Independent
Menu areas
Menu areas
Shut down
The Red Arrows fly by at Wembley Stadium in London ahead of the UEFA Euro 2020 final. Zac Goodwin / PA Wire.
A number of un-ticketed England fans broke into Wembley for Euro 2020, Metropolitan police have confirmed.
Despite UEFA and the Football Association denying reports who managed to get into the stadium without tickets, videos posted online showed fans breaching the security barriers.
Metropolitan Police said police worked with Wembley security personnel to investigate further violations at the stadium prevent.
Feverish atmosphere at Wembley Stadium. This is a few minutes ago near the main entrance to Club Wembley where it looked like a group of fans had broken the security chain. Stewards are chasing people around these days. I’m not sure if they’ll get all the way to wine and canapés pic.twitter.com/YTIx8eQLz2
« There was a security breach at Wembley early in the afternoon that resulted in a small number of People without tickets entered the stadium, « a statement said.
» We will also support efforts by Wembley Stadium officials to identify those without tickets and to eject them. «
A spokesman for Wembley -Stadions said, « There was a security breach and a small group of people broke into the stadium.
» We are now working closely with the stadium stewards and security services to remove these people. Anyone who is in the stadium without a ticket will be thrown out immediately. ”
The tournament organizers UEFA said everything was“ under control ”and no one could enter the stadium without a ticket.
With our free weekly newsletter you will receive with our football correspondent Daniel McDonnell and an experienced team of authors the facts about the Irish football scene.
Enter your email address
This field is required
Registration
An FA spokesperson added: « We are, with the assistance of the police, dealing with an incident that took place in the stadium’s outer security area.
» Security measures were quickly activated in the relevant areas and were in place no security breaches by people without tickets in the stadium. «
Independent
search
search
A Mediahuis website
© Independent.ie
Keywords:
