Cunnyfunt Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 4 minutes ago, BS3_RED said: There already is a ban on bags at NFL games in the states. Can't say I've ever brought a bag to a football match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Collymore on twitter: Quote Text. Package was a phone attached to pipe with wires hanging from it”. Found by customer in toilet. From guy who found it. If he wasn't in there for a dump already, I bet he needed one after seeing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 42 minutes ago, Northern Red said: Either a complete load of nonsense and total overreaction or something very sinister. Can't see a middle ground. Here's a middle ground: a highly suspicious looking package left strangely unattended and unclaimed, that ultimately turns out to be nothing. Evacuating a stadium is not a decision taken lightly so it's not fair to cry "overreaction" even it does prove a false alarm. Especially in these times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat Fastard Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 The security at AG seems more concerned that you don't take a cheaper bottle of Coke into the ground! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunnyfunt Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Hopefully this won't become a common theme across all stadia next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezo Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 39 minutes ago, RedM said: More airport style scanners I would think. Not sure if a ban on bags would do much if a suicide bomber straps explosives to their bodies. im not taking my shoes off to go in football ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted May 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 12 minutes ago, Cunnyfunt said: Can't say I've ever brought a bag to a football match. I do when I take my lad has action figures and a colouring book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 22 minutes ago, Cunnyfunt said: Can't say I've ever brought a bag to a football match. I have, last year and the year before I was at uni and travelling 2 hours plus before I got to Bristol, when I went to the JPT game away at Cheltenham I knew I wouldn't be able to get back before 6am because of train times, so I took my bag with my laptop so I could do some uni work while I had a 6 hour wait for Cardiff train station to open. Other times where I've been going to stay at someone's after but earliest I could arrive was around kick off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliesboots Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Tomarse said: This might be closer to home... That IRA level warning midweek maybe? Indeed, my Auntie was injured in the 1996 Manchester bombing so there's previous form for that city. Thankfully nobody injured or worse today and hope the emergency services and military attending stay safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliesboots Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Various reports of a second package being found... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 31 minutes ago, BS3_RED said: There already is a ban on bags at NFL games in the states. Really? I've been to 3 NFL games in the past year and bags have been fine. They've been checked but admitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Tomarse said: This might be closer to home... That IRA level warning midweek maybe? Hell of a lot of Irish fans go to OT though so would it be a target? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 12 minutes ago, Charliesboots said: Various reports of a second package being found... Not good. Sounds a bit more genuine with a second find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBristolian Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 3 minutes ago, Fordy62 said: Not good. Sounds a bit more genuine with a second find. Controlled explosion carried out too. This is starting to sound worrying like a genuine attempted bombing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Bat Fastard said: This will ensure that all the security measures are ramped up for next season. We will have to start queuing from 10.30am. Mrs Merkel thinks we should take a larger share of immigrants from war areas - whereas we have our own Irish terrorists. It's a sad world! Over-reaction of the day to you sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 In other news... Spurs have had an excellent season haven't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 I would think, if it is found to be terrorist-related, it`s more likely to be ISIS or one of their affiliates. After targeting the Real Madrid supporters club in Iraq, Man Utd would be seen as a natural next step - biggest club in Spain, biggest in England. IMO they are trying to ramp up the fear factor before the Euros and make them a security nightmare even if they don`t have anything planned. Anything they can do to disrupt the way us normal people live their lives is a victory for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliesboots Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 6 minutes ago, Red Right Hand said: I would think, if it is found to be terrorist-related, it`s more likely to be ISIS or one of their affiliates. After targeting the Real Madrid supporters club in Iraq, Man Utd would be seen as a natural next step - biggest club in Spain, biggest in England. IMO they are trying to ramp up the fear factor before the Euros and make them a security nightmare even if they don`t have anything planned. Anything they can do to disrupt the way us normal people live their lives is a victory for them A true ISIS attack would be very chilling however on the face of it low key in what they've been responsible for elsewhere in the world. I would be more inclined to think that the device(s) found/not found today are more likely to be IRA related terrorism. Close to mainland Ireland and the fact that it has been found points suspicion that way, ISIS are all about the big statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 This is really horrible news. I would be expecting a knock on my door in the early hours by people with guns if I had left that bag. Sometime this week probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 12 minutes ago, Red Right Hand said: I would think, if it is found to be terrorist-related, it`s more likely to be ISIS or one of their affiliates. After targeting the Real Madrid supporters club in Iraq, Man Utd would be seen as a natural next step - biggest club in Spain, biggest in England. IMO they are trying to ramp up the fear factor before the Euros and make them a security nightmare even if they don`t have anything planned. Anything they can do to disrupt the way us normal people live their lives is a victory for them Not sure about this. Islamist terrorists would probably have sent suicide bombers, to maximise casualties. My guess is dissident Irish Republicans. Sourness making the point that he had been patted down suggests some suspicion before the game. Possibly a coded warning beforehand, that wasn't acted on until further info came in ? With this bomb being found relatively easily, it would appear that disruption was the intention, rather than mass casualties. I.S. / A.Q. would not have given away intel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 2 minutes ago, Charliesboots said: A true ISIS attack would be very chilling however on the face of it low key in what they've been responsible for elsewhere in the world. I would be more inclined to think that the device(s) found/not found today are more likely to be IRA related terrorism. Really... You think it would be low key? Short of flying planes into buildings, I'm not sure there'd be much they've ever done that would be higher profile. It's just a good job that the boys in blue were there. Suddenly that decision to abandon the game is looking a very wise decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 I've read that it was a mobile phone wired up to some pipes; found in a toilet. No idea whether it was a feasible bomb but it certainly looked like one; rather than just being a forgotten bag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 7 minutes ago, Charliesboots said: A true ISIS attack would be very chilling however on the face of it low key in what they've been responsible for elsewhere in the world. I would be more inclined to think that the device(s) found/not found today are more likely to be IRA related terrorism. Close to mainland Ireland and the fact that it has been found points suspicion that way, ISIS are all about the big statement. 2 minutes ago, Eddie Hitler said: I've read that it was a mobile phone wired up to some pipes; found in a toilet. No idea whether it was a feasible bomb but it certainly looked like one; rather than just being a forgotten bag. that don't ring true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 2 minutes ago, The Gasbuster said: Not sure about this. Islamist terrorists would probably have sent suicide bombers, to maximise casualties. My guess is dissident Irish Republicans. Sourness making the point that he had been patted down suggests some suspicion before the game. Possibly a coded warning beforehand, that wasn't acted on until further info came in ? I.S. / A.Q. would not have given away intel. True, everything points to it being something like that but I just feel OT wouldn`t be a target given the amount of Irish people that are likely to be there. Other clubs maybe but not Man Utd. Maybe it`s just the disruption they`re after, who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 3 minutes ago, archie andrews said: that don't ring true Lead story in the Mail, have a word with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charliesboots Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 1 minute ago, Fordy62 said: Really... You think it would be low key? Short of flying planes into buildings, I'm not sure there'd be much they've ever done that would be higher profile. It's just a good job that the boys in blue were there. Suddenly that decision to abandon the game is looking a very wise decision. Perhaps low key is the wrong way of articulating my point, absolutely agree that in terms of profile it doesn't get much more than what you suggest but what I'm saying is that the attacks they've claimed responsibility for so far or been linked too don't follow the story being told out of Old Trafford today. BBC reporting a controlled explosion now has taken place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityloyal473 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Reports now indicate it was a 'hoax'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gasbuster Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 2 minutes ago, cityloyal473 said: Reports now indicate it was a 'hoax'. Wouldn't be surprised. With the device being found so easily (i.e. not very well thought out), this would be no shock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 I find it odd that all spectators were evacuated, a 100ft or metre cordon put on the area, but those million pound a month players were kept inside the stadium? Unless they feared for their safety by getting them outside, you'd think they'd have got them as far away as possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 6 minutes ago, MarcusX said: I find it odd that all spectators were evacuated, a 100ft or metre cordon put on the area, but those million pound a month players were kept inside the stadium? Unless they feared for their safety by getting them outside, you'd think they'd have got them as far away as possible? I expect the dressing rooms are bomb proof from when SAF was manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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