Not sure anyone really cares about Southampton so may as well just give us the 0-0.
OT EVACUATED | Device signed as having been recovered, could NOT be detected by sniffer dogs
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Large Northern Ireland contingent on the caf, innit? Shit's passe for some of usI love how everyone is an expert on bomb squads and bomb procedures now
Usually helps to refresh the page when tweets aren't showing
anyway, it reads:
G M Police @gmpolice 19m19 minutes ago
Latest update: A controlled explosion has just been carried out within the stadium by bomb disposal experts at Old Trafford. More to follow.
I would have thought their default position would be to play the game regardless. It still has a material effect on the league, there are probably commercial considerations involved and then there's the principle of finishing the season with all games played.
Bournemouth could finish 13th. At the moment they're 16th.
Cool, so the device has been blown up. Get everyone back in the ground and let's smash these southern jessies 19-0.
2 years ago dissidents were placing devices in around Belfast to disrupt morning and evening rush hours it became the norm I discovered one of them and had to phone it in to psni city was in traffic chaos, and the controlled explosions will only cause minimal damage, you are talking to someone who's witnessed them on multiple occasions. Slightly scary this has happened I'm trying not to imagine what the outcome would have been if the bomb had gone off!
I lived in France for five years and have a close friend in a specialist unit in Paris. They have an cracking system, some brilliant teams. The UK Police Service is still set up in a traditional manner and will only grow/change, when the terrible inevitable happens. I love France.
Need to replay it to be able to sack LVG. In theory we could still finish 4th (with massive goal difference swing) so clause won't be triggered
I love everything about this pic.
Say what you will, but these are some cute looking sniffer dogs. Glad these fellas are on the job.
If the result is officially put down as 0-0, we're fifth.
I have not been following this situation too much. So it was really a bomb? That is scary and a good job on your part being aware of your surrounding then.
Time to watch my local news channel and get briefed about it.
Southampton will probably care. I'd imagine it impacts the Europa League wherein clubs start in the competition etc.
I'd imagine the lessons learned in NI, Helmand and Basra apply a little more.
Might be a dumb question, but would a controlled explosion still be quite sizeable? What about damage inside the stadium?
We would need 14 games to score 19 goals mate.
He's taken it down. Brutal.
They're showing now.
If we lose final, it affects at what stage we & Southampton enter competition depending on our postponed game. 0-0 helps us fine but Soton will want it to be played hoping for Bournemouth win. I hope it is played after FA cup final though.
I wish Sky would stop showing the same shot of that guy walking away from the stadium and putting his hand up. Surely they could've filmed a bit more?
John Cross on Sky News, making it out that there was complete bewilderment of the fans. Contrary to anything heard on here on the fans interviewed on Sky News, BBC etc.
What was it?He's taken it down. Brutal.
What was it?He's taken it down. Brutal.
He posted a picture with a scarf in front of the main entrance saying that he was excited about his first match ever at Old Trafford. Poor lad didn't know what would happen next.
Is it confirmed it actually was a bomb?
The fan with the pic of him outside OT in full kit and scarf, saying it was his first game - he seemed so excited too. Unfortunately the tweet went viral and he got lots of abuse.
Premier League @premierleague 19m 19 minutes ago
After much consultation between ourselves, @ManUtd and @AFCBournemouth, we have decided to award Manchester United a 19-0 victory.
After much consultation between ourselves, @ManUtd and @AFCBournemouth, we have decided to award Manchester United a 19-0 victory.
I don't know if this is a stupid question.. But if somebody was going to detonate the bomb, why didn't they just do it as soon as the stadium started to be evacuated?
Obviously, I'm very very glad that it was found and nobody was hurt. But I just don't understand?
Unless the culprit was waiting for everyone to get inside and then hoping to get out and away before detonating.
Absolutely terrifying. Somebody went to a football match today with the intention of killing thousands of innocent people.
Obviously, I'm very very glad that it was found and nobody was hurt. But I just don't understand?
Unless the culprit was waiting for everyone to get inside and then hoping to get out and away before detonating.
Absolutely terrifying. Somebody went to a football match today with the intention of killing thousands of innocent people.
A fan tweeted a picture of himself holding a scarf outside OT. His caption was something along the lines of "my first time at OT". Got over 4k retweets.
Surely we deserve a point for such a controlled evacuation... please?
Also, I wonder how bluemoon are responding to this. I hope they are being humane and talking in a positive manner, but knowing that lot...
Also, I wonder how bluemoon are responding to this. I hope they are being humane and talking in a positive manner, but knowing that lot...
I don't think anyone knew really what was going on. To the credit of the fans and the staff though, I didn't see any great panic while we were evacuated. From what I saw, the evacuation was carried out pretty smoothly.
Could they have blocked phone signals or something? Sometimes they do that to stop the bomb from being detonated.
If there is no explosives in the package then, no it's not sizeable.
Doesn't sound like a dumb question, but as we haven't heard any more, it's probably okay.
Rag this and rag that and I wish they all got blown up the rag cnuts.
Not been on, but imagine it is something like that.
3G and WiFi were blocked inside the stadium.
These kinds of wankers want maximum publicity to instil as much terror as possible, if this was an actual bomb of course.
If they set it off after kick off while cameras were broadcasting live, the whole world would have seen it. Set it off before kick off and they will only show the aftermath on TV.
No I think they mean the device was an IED similar to a pipe bomb. A common variant of these types of devices I'm afraid to say
Do we even need to play this one ? Just hand out a 0-0 draw and be done with it