Entrance to a Football Ground

Entrance to a football ground crossword clue. A daily crossword on Mail on Sunday UK newspaper on 30 July 2017. 9 letters.

Answer: TURNSTILE

A turnstile, also called a baffle gate or turnstyle, is a form of gate which allows one person to pass at a time. It can also be made so as to enforce one-way traffic of people, and in addition, it can restrict passage only to people who insert a coin, a ticket, a pass, or similar. Thus a turnstile can be used in the case of paid access (sometimes called a faregate or ticket barrier when used for this purpose), for example to access public transport, a pay toilet, or to restrict access to authorized people, for example in the lobby of an office building.