| Those of you who go to games abroad 20:27 - Oct 22 with 883 views | GeoffSentence |
Is there the same level of palaver getting into stadiums as there is at Portman Road? [Post edited 22 Oct 20:28]
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| Those of you who go to games abroad on 20:57 - Oct 22 with 801 views | stonojnr |
No. But the palaver is a result of Martyns law that came out of the Manchester arena bombing. The club are required by law to have in place, mandatory bag checks, and so far as is reasonably practicable, appropriate public protection measures to reduce their vulnerability to acts of terrorism and the risk of physical harm if one were to occur.
So this is the setup we end up with. Other venues choose to interpret reasonably practicable differently to everyone in this venue must be security wanded before entering, the club or their security partner havent. |  | | |
| Those of you who go to games abroad on 23:54 - Oct 22 with 636 views | Freddies_Ears |
It varies. High security risk games can be a real hassle, eg PSG v Marseille, where the first full body check was before I could even see the stadium, with two additional checks incl emptying pockets, confiscation of coins etc before the turnstiles. But generally, at lower risk games, eg in Germany, it's pretty much straight in.
To get into Premium areas at Spurs, there is an airport-style scanner plus fairly enthusiastic bag search.
Leyton Orient a few weeks back, I was very late (2.59pm) but there was still a fairly professional personal search. | | | |
| Those of you who go to games abroad on 00:06 - Oct 23 with 625 views | Swansea_Blue |
Does Wales count as abroad? 
(The answer’s no anyway whether it does or doesn’t). |  |
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| Those of you who go to games abroad on 09:02 - Oct 23 with 444 views | _CliveBaker_ |
It can be. I've been to quite a few England games abroad and some have been chaos, especially in France. Euro 2016 was quite a cluster at times.
Personally I don't really get the fuss at PR. Maybe some teething problems on the opening day but I've got in to the ground within about 5 minutes of arriving every week. Appreciate it might feel excessive at times but if its all designed in the spirit of safety its a relatively small inconvenience isn't it? People will find anything to moan about. |  | | |
| Those of you who go to games abroad on 09:40 - Oct 23 with 389 views | BasingstokeBlue |
The last couple of times I went to the Pier Luigi Penzo to watch Venezia, I had my cheap Bic lighter confiscated on the way in, which I considered a very heavy-handed interpretation of the security rules. And rather petty. |  |
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| Those of you who go to games abroad on 13:31 - Oct 23 with 258 views | Leaky |
Went to Union Berlin no problems, mind you it was a friendly |  | | |
| Those of you who go to games abroad on 13:54 - Oct 23 with 222 views | lurcher |
Italy yes. Had to order tickets the day before, tickets were printed out with my passport number on them. Long queue to get in and had to show my passport along with tickets, body search and so on.
Netherlands much the same as the UK, queues with body searches.
Germany and Belgium I have found a little easier.
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| Those of you who go to games abroad on 14:00 - Oct 23 with 197 views | Vaughan8 |
went to Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday night and we got our tickets, ID and patted down, all twice, all went smoothly and barely any queue.
However we were there just over an hour early | | | |
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