errr ..... yes there is - numerous ones that cover how many stewards are required for what type if situation. Not to mention the rules attached to the safety certificate and by the council.
I'm really not sure what your beef is - so there were a few extra stewards - at £7 per hour it's hardly going to break the bank !!!
And to take you up on another statement you made - the club DO NOT know how many people are going to turn up despite it being all ticket. Tickets are on sale past the time that a good percentage of stewards have to report for duty. I'm sure you'd love to turn up to work and be told to go home without pay !!!!
You just seem very angry considering you don't seem to have been put out at all. So your complaint is that you went to a football match, managed to see the whole thing AND six goals to boot but your day out was spoilt because there were a few too many orange jackets ? Hmmm ..... I know who I think looks like a complete plum and it isnt the club or NMH and his mates
13 stewards x 5 hours x £7 is £455.00. Puts the stewarding cost of the family stand Saturday at about £4 per spectator. Wasted money.
The stewarding was completely over the top, whatever way you look at it. the measures were ill thought out to the point of being a waste of time anyway.
Its usual for the one guy at the turnstiles to check your bag, so seeing the first yellow bouncer approach me, I held my bag open. "Not your bag mate, I need to see your tickets are for the family stand". So I show him, then yellow bouncer 2, stood shoulder to shoulder with him, watches me zip the bag back up, then says "Can I check your bag please sir?"
And not just my bag either. Full arms-out airport stylee frisk too. Didn't frisk the KIDS though - I'll get them to carry the knives and flares next time!