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Post by bornablue on Nov 11, 2016 16:21:01 GMT
As long as if you want to sit, you can still see the game.
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Post by rugbytoffee on Nov 17, 2016 16:47:26 GMT
What is safe standing?
There are a number of solutions available to stadiums looking to reintroduce standing safely. The most commonly used one is rail seating, which features a a safety barrier and and a seat that folds vertically and is locked away. It means the stadium can revert to all-seater for games where spectators are not permitted to stand. Many authorities see it as safer than standing at all-seater grounds where there are no safety barriers to prevent fans falling forwards.
What other grounds in the world use safe standing?
he most famous example of safe standing is the so-called 'Yellow Wall' at Borussia Dortmund's Signal Iduna where around 25,000 fans stand at one end of the ground. A number of other German football grounds as well as stadiums in Sweden and Austria employ similar systems including Bochum and Hamburg. Celtic recently held a highly successful trial of a standing area in one area of their Parkhead ground.
Why do fans want safe standing?
Football grounds are undeniably less atmospheric and quieter than they were before terracing was banned. Many fans spent their whole lives standing at football and objected to the transition into all-seater stadiums. They see the new safety barrier systems as vastly safer than the open terraces of the 1970s and 1980s
Will the Premier League ever return to terracing and adopt safe standing?
Express Sport understands the Premier League is unlikely to press the government over safe standing unless it has the support of every single club, something that is unlikely to happen unless commercial pressures, i.e. empty stadiums, force them to reconsider "Clearly there is a legal position at the moment and we are required by law to have all-seater stadia and there is no prospect with the government of that changing at the moment," said Premier League chairman Richard Scudamore. "But of course we're not immune to the fact that this is a topic and it is in discussion with our clubs, all of whom are looking at the issue." However, a Premier League meeting in November resulted in clubs agreeing to hold further talks on the possibility of introduction.
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Post by rugbytoffee on Feb 8, 2017 14:48:31 GMT
Northampton Town could become the first club with a new build all-seater stadium to reintroduce standing following the results of fan consultation. The club will be taking the results of a survey carried out by Northampton Town Supporters' Trust and the Standing At Sixfields campaign group on safe standing to the local Safety Advisory Group. More than 85% of the 529 Cobblers surveyed supported the choice of standing and sitting at Sixfields, and more than 60% would purchase a season ticket in a newly installed standing area. Now Northampton Town will be talking to their SAG, who oversee safety regulations at Sixfields, to look into the matter in more detail together. The survey is the latest in a long line of surveys demonstrating the popularity of safe standing amongst football supporters across the game. Earlier this month, Everton Supporters' Trust published similiar results. Sixfields stadium was built as an all-seater venue even though, being outside the top two divisions, they were not legally required to do so.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2017 12:47:47 GMT
West Bromwich Albion have responded positively to the Premier League's letter asking the 20 teams about their interest in re-introducing standing sections in stadiums on a trial basis, the club's director of operations Mark Miles has said.
File image of West Bromwich Albion's during a game. Reuters File image of West Bromwich Albion's players during a game. Reuters English clubs are legally required to have all-seater stadiums since the 1990 Taylor Report into the Hillsborough disaster recommended the change but the league's governing body is keen on re-opening discussions about the matter.
"I have written back to the Premier League and told them our position remains that we would be very keen to be involved in a pilot," Miles said in a statement on the club's website (www.wba.co.uk)
"It is the same message I have delivered verbally at previous meetings."
Miles believes legislation regarding seating arrangements can be changed if there is proof that it is a safe option for supporters.
"As I have made clear from the outset, this is something football will not be able to introduce without a change of legislation and that can't happen unless it is proven to provide a safer option for fans to watch games," Miles added.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2017 14:07:45 GMT
The safe standing section at Celtic FC’s Parkhead stadium has been closed temporarily as a result of “serious incidents of unsafe behaviour”.
According to the Scottish champions, a number of flares were smuggled in by supporters sitting in the end, known as Green Brigade, for the last home match of the season against Hearts and the club’s preliminary Champions League tie against Linfield.
Flares caused the match against Hearts to be halted for a short period after thick smoke blew across the stadium, activating the fire alarm.
The 900 season-ticket holders that occupy the stand have been contacted by the club to explain why the enclosure will not be open for the next two games.
Peter Lawwell, Celtic FC chief executive, said the behaviour presented the club with “no choice but to take decisive action”.
“This is not a decision we have taken lightly, but the behaviour of fans in this section is posing a direct risk to the safe operation of the stadium and is also seriously tarnishing the club’s hard-won reputation,” he added.
The news will come as a blow to a number of football clubs in the English Premier League and Championship that have declared their interest in creating similar enclosures.
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