zilch, nada, sfa.

 

[Pam]

Yesterday, they stuck one of those "security checked" stickers on my bag without looking in the bag. Waste of time. And I don't like the wands. It's unnecessary. Suicide bombers would no doubt target the queues outside anyway. Doesn't make things safer and an unpleasant experience all round. Stop it, City or GMP or whoever's silly idea it is.

 

[Pam]

It's official, those wand things they waft around you are purely for ornament. I went for a beer at half time and rooted in my pocket for a fiver and pulled our a steel box spanner / Philips screwdriver combo thing, that is five inches long and I could have stabbed someone with it.

Says it all. The whole thing's a farce.

 

[Pam]

Last season, pissing down before the Liverpool 5 - 0. Had a brolley - a decent one. Wouldn't let me take it in. Left it by one of the entrances to the North Stand. Obviously, it got nicked.

Umbrellas of mass destruction.

 

[frasermcfc]

I thought, fuck this, and just went to the shorter one with my bag and got in in next to no time.

yep, not surprised in the slightest

 

[The blue phantom]

Only waited a few mins at N1 and then straight in.

 

[quiet_riot]

How was it for people today?

Stood outside still at 3.05, queuing for 20+ minutes to get in, while the entrance next to us the 'security' are stood doing nothing. Joke.

Whole queue held up at one point while they replenished those daft security tags for the ladies' handbags.

 

[EricBrooksGhost]

T was good today, much better organisation.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I thought, fuck this, and just went to the shorter one with my bag and got in in next to no time.

That’s no way to talk about your good lady.

 

[dickie davies]

It's official, those wand things they waft around you are purely for ornament. I went for a beer at half time and rooted in my pocket for a fiver and pulled our a steel box spanner / Philips screwdriver combo thing, that is five inches long and I could have stabbed someone with it.
For the record, I assembled a flat pack piece of furniature with it yesterday.

Last season at one match I took out and held my wallet phone and keys and when "wanded" it went off. It had picked up the six pound coins in my pocket.
The really bizarre thing is that the Lad asked if it was change, I answered yes and he said "OK". So I could have had a gun or a bomb that was picked up but still got inside