I was absolutely furious that I was refused entry into the Stadium simply for having a bag with me. There were horrendous downpours all day and after standing around for over an hour before they started letting people in, I was told to throw my bag in the bin or not be allowed in.
They supposedly had to enforce new security measures against terrorism and blame me for not checking their website beforehand. I purchased my ticket through ticketmaster and no such information was passed onto me. Without even attempting to search through my bag, which I would've been happy for them to do as that's expected for these types of events in England, but no such common sense was available from stadium staff. It's either all or nothing from them.
More shocking was the fact that parents who had taken their children to see the game were being refused entry. A lot of them had brought a spare change of clothes for their children because of the torrential downpours but were refused outright. Also, due to the weather many people had umbrellas with them and were being told to throw them away in the bin or be refused entry.
This standard of security is nothing but farcical when common sense and understanding is obviously not instilled in the staff at the stadium.
