Hi all
Beg to differ on the searching issue, as part of you entering or proir to you being admitted the appropriate stewards have the right to ask to search you, they do not need any suspicions or cause, generally it would be logistically impossible to search several thousand fans, if you do not concent you may be refused entry, during the Man utd game at old trafford the celtic fans were searched several times and sniffer dogs were used before entry this was done by basically funneling the fans through a gauntlet of stewards, The visiting something fans were video taped by police at parkhead openly, and again if the appropriate signage is displayed and the guidelines followed this is quite in order, The company or one of the companies that cover Ibrox and other places, have stewards some who are regimented, bias and little robots, this is not only the fault of the stewards but the management of these companies, how many times you heard of one of our supporters at parkhead being directed to the opposite side of the stadium to get in, again never been to Ibrow with celtic but know and have seen the misbehaviour of the Rangers and Aberdeen fans no matter where they go, searching is good, keeps us all safe and for families a better atmosphere, so hopefully next time any of us are searched we will say, yes no problem SIR and have a nice day,
Maybe you are happy to be treated like a suspected criminal because you're a football fan, but I am not. When was the last time an illegal weapon was used to commit a crime inside a football stadium in Scotland? Why wouldn't everybody be safe at this match as to thousands before them?
It was the police that were doing seaches on everybody at the turnstiles I entred. This wasn't just degrading, but leading to a massive queue. This was probably the biggest risk to public order as everybody was desperate to get in. When I asked why I was being seached I was giving a 'bawling out' and told to "shut it or I wasn't getting in". He was right though as I have no right to question a public servant:mad:
As for crowd spotters at Aberdeen. The majority of these were Celtic stewards so they can't pass the buck there. This isn't the first time this season, home or away, that this lot have abused their power and it's time something was done.