A mock evacuation was staged at Oxford United's match with Droylsden yesterday.

Steward went through their paces during the staged evacuation of the Kassam Stadium, although the crowd was not asked to move.

Keith Carter, the stadium's safety officer, said: "As part of our safety certificate we have to regularly train the stewards to evacuate the stadium in the event of an emergency.

"There was no emergency today, it was just a training session for the stewards which went very well."

Fire crews did turn up to help with the exercise. The crowd of 4,331 enjoyed a one-nil win to the home side.