All systems are designed using expert knowledge accumulated over more than 20 years. Our steward systems have been installed in more than 50 Premier and Football League Clubs throughout the UK as well as in Rugby, Cricket and Athletics Stadia.
Before the tragedy at Hillsborough in 1989, stewarding was in its infancy, with no nationally recognised structure or training. The police were then perceived as the only agency able to control and manage mass crowds, with large numbers of officers posted at every sporting event.
Stewards have thus taken on more responsibilities in the management of crowds including: searching those entering the ground, keeping gangways clear, managing licensed bar areas, providing initial responses to incidents, training in contingency and evacuation procedures, detaining persons for offences, and ejecting fans for breach of ground regulations.
