Operators London Stadium 185 together with caterers Delaware North will ban the sale of bottles from the Premier League match when West Ham face Sunderland later this month.
The London Stadium Safety Advisory Group (LS-SAG) which met earlier this week have decided all bottles must now be decanted and liquid contents poured into plastic glasses at all football matches going forward in the stadium.
The action follows an incident at the West Ham v Middlesborough game in which a number of beer bottles were used as missiles between both sets of fans in the lower stands. The news was revealed at a London wide supporters meeting tonight at the Lambeth headquarters of the Metropolitan Police football unit.
The stadium operators LS185 have a state of the art high definition CCTV system which is one of the best in the Premier League and has already identified the majority of those who threw plastic bottles or coins last weekend. We are told the supporters will receive letters from the club revoking their season tickets or banning this week and police prosecutions may follow. Met police told football supporters this evening that the system wide CCTV with the London stadium is so good it can accurately catch any offender after an incident.
If the CCTV is so good why have the authorities not also written to the people who insist on standing & give them one chance to behave & if not then withdraw their season ticket problem solved
Because standing is not a criminal offence and they have decided to take a common sense approach in recognized ‘singing areas’ However they do use CCTV when ‘unsocial standing’ is reported to them.
They want to ban Popcorn while there at it – horrible American rubbish!
Eating popcorn is also not a criminal offence Michael. The risk assessment suggests the throwing of pop corn at away fans is unlikely to cause any serious injury and therefore will continue to be sold in cardboard cartons.
Hahaha go on admit it Sean,you were struggling to keep a straight face as you wrote that 🙂
You get a bit of that Popcorn in your eye….. and those cartons have really sharp edges!
Where’s Health and Safety when you need them?
Its ok Michael you can always sue Brady 😀