Rucksacks not allowed into the Lane

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Last season they were - I know as I took mine in a few times when staying overnight prior to a match.

I'm down for the Fans Forum tomorrow and am staying overnight. I noticed a tweet about this from a fellow Blade.

On querying this with the club they say the change of policy is due to the spate of attacks carried out this year. Fair enough.

They told me that we can take in a shoulder bag of laptop size (maximum) so I'll be using that for necessary change of clothes.

This info might be useful to some I guess

 

[Ted Danson]

Last season they were - I know as I took mine in a few times when staying overnight prior to a match.

I'm down for the Fans Forum tomorrow and am staying overnight. I noticed a tweet about this from a fellow Blade.

On querying this with the club they say the change of policy is due to the spate of attacks carried out this year. Fair enough.

They told me that we can take in a shoulder bag of laptop size (maximum) so I'll be using that for necessary change of clothes.

This info might be useful to some I guess

arnt most rucksacks 'shoulder bags' about the size of laptops?

 

[Maidenhead]

Last season they were - I know as I took mine in a few times when staying overnight prior to a match.

I'm down for the Fans Forum tomorrow and am staying overnight. I noticed a tweet about this from a fellow Blade.

On querying this with the club they say the change of policy is due to the spate of attacks carried out this year. Fair enough.

They told me that we can take in a shoulder bag of laptop size (maximum) so I'll be using that for necessary change of clothes.

This info might be useful to some I guess

I've already alerted the cheating thumb to this

 

[ZoneManWilf]

Oh dear Greenwich Blade

 

[SwissBlade]

The world has changed (once again) since the end of the season

 

[Grecian2000]

Bugger. I'm literally furious about this. How the hell am I going to bring the Marmot now?

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

arnt most rucksacks 'shoulder bags' about the size of laptops?

Well, yes, but the perception is that rucksacks carry bombs. It also makes searching them more time costly

 

[BushBlade]

Fuck, how am I going to get my cat in now?

Edit: Too late. I'll get me coat.

 

[BornOnShorehamStreet]

Fuck, how am I going to get my cat in now?

Buy it a ticket?????

 

[Robby Blade]

I've already alerted the cheating thumb to this

He'll not be happy.

 

[Rodders]

Last season they were - I know as I took mine in a few times when staying overnight prior to a match.

I'm down for the Fans Forum tomorrow and am staying overnight. I noticed a tweet about this from a fellow Blade.

On querying this with the club they say the change of policy is due to the spate of attacks carried out this year. Fair enough.

They told me that we can take in a shoulder bag of laptop size (maximum) so I'll be using that for necessary change of clothes.

This info might be useful to some I guess

I imagine United's hands are tied on this which is fair enough but there's a fair number of people who take rucksacks into the ground with them; should make the turnstiles even easier and quicker to get through...

 

[BushBlade]

Buy it a ticket?????

Still waiting for its ST to come in the post.

 

[Highbury_Blade]

This could potentially fuck my Saturday over. Planning to come up straight from a family holiday in wales so I'll be carrying a bag. If the lockers in the bus station are full, I'm fucked.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Will shoulder bags carried by season ticket holders be counted in the attendance figures?

 

[BushBlade]

This could potentially fuck my Saturday over. Planning to come up straight from a family holiday in wales so I'll be carrying a bag. If the lockers in the bus station are full, I'm fucked.

Try the train station. Assuming they still have them.

 

[Dkc]

This could potentially fuck my Saturday over. Planning to come up straight from a family holiday in wales so I'll be carrying a bag. If the lockers in the bus station are full, I'm fucked.

Just get a mate to hand it over the bar at the pub and say "I think someone left this". Then pick it up later. Hey presto, free luggage storage.

BTW Milleneum Gallery has lockers, but I think it shuts around 5pm

 

[Stretch]

I always take a rucksack now due to having an 8 year old in tow. Drinks, sweets, crisps, jacket he can't be arsed to carry etc etc Oh well, bigger pockets required.

Sorry to say this though but the daft/sad thing about this is that someone intent on blowing us up wouldn't even need to get into the stadium, and in fact would be better not trying to. We all see the turnstiles 10 minutes before kick off, 20 folk deep on the Cherry Street/Kop turnstiles and once the gates are open at full time it's a flood of people all around the stadium for up to 30 minutes. Manchester proved that this horrid tactic will cause horrendous casualties.

 

[BLADES1988]

Why not just wear all of the clothes you take with you?

 

[WhiteHawk]

Just get a mate to hand it over the bar at the pub and say "I think someone left this". Then pick it up later. Hey presto, free luggage storage.

BTW Milleneum Gallery has lockers, but I think it shuts around 5pm

That'd probably get treat as a suspicious package and the bomb squad would come out and carry out a controlled explosion.

 

[TJB.]

Why not just wear all of the clothes you take with you?

 

[axel smeets]

This could potentially fuck my Saturday over. Planning to come up straight from a family holiday in wales so I'll be carrying a bag. If the lockers in the bus station are full, I'm fucked.

I believe that the lockers at the bus station have also been removed in the past few months I'm afraid.

 

[BLADES1988]

Exactly! then you could wear the bag if you get one of these?

 

[COME BACK CHED]

Cargo Trollys , are the future .

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

Bugger. I'm literally furious about this. How the hell am I going to bring the Marmot now?

I believe the correct phrase is "mad with rage"

 

[TTMeysh]

This is going to bugger my trips to the Lane up as well, for same reasons as above (child in tow who needs a constant supply of empty calories).

I'm intrigued to know where a rucksack ends and a laptop bag begins, as my laptop bag is worn on the back, rucksack-style....

 

[Highbury_Blade]

I believe that the lockers at the bus station have also been removed in the past few months I'm afraid.

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

 

[TJB.]

Come to think of it, perhaps lockers at the Lane wouldn't be a bad shout? Besides folk with rucksacks, plenty of people go shopping before a game but have to either go home first or walk back to the car to drop it off.

Dunno where they'd go like, but if this is to be the way forward I reckon it's an idea worth exploring.

 

[Highbury_Blade]

Try the train station. Assuming they still have them.

Has there ever been lockers at the train station?

 

[axel smeets]

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK

My apologies for being the bearer of bad news.

 

[WhiteHawk]

Come to think of it, perhaps lockers at the Lane wouldn't be a bad shout? Besides folk with rucksacks, plenty of people go shopping before a game but have to either go home first or walk back to the car to drop it off.

Dunno where they'd go like, but if this is to be the way forward I reckon it's an idea worth exploring.

Was going to suggest the same. Could put them in the hotel or the car park?