On Feb 21, 2:39�pm, Mizter T wrote:
On 21 Feb, 13:12, Laurence Payne NOSPAMlpayne1ATdsl.pipex.com wrote:

Why the heavy police presence at Farringdon station the other
Saturday?

Luton Town were playing away to Leyton Orient on saturday (kick off
was 3pm), so I'd presume that these were British Transport Police and
they were there to monitor/control/herd travelling Luton fans (who
have a bit of a reputation)

The match was played at Luton!
So the police may have been waiting for the thousands of Orient fans
on their way home from Kenilworth Road?

Burkey

On Feb 21, 2:51Â*pm, wrote:
On Feb 21, 2:39�pm, Mizter T wrote:

On 21 Feb, 13:12, Laurence Payne NOSPAMlpayne1ATdsl.pipex.com wrote:

Why the heavy police presence at Farringdon station the other
Saturday?

Luton Town were playing away to Leyton Orient on saturday (kick off
was 3pm), so I'd presume that these were British Transport Police and
they were there to monitor/control/herd travelling Luton fans (who
have a bit of a reputation)

The match was played at Luton!
So the police may have been waiting for the thousands of Orient fans
on their way home from Kenilworth Road?

Burkey

See recent threads about heavy-handed ticket barrier checks aided by
police and dogs around the nation recently.
Tim

On Feb 21, 3:41Â*pm, TimB wrote:
On Feb 21, 2:51Â*pm, wrote:





On Feb 21, 2:39�pm, Mizter T wrote:

On 21 Feb, 13:12, Laurence Payne NOSPAMlpayne1ATdsl.pipex.com wrote:

Why the heavy police presence at Farringdon station the other
Saturday?

Luton Town were playing away to Leyton Orient on saturday (kick off
was 3pm), so I'd presume that these were British Transport Police and
they were there to monitor/control/herd travelling Luton fans (who
have a bit of a reputation)

The match was played at Luton!
So the police may have been waiting for the thousands of Orient fans
on their way home from Kenilworth Road?

Burkey

See recent threads about heavy-handed ticket barrier checks aided by
police and dogs around the nation recently.

Or is that police searches aided by ticket checks?

I should have specified - threads on uk.railway
Tim

On 21 Feb, 14:51, wrote:
On Feb 21, 2:39�pm, Mizter T wrote:

On 21 Feb, 13:12, Laurence Payne NOSPAMlpayne1ATdsl.pipex.com wrote:

Why the heavy police presence at Farringdon station the other
Saturday?

Luton Town were playing away to Leyton Orient on saturday (kick off
was 3pm), so I'd presume that these were British Transport Police and
they were there to monitor/control/herd travelling Luton fans (who
have a bit of a reputation)

The match was played at Luton!

Details, details... please, don't bother me with all the details!

Being serious... er, whoops, that is a pretty stupid mistake to make.
My apologies!

So the police may have been waiting for the thousands of Orient fans
on their way home from Kenilworth Road?

Burkey


Could be - if so it's likely they would have been there earlier in the
day to watch over the Orient fans on their way up to Luton.

Farringdon is the likely departure point for Orient fans from many
parts of east London to head up to Luton - there or St. Pancras. I'm
not really sure that O's fans have that kind of a reputation, but that
said there could well be some tensions with Luton Town in particular.