Is there word on what's going on at other matches? Heightened security?
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
Most likely it's the bomb squad that is referred to as military.
If not, then they'll be helping the police outside to keep order.
Nothing to read into.
In all seriousness thankfully they found it, or they would have been horrendous
Just saw on Twitter it could be played behind closed doors as early as tomorrow.
Yeah, I'm really hoping this is some kind of hoax designed to improve security or something. Long shot though.
The only thing that will be tighter than security at Wembley will probably be DDG in goal!
Yeah was calm enough. It wasn't like I was shaking with fear.
Just a surreal experience. And you're sitting there thinking "what if"
What?Saying two explosive devices now
Wahey!
Sadly, none of what you say here is true.
The Met 100% have their own expo teams.
The game needs to be replayed.
Police just tweeted that the controlled explosion has taken place now.
NBC reporting that the MU players are being allowed to leave on their own, Bournemouth players are still on their chartered coach.
When my brother was doing it they would regularly be called into London to handle bomb scenarios, this was about 10-15 yrs ago though
Just got home... Crazy afternoon. Feel for the Bournemouth fans and those that came from afar, 4 hours for me is nothing in comparison! Right call to call it off of course... Can't take chances with this sort of stuff.
Feck knows why Daniel Taylor is saying the club only told supporters at 3:20... We were told at about 3 it was abandoned.
Feck knows why Daniel Taylor is saying the club only told supporters at 3:20... We were told at about 3 it was abandoned.
Dunno, if they managed to get a copy of old trafford autocad drawings then not difficult to figure it out.
May have changed but they're definitely in house for most jobs now.
Maybe LvG has had to contend with Dennis Hoppers's voice in his ear all season threatening, "If your team has more than 3 shots on target in the next 90 minutes, the bomb in the bogs..."
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Just got home, was in my seat at the back of tier 3 in the north stand when they announced the evacuation. A bit tense but everyone was very calm leaving, hopefully it's a false alarm.
Colour of gas pipes should be different.
Exactly. I can't understand why Collymore was getting such a kicking in here. Bomb Squad are military, the Police don't possess such expertise.
What was the wording of the announcement?
No they don't, they use Royal Ordnance teams from Chelsea barracks.
When it says it's attached to a pipe, do they not just mean a pipe bomb? As opposed to it being hooked up to Old Trafford's actual gas pipe?
We'll know more as soon as the City game finishes I suppose.
So...was it an actual bomb?
I think they mean connected to an actual pipe with the intention of using the gas flowing through it to magnify the explosion
Really, you don't have bomb squads in the Police?
Scary to think what could've happened. Brilliant response from the police to deal with the situation.
It must be. Why else would we have a controlled explosion?
Could have simply been precautionary.
Just the tannoy lady saying the match has been abandoned and to make our way away from the ground
I was thinking that the pipe is the bomb and the phone detonates it? Not that they'd attached a bomb to the existing piping.
Because its better to do it and find out its not than not do it and find out it is.
As soon as they found a suspect package there was a 99% chance that there would be a controlled explosions.
Collymore is a complete and utter arse. I don't care if he has inside knowledge about what's going on, he is using a terror-related incident to try to get more people to listen to his radio show.
For at least the past 3-4 years they are police officers or staff but I cannot say any more.
Fair enough. Still should've done better considering they search everyone. Jacket off, that gets searched, then a full pat down.
Really hope they catch the cnut who did it. He'll only end up trying again.