Manchester City supporters who were prevented from taking sunscreen into the Etihad Stadium yesterday on one of the hottest days of the year have been backed by a National skin cancer charity
The club on its Twitter account told its supporters to apply the suncream before coming into the stadium and bring a hat and water
One fan tweeted
“Why on earth did @ManCity ban supporters from bringing sun cream into the game when it was 31C and thousands of them were sitting in direct sunlight? Have they heard of skin cancer? What did they think fans would do – squirt it at Pep? Diabolical”
Melanoma UK, the country’s leading melanoma patient organisation, branded City’s policy “disappointing” and “very worrying”.
It said: “Really? You won’t allow sunscreen into the stadium? What is the explanation?
“You must be aware of the increase in skin cancers and the danger of UVA & UVB? Not here to criticise, but this is very worrying. Happy to work with you in awareness. Many footballers have had melanoma.
“Your supporter services team have got this wrong. You cannot expect a stadium full of fans (many of them children) not to have sunscreen with them.
“Help protect them – link up with someone who can provide the sunscreen inside the stadium. This is so disappointing.”
