[Football] West Ham man-bag policy

[Herr Tubthumper]

Their website is a bit vague and says bags are generally permitted but large bags are banned. It doesn’t give any guide to sizes though. It also adds a caveat that any bag can be banned at the discretion of the security staff.

Does anyone have experience of this and know if an A4 sized man bag will be allowed?

 

[CheeseRolls]

From my experience at West Ham, I can not see how this would be allowed. You could easily fit both teams in there and make away with hundreds of millions of talent.

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[sydney]

Their website is a bit vague and says bags are generally permitted but large bags are banned. It doesn’t give any guide to sizes though. It also adds a caveat that any bag can be banned at the discretion of the security staff.

Does anyone have experience of this and know if an A4 sized man bag will be allowed?

The Dagenham fashion police reckon you'll get away with your A4 sized man bag but only if you have it as part of an ensemble with matching headwear and shoes.....no open toes or high heals.

 

[Beach Hut]

Last time I had a gym bag and had no issues at all.

 

[Icy Gull]

Last time I had a gym bag and had no issues at all.

PE kit and some Winfield plimsolls?

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Last time I had a gym bag and had no issues at all.

At last, a sensible response. Thank you.

 

[Beach Hut]

PE kit and some Winfield plimsolls?

Don't be silly I had all the Groovy Gang supplies

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

At last, a sensible response. Thank you.

I think a call to WHU would ellicit a much more sensible one.

 

[Me and my Monkey]

Their website is a bit vague and says bags are generally permitted but large bags are banned. It doesn’t give any guide to sizes though. It also adds a caveat that any bag can be banned at the discretion of the security staff.

Does anyone have experience of this and know if an A4 sized man bag will be allowed?

A4 sized bags were the rule for Wembley, so I guess you should be fine.

 

[Yes Chef]

In a similar predicament a couple of years ago I ended up using the left luggage at Liverpool Street, but I think I had a marginally larger bag than you. I was also worried about things getting damaged /confiscated - on spurious grounds I should add

 

[Is it PotG?]

https://www.claretandhugh.info/what-you-can-and-cant-bring-to-the-london-stadium/

Damn, no frisbees.

 

[dolphins]

I've not seen a match there yet - just other things (including paralympics). Most recently saw the Stones there, and the policy was a very strict A4 size (can't remember the depth of the permitted bag) and a lot of people were getting VERY angry at the security points as their bags were turned away. Typically, once in, you could spot people with rucksacks and the like, so clearly some security points didn't care, others very much did. As @Cowfold_Seagull says, best to give them a call to make sure. There's very little in the immediate vicinity so unless you drive up, you'll have nowhere to stash the bag if turned away.

 

[happypig]

You need wearable luggage

 

[studio150]

Does anyone have experience of this and know if an A4 sized man bag will be allowed?

Providing the bag had sufficient points for a ticket and is not using someone else's ticket, it should be fine.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Last time I had a gym bag and had no issues at all.

Don't you be coming on here with your sensible response

 

[sydney]

Don't you be coming on here with your sensible response

i'm not sure there is a sensible response to a question that uses the words man bag.......i mean lap top case all day long but man bag....

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

i'm not sure there is a sensible response to a question that uses the words man bag.......i mean lap top case all day long but man bag....

I will have my iPad in the bag, does this qualify?

 

[Mr Putdown]

I will have my iPad in the bag, does this qualify?

iPads are banned according to the link posted by PotG above.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

iPads are banned according to the link posted by PotG above.

Good point. “Seat cushions” are allowed so I can bring something to sit on.

 

[Pinkie Brown]

I've not seen a match there yet - just other things (including paralympics). Most recently saw the Stones there, and the policy was a very strict A4 size (can't remember the depth of the permitted bag) and a lot of people were getting VERY angry at the security points as their bags were turned away. Typically, once in, you could spot people with rucksacks and the like, so clearly some security points didn't care, others very much did. As @Cowfold_Seagull says, best to give them a call to make sure. There's very little in the immediate vicinity so unless you drive up, you'll have nowhere to stash the bag if turned away.

That was Stones management policy rather than the stadium. It was the same everywhere they played. Had the same issue in Berlin with my partners handbag that was marginally over A4 size. Complete chaos and a lot of pissed off people. Guns N Roses had played there a week or so before and larger bags weren't an issue apparently.