Any fellow old farts on here have any experience of this new fingerprint nonsense when travelling abroad? We're off to see our son in Belgium next month on the Eurostar and have read that ancients are having problems. Examining my fingertips I see that I haven't really got fingerprints any more. Problem for old people and those who use their hands a lot apparently.

I just hope the people at the ground today who are enforcing the rules on bags make it clear to supporters that they are doing it because it's a new law that all venues with a capacity of over 2,000 have comply with and not a club policy (and that club could be fined if they are found to have broken this law).

My girlfriend says the extra couple of inches mean everything:-)

Trigger - because it's cheaper to build a third floor when initial construction is, er, constructed, rather than add it later on. And let's be honest here - if we hadn't had built it we would very quickly wish that we'd put it in when we had the chance

Yes it's the ground floor opportunity now REPD.

Would love to know what additional dangers are introduced by the extra inches between A4 and eg laptop bag. When they're being searched anyway. Makes it essentially impossible to bring smaller kids to the game btw. Or come from work. It will really not be possible for many to leave work equipment in a bag drop.

Oi - oh. Well bugger.

I'm building up to it REPD ...

Applies to Club Shop also except with Club branding and £35 "AFC compliant bags"

Anyone done a "third floor" comment yet?

If you were really entrepreneurial Spit, you would start manufacturing "smaller than A4 bags" in Bangladesh for £1 cost, brand them as Spit the Dog and sell them £25 a go

Might park in waterside way and do a cloakroom out of the back of cab ,£2 an item,the old raffle ticket system 😂

Trigger - three games on TV last night, two on SS+ and Boro v Wrexham on Sky Sports (and apparently ITV).

Morning all. If you read the OS blurb, it does say it's a trial so it will probably be fine tuned if it continues. TBH the big problem seems to be the location - if you could change it so that it's virtually outside the main entrance that will be more useful for home fans

I assume it makes the search process more efficient therefore reducing or at least not increasing the already-at-times long queue times to get in (South Stand).

There's a huge gulf between the list of "banned" items (which seems very reasonable) and the leap to "only bags smaller than A4", which doesn't make sense at all.

Arsenal also have the A4 rule, apparently.

Smaller than A4? This suggests you can't buy anything from the club shop and take it into the ground?

Feel the same Nick which is why I’m interested as to whether other clubs have had and are following the same guidance. Maybe just London clubs?

Moreover, the bag collection point will mix home and away fans, not something that the Police will be happy with, esp 19th Sept!

Credit to the club for offering the bag drop, but I would be pretty sure that it won't be used enough and will be dropped after a couple of games. It's obviously possible to work around the rules (by carrying / having in a pocket what you need rather than having it in a bag) but it would have been much better to simply allow small (but slightly bigger than A4) bags and rucksacks - which would have achieved the underlying objective without undue inconvenience. I can't help thinking that this is coming from some sort of external guidance, as the new rules, as written, seem pointlessly annoying and I can't see any benefit to the club in introducing them as they stand.

I’d have Forss back in a heartbeat.

That bag drop idea isn't going to work. Apart from the additional walking to (and from) the drop-off, you have the small matter of queueing after the game, when everybody just want to go home/to the pub

I see Marcus Forss is a free agent. Currently on trial at Bolton.

Yep maybe ok for people coming in from Earsfield station but no where else. Sorry that's a pretty poor efforft from the Fan's club again! Must be somewhere onsite.