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dan08 wrote:So, that "bomb" was just a dummy device left after a security training exercise on Wednesday.

Who is getting sacked for that one then

I've just heard this.

Unbelievable.

Ridiculous.

on the up side.... OT's security procedures worked, the appropriate action was taken, and everyone was kept safe

Will cost Man Utd £3m to refund all the ticket holders.

sussexpob wrote:

dan08 wrote:So, that "bomb" was just a dummy device left after a security training exercise on Wednesday.

Who is getting sacked for that one then

"Manchester United’s final Premier League fixture of the season at Old Trafford was abandoned following the discovery of ‘an incredibly lifelike, but non-viable explosive device’ inside the stadium. Following a controlled explosion of the device - understood to have been a mobile phone taped to a gas pipe in toilets in Old Trafford’s North West Quadrant - by the Royal Logistic Corps Bomb Disposal Unit, Greater Manchester Police confirmed that the suspect package was a dummy bomb, accidentally left behind after being used in a training exercise involving sniffer dogs and run by a private security company."

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/foot ... 30411.html

Amazing levels of incompetence....

dan08 wrote:Will cost Man Utd £3m to refund all the ticket holders.

Well done to United though. Refund of a ticket and the opportunity to watch the rearranged game for free. Cant complain at the football club for that.

Are they paying for a 100 coaches to pick up Bournemouth supporters?!

Why didn't someone from the security company twig when all this was going on, it was on national news from about 2pm, and then come forward?

budgetmeansbudget wrote:Are they paying for a 100 coaches to pick up Bournemouth supporters?!

Obviously the problem sounds like it is not of their making, so to voluntarily give the supporters a free ticket for the game and a refund I think is a kind gesture. Bournemouth fans will lose out, you would hope a gesture from the company responsible would help them to go or to compensate them, but you cant expect Man United to fork out even more for it can you????? Apparently they have even given money to season ticket holders too?

mikesiva wrote:

Fairly easy for Utd tonight.

Quite a lot of empty seats.

John Terry has signed his one year deal with Chelsea.

Seems to be unconfirmed rumours that Newcastle will retain benitez next year..... that is a major bonus if they keep him, quality manager