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Old Trafford evacuated. edit: match abandoned.

Callumcafc
Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
edited May 2016 in Other Football and Sports
Two sides of the stadium have been evacuated while security investigate an "incident".

Expecting a delayed kick off but not sure how that will effect the other games around the league.
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  • NomadicAddick
    NomadicAddick Posts: 2,114
    delay of up to 45 minutes.
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 11,487
    So excited about the race for 4th what a day
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    Suspect package
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,764
    Match abandoned.
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    Better to play it safe but a real pain for the Bournemouth fans that have travelled all that way.
  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    I wonder if this will have any effect on other ongoing fixtures? I wouldn't be surprised if other stadiums were now put on alert.
  • andyk69
    andyk69 Posts: 10
    This kind of thing is the last thing we need. Football is supposed to bring people together
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    Thousands of Man Utd "fans" will have travelled from all over the south west of England to attend this game.

    What a wasted journey!
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,476
    Just hope it turns out to being over cautious, the other option is not good.
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  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,454
    Plays right into Man Utd's hands. They'll know exactly what they need to do against a Bournemouth team full of players who will be pissed they've had to rearrange their holidays!
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,979
    Got a feeling this won't be the last time this sort of thing happens this summer. I'm meant to be going France for the fan parks but seriously considering not bothering.
  • moutuakilla
    moutuakilla Posts: 7,568
    Hopefully just someone's lunch box
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    Surprised they abandoned so quickly
  • andyk69
    andyk69 Posts: 10
    Fingers crossed everyone gets out safely. I hope it proves to be nothing.
  • Paddy Powell
    Paddy Powell Posts: 2,842
    The fact that it was abandoned after the sniffer dogs had been sent in is concerning.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    moutuakilla said:

    Hopefully just someone's lunch box

    If anybody has taken a lunch box to a football match they need locking up.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    ricky_otto said:

    moutuakilla said:

    Hopefully just someone's lunch box

    If anybody has taken a lunch box to a football match they need locking up.
    Hopefully just a pencil case for Nik-Naks and such.
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    Paddy Powell said:

    The fact that it was abandoned after the sniffer dogs had been sent in is concerning.

    If it was the same ones as we had last week it will probably turn out to be a box of Winalot
  • Uboat
    Uboat Posts: 12,195
    moutuakilla said:

    Hopefully just someone's lunch box

    Or pencil case.
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  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    AFKABartram said:

    Surprised they abandoned so quickly

    Some on Twitter saying it was abandoned half an hour before it was officially announced to avoid spreading panic.
  • andyk69
    andyk69 Posts: 10
    @Brendan_O_Connell at least that way they evacuated the ground half and half and avoided crowding getting away. They now have dogs loose in the ground. Let's hope it's nothing
  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    Brendan_O_Connell said:

    AFKABartram said:

    Surprised they abandoned so quickly

    Some on Twitter saying it was abandoned half an hour before it was officially announced to avoid spreading panic.
    Decent attitude, within that half hour you would expect to be able to evacuate the most dangerous areas without any major qualms. Not to mention, having people leave calmly probably allows them to control the situation outside which could be more dangerous than inside.
  • The_Organiser
    The_Organiser Posts: 3,999
    So thats how to effectively get a game abandoned - not beach balls.
  • cafc_harry
    cafc_harry Posts: 3,360
    The Organiser said:

    So thats how to effectively get a game abandoned - not beach balls.

    Over to you @CARD ;)
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    The Organiser said:

    So thats how to effectively get a game abandoned - not beach balls.

    Next CARD meeting - Agenda Item 4.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,979
  • andyk69
    andyk69 Posts: 10
    You are spot on there LuckyReds, get people away from the area as few at a time as is possible. Interesting posts on NW Tonight Twitter

    https://twitter.com/BBCNWT
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    The Organiser said:

    So thats how to effectively get a game abandoned - not beach balls.

    No. Just no.

    If they did abandon it half an hour before the official announcement that's very clever. Trying to evacuate a stadium on sudden notice all at once provides many challenges, from crush and panic to the risk that if there is something nefarious being coordinated, it could play into their plot. I believe that was the intention with the terrorist attacks on the France-Germany game.

    Credit to officials. It won't have been a popular decision, but it's the sensible and responsible one.
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,458
    Match was abandoned because a 'suspect package' was found at Old Trafford. Rumour has it it was a trophy.

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