Security Blunder Results In Fans At United Manchester's Old Trafford Stadium Being Evacuated

Daily Mail: Manchester United bomb scare was caused by security blunder after dummy device was left in Old Trafford toilet BY MISTAKE

* Stands at Old Trafford dramatically evacuated after 'code red' alert because of 'incredibly lifelike explosive device'
* Mobile phone attached to wiring said to have been discovered in toilets during Manchester United's final-day clash
* Match was postponed for 45 minutes but staff later abandoned game altogether, sending away thousands of fans
* Police and sniffer dogs deployed to ground, which has capacity for 76,000, and a controlled explosion carried out
* Sportsmail understands the scare was caused by a dummy device left in a toilet by mistake after a training exercise
* Greater Manchester Police assistant chief constable John O'Hare later confirmed Sportsmail's exclusive story

Manchester United had to abandon Sunday’s Premier League clash with Bournemouth because a dummy bomb was left in the stadium by mistake after a training exercise.

Old Trafford was evacuated after a mobile phone was found strapped to piping. The match, which was being broadcast on Sky Sports, was postponed before a bomb disposal unit carried out a controlled explosion.

The results of the explosion showed the device was actually a mock-up, described by police as ‘incredibly lifelike’.

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WNU Editor: Saw a match at the Old Trafford between Manchester United and Liverpool years ago .... it is like watching an Oakland Raiders and the San Francisco 49ers football game .... or a Montreal and Boston hockey game (or any Russia - Canada hockey game) .... or a New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox baseball game .... it is something that you never forget. (And yes ... I have been very lucky to see those games in the past few years).

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