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EU-FUNDED SAFE STADIUM PROJECT
March 2024
Steve Frosdick joined 500+ participants in a large-scale exercise at the City Stadium in Lodz in Poland. In the context of a live football match between teams from Poland and Slovakia, a terrorist actor staged a CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear) attack on the crowd by spraying an unknown substance. The video shows the attack, a gun battle between the terrorist and the police, the evacuation of the stadium and the decontamination of the affected persons.
THE GUARDIAN AND THE TIMES NEWSPAPERS
June 2022
Steve Frosdick’s departure from UEFA for integrity reasons was first reported by David Conn in The Guardian and then by Tom Roddy in The Times under the headlines “Revealed: Uefa safety consultant quit and expressed concerns in February” and “Safety expert Steve Frosdick quit Uefa role after ‘raising concerns’ about Zeljko Pavlica’s leadership”. The story was also carried in multiple languages across the international news media.
EU-FUNDED SAFE STADIUM PROJECT
February 2022
Steve Frosdick joined the project team in Madrid and participated in the project meetings, workshops and visit to the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.
UEFA NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS DIVISION
February 2022
In his final assignment for UEFA, Steve Frosdick and colleagues designed, developed and delivered an online Stadium and Security Webinar in February 2022. From 20 minutes into the webinar, Steve was interviewed about the problems of objects and missiles being thrown, and of stairways and vomitories being blocked.
UEFA National Associations Division 2
September 2021
Steve Frosdick was part of the team which designed, developed and delivered the 2021 Stadium and Security online webinar. Steve was one of the panellists on the two-hour talk-show looking at lessons from the UEFA EURO 2020 tournament and other contemporary topics such as pitch invasions. The event was recorded and uploaded to YouTube.
Football Union of Russia
February 2021
Steve Frosdick spoke at a Webinar for Russian Security Officers. Steve covered two topics: safety and security incidents over the first two parts of the season; and the safe return of spectators to the stadium.
Cardiff
November 2020
Steve Frosdick spoke at a meeting of elite professional sports to lobby for the adoption of one metre social distancing (rather than two metres) when spectators are permitted to return to sports grounds in Wales. Steve’s remarks were reported in The Guardian newspaper.
Sochi
February 2020
Returning to Russia for the third session in a series, Steve Frosdick was part of a team which delivered two days of joint training for club/stadium safety/security managers and police match commanders in Russia.
Baku
March 2020
Steve Frosdick was part of a team which delivered a safety and security seminar to support the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan and their partners in clubs and the public authorities with their preparations for future tournaments.
Skopje
October 2019
Steve Frosdick was co-moderator for a pyrotechnics masterclass for the Football Federation of North Macedonia.
Kielce
October 2019
Steve Frosdick was again the main speaker at the Polish Football Association’s annual 'Safe Stadium' Conference. His keynote speech covered cooperation between the event organiser and the police within the integrated approach to safety, security and service in Poland.
Serock
October 2019
Returning to Serock for the second time, Steve Frosdick was part of a team which delivered two days of joint training for club/stadium safety/security managers and police match commanders in Poland.
Chisinau
June 2019
Steve Frosdick was co-moderator for a joint training event hosted by the Football Association of Moldova (FAM). The programme was attended by club/stadium safety/security officers, police officers involved with football, FAM staff and other partners.
Hong Kong
April 2019
Steve Frosdick undertook a stadium inspection and led a seminar for the Hong Kong Football Association and its partners.
Sarajevo
March 2019
The eighth in series of pyrotechnics masterclasses saw Steve Frosdick in Bosnia and Herzegovina to co-moderate another two-day event.
Moscow
February 2019
For the seventh pyrotechnics masterclass in the series, Steve Frosdick was in Russia to co-moderate a two-day event for the Football Union of Russia.
Telki
February 2019
Steve Frosdick was part of a team which delivered two days of joint training for club/stadium safety/security managers and police match commanders in Hungary.
Nicosia
October 2018
Steve Frosdick was part of a team which delivered four days of joint training for stadium safety/security managers and police match commanders in Cyprus.
Kielce
October 2018
Steve Frosdick was the main speaker at the 18th edition of the Polish Football Association’s 'Safe Stadium' Conference. He gave a lecture entitled 'Complacent About Risk: Haunted By Responsibility'.
Opatija
October 2018
Continuing the series of Pyrotechnics masterclasses, Steve Frosdick co-moderated a two day event for the Croatian Football Federation.
Ljubljana
April 2018
Steve Frosdick was co-moderator of a Pyrotechnics masterclass organised by the Football Association of Slovenia.
Serock
April 2018
Steve Frosdick was co-moderator of a Pyrotechnics masterclass for some 200 delegates invited by the Polish Football Association.
Kazan
February 2018
Steve Frosdick was part of team which delivered a Counter Terrorism masterclass for security officers from football stadiums in the top two Russian leagues.
Kyiv
February 2018
Gerald Toms and Chris Baker delivered a ‘train the trainer’ course to support the Football Federation of Ukraine in their preparations for the 2018 UEFA Champions League Finals.
Moscow
February 2018
Steve Frosdick and colleagues again returned to Moscow to complete a third stewarding 'train the trainer course for the Football Union of Russia. The trainers went on to train the stewards who will work at the twelve stadiums to be used for the 2018 World Cup.
Guardian Newspaper
September 2017
Writing in the Guardian on 12 September 2017, football journalist David Conn interviewed Steve Frosdick for an article entitled Clubs step up counter-terrorism before Champions League.
Kuala Lumpur
August 2017
In August, Steve Frosdick gave six presentations at two separate security officer conferences organised by the Asian Football Confederation in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia.
Belgrade
June 2017
In June, Steve Frosdick was a speaker at the fourth international conference Safety Management of Sports Competitions organised by the Faculty of Sport at the University "Union – Nikola Tesla" in Belgrade, Serbia.
Moscow
February 2017
In February, Steve Frosdick and colleagues returned to Moscow to complete a second stewarding 'train the trainer course for the Football Union of Russia. The trainers went on to train the stewards who worked at the four stadiums used for the 2017 Confederations Cup.
Baku
November 2016
In November, Steve Frosdick was in Baku as a main contributor to a football safety and security seminar organised by the Association of Football Federations Azerbaijan.
Abu Dhabi
August 2016
Steve Frosdick was a guest speaker at the United Arab Emirates Pro League Committee’s Pre-Season Workshop in August in Abu Dhabi.
Moscow
Febuary 2016
In February, Steve Frosdick and colleagues undertook a stewarding ‘train the trainer course in Moscow for the Football Union of Russia. The trainers were then responsible for training steward working at stadiums in the Russian Premier League.
Glasgow
June 2015
June saw the culmination of several year's work for Steve Frosdick and his client, Celtic FC in Glasgow, when the club was finally granted permission to install the first rail seating (safe standing) system in a UK football ground. Sky Sports included in their news report an interview with Steve and a video of his live television demonstration of the seat.
Cyprus
January 2015
Steve Frosdick was part of a multi-agency delegation which delivered a joint training course for police match commanders and stadium safety and security officers in Cyprus in January.