A full-time counter-terrorism manager has been appointment by Manchester United
The post has been filled by a former inspector from Greater Manchester Police’s specialist search unit.
The appointment, revealed at a recent club forum, comes amid significant additional security measures introduced at Old Trafford on match days.
Vehicles are now routinely checked as they enter car parks, and supporters are searched at turnstiles.
United’s Premier League game against Bournemouth in May was postponed when the stadium was evacuated after what turned out to be a fake bomb was found in a toilet.
It had been left behind in error following an exercise earlier in the week.
Also in November, two supporters on a stadium tour hid in an Old Trafford toilet in the hope of seeing United’s Premier League game against Arsenal. They were eventually found and handed over to police.
BBC Sport
