Security at the Etihad

Paranoid androids....

I'm searched near enough at every home game, by the same stewards... I recognise their faces as I've been going for donkeys years but they still pat me down.

Nothing to worry about.

I'd rather get blown up at City stadium in a good mood doing something I enjoy than Sat in a hospice rotting away with dementia
 
I would think its a given that security will be a little more stringent given the current climate. The facts are, security and ant - terrorist organisations in the UK have been doing an excellent job of identifying and preventing potential attacks via deep routed intelligence cells (there have been seven foiled this year).
Granted, they are not 100% sure of preventing every conceivable plot, but chances are, they will hopefully be doing a more thorough job than the French and Belgium's who have a particular problem with radicalisation.
ISIS are undoubtedly creating an atmosphere of fear, but we have to carry on living our lives as normally as possible, otherwise the bastards have won that little propaganda scenario.
We as a country are not part of the Schengen agreement allowing free passage without document checks, and we also live on an Island. The biggest threat to enabling entry by potential terrorists into the UK is via the chaos at Calais and the Tunnel. That will get a real dose of beefing up of security again I guess.
The City of London will be the main target, and that has a ring of steel of security, with more armed cops and undoubtedly other armed forces able to react instantly as they did in Paris on Friday night.
The other major Cities, including Manchester do not have that level of capability as yet I would guess, which is my worry, we run out of cops every day in Manchester to go to normal incidents, let alone multi coordinated attacks. So, expect large gatherings and events to be policed more and security beefed up.
And don't forget, we, as members of the public must have our eyes and ears pealed, and report any suspicious activity to the authorities.
 
Why Always Ste said:
Paranoid androids....

I'm searched near enough at every home game, by the same stewards... I recognise their faces as I've been going for donkeys years but they still pat me down.

Nothing to worry about.

I'd rather get blown up at City stadium in a good mood doing something I enjoy than Sat in a hospice rotting away with dementia
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This where you get the inconsistency, never been patted down once at the new stadium.
 
Stretford Born Blue said:
I would think its a given that security will be a little more stringent given the current climate. The facts are, security and ant - terrorist organisations in the UK have been doing an excellent job of identifying and preventing potential attacks via deep routed intelligence cells (there have been seven foiled this year).
Granted, they are not 100% sure of preventing every conceivable plot, but chances are, they will hopefully be doing a more thorough job than the French and Belgium's who have a particular problem with radicalisation.
ISIS are undoubtedly creating an atmosphere of fear, but we have to carry on living our lives as normally as possible, otherwise the bastards have won that little propaganda scenario.
We as a country are not part of the Schengen agreement allowing free passage without document checks, and we also live on an Island. The biggest threat to enabling entry by potential terrorists into the UK is via the chaos at Calais and the Tunnel. That will get a real dose of beefing up of security again I guess.
The City of London will be the main target, and that has a ring of steel of security, with more armed cops and undoubtedly other armed forces able to react instantly as they did in Paris on Friday night.
The other major Cities, including Manchester do not have that level of capability as yet I would guess, which is my worry, we run out of cops every day in Manchester to go to normal incidents, let alone multi coordinated attacks. So, expect large gatherings and events to be policed more and security beefed up.
And don't forget, we, as members of the public must have our eyes and ears pealed, and report any suspicious activity to the authorities.
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Excellent post mate, you put it across better than i ever could :)
 
Looking back i used to take a back pack bag every game with 2 flasks on the outside pockets and a large flask inside it couldnt have looked more like a bomb if id tried .but i never got stopped taking it in
 
kippaxblue76 said:
This where you get the inconsistency, never been patted down once at the new stadium.
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What entrance do you normally go in bud?
It's for me... This is where I get searched often.

As I think it was PB pointed out, if a terrorist wanted to hit people at our Matches their best bet is walking from under the canal onto the bridge leading towards the car park... As the stewards stop people from crossing the road... Few hundred people.. bang
It's free reign on that bridge.
 
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