The searches are excessive. Why are they happening? I don't recall any weapons or flare issues inside HP until yesterday and ironically it was in the away end. I've been to grounds at higher levels than L1 this year and haven't been searched.
There were a few issues with flares or green smoke bombs or whatever they were inside the ground before COVID, I've had a few land near me in the Devonport. If you're near one when it goes off it's not pleasant.
There were also three or four blokes yesterday in the Devonport that were obviously on something as their behaviour was unnecessarily aggressive, surely it's safer for the rest of us that can behave themselves if they've at least been searched before entry, bearing in mind the current state of mental health of the nation since lockdown?
It's a 5-second, non-contact search, how anyone can find it offensive baffles me.