Premier League to discuss safe standing!

[Dubai Blue]

With safe standing, do you get a given an allocated spot on which to stand, or can you just go anywhere on the "terrace"? Seems to me the biggest problem with atmosphere isn't having a seat, it's not being able to stand where you want with the people you want.

 

[Vienna_70]

I think the fact that stadia in Germany have had safe standing areas for years proves that it can be done.

Also, it seems to me that those at the top at City are trying to take measures to improve the atmosphere inside Etihad, and I'm sure they're not alone in this regard among Premier League owners. Hopefully, this will be the catalyst that brings in safe standing.

 

[blueinsa]

Wont ever happen as the greed of the top clubs and corporate requirements and i include us in that unfortunately, think only of the £££'s.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Wont ever happen as the greed of the top clubs and corporate requirements and i include us in that unfortunately, think only of the £££'s.

I don't think this is true.

I think the problem was always A: Thatcher & her gangsters followed by B: Scousers as a direct result of Thatcher & her gangsters.

Both sides of an argument, in total agreement on a completely incorrect, emotive solution. I mean, if standing was actually that dangerous, it would have shut down immediately the report was published, not been phased out over years. If a plane is proven faulty, they ground them. The problem never was standing, it was the way it was controlled & policed. Same with drinking in the ground. They're all still swilling beer at Twickenham.

Now, we still have 'B', the self rightious scousers, but we also have C: politicians terrified that as soon as any incident happens , 'B' will use it against them & say it's all their fault, even if said incident would still have happened in an all seater stadium, because a percentage of B, think everyone should bend to their will, forever, because of their loss. Even though their own fans stand up.

If a government has the balls to agree & risk offending them, most clubs will jump at it imo.

 

[blueparrot]

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Wont ever happen as the greed of the top clubs and corporate requirements and i include us in that unfortunately, think only of the £££'s.

Don't think thats true, thats why most of the tickets in the extensions are cheaper and the club helped relocate the singing blocks. I get the impression the clubs realise a full ground with atmosphere helps attract corporate, I reckon most premier league clubs would welcome safe standing.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Hillsborough families have as much right to dictate public policy on this matter as families who've lost loved ones on the road have to ban the motor car.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

It is deemed not safe to stand up at a football ground but ok to stand up at 90 miles an hour on one of Richard Branson's trains between Manchester and London for 2 and a half hours....

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Hillsborough families have as much right to dictate public policy on this matter as families who've lost loved ones on the road have to ban the motor car.

Spot on. We can't be governed by legislation or regulations based upon emotions. There are no calls to ban trains each time one derails.

 

[City Hobgoblin]

Safe Standing is actually, er safer than having loads of people stand in seated areas.
It can still be monitored in terms of ticketing, capacity, safe entry and exit.
It can be more affordable for supporters not rolling in cash.
If someone behind you or next to you is getting on your tits, you can move somewhere else, you aren't stuck next to them all season.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

It is deemed not safe to stand up at a football ground but ok to stand up at 90 miles an hour on one of Richard Branson's trains between Manchester and London for 2 and a half hours....

It is deemed to be safe to stand up at a football ground, as long as it's at a particular level in the football pyramid.