I've no problem with searches as that is a condition of entry that you may be subject to one.
The problem with the searches is the inconsistency with them. In my section in the West on one turnstile a male steward was searching all the males but, rightly, not the females but the female steward on the next turnstile was not searching anyone?
Why wasn't she searching the females?
None of the men on the female stewards side were searched which kind of defeats the object.
Can understand searches in the North and to a lesser extent the South but I don't recall ever seeing a flare or bottle etc on the pitch from the West.