SOUTHSTANDINGSTANDER
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Yes.
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If we had safe standing would you relocate
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Bill
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Nope. Past all that shit. We stand at corners and goalmouth incidents and that'll do me.
Don't blame the younger fans wanting it though.
Don't blame the younger fans wanting it though.
Fuzzy Logic
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I don't like sitting at games so that's why i got my season ticket in 118. If they ever make us sit in the south stand i'll give up my ticket and not bother going anymore
Bill
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Fuzzy Logic said:I don't like sitting at games so that's why i got my season ticket in 118. If they ever make us sit in the south stand i'll give up my ticket and not bother going anymore
Course you will, then in 2-3 years when they revert to safe standing your seat/space will be long gone. As we continue to win things season tickets will be like good dust.
texas pete
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So the argument for increasing the capacity could be sorted if this was to get passed (big if).
Get rid of the away fans from the SS taking the 4/5,000 seats to 9,000 standing places. Put another 2,000 seats in the gaps around the ground and the ground would then hold 54,000. I think that would do us for the next few years.
Then there is the argument that the atmosphere would improve which would no doubt happen.
Get rid of the away fans from the SS taking the 4/5,000 seats to 9,000 standing places. Put another 2,000 seats in the gaps around the ground and the ground would then hold 54,000. I think that would do us for the next few years.
Then there is the argument that the atmosphere would improve which would no doubt happen.
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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jrb said:As things stand, standing is unsafe.(if you believe H&S rules)
That's right, fans up and down the country currently stand in front of plastic seats, yet the authorities won't introduce safe standing because.....?
Exactly. I haven't got a f***ing clue either.
Actually I have TBH. It's all to do with The Government, the Taylor Report, H&S, the PL, the Council.... The list is too long.
Yeah, Fletcher is introducing chairs screwed together when a queue of more than none arrives at the kiosks. The guys serving have to sit on chairs so they can't see if anyone is waiting to be served, and the spirals are gonna be equipped with Stannah chair lifts with stewards escorting folk to their seats in motorized wheelbarrows.
M18CTID
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A definite yes from me. As it happens I'm currently in 111 and rarely sit down anyway but I'd still prefer to be in an actual standing section if the option was there.
Sadly, I still think we're a long way off getting safe-standing legalised at top flight grounds in this country. While there appears to have been some welcome movement in the right direction of late with the likes of Villa (fair play to them) sticking their heads above the parapet and saying they'd willingly give safe standing a trial run, I think the authorities are still mindful of upsetting those directly affected by Hillsborough. I notice the Hillsborough Family Support Group made some comments after Villa's recent statement saying they were still dead against the idea. Without wanting to upset anyone, I find their stance baffling. The HFSG swear by much of the content in the Taylor report and in that report Taylor himself stated that standing at football matches wasn't intrinsically unsafe. The Leppings Lane terrace was admittedly a potential death trap but it was bad policing coupled with fans being fenced in with nowhere to go that were ultimately to blame for what happened that day. Not only that, Liverpool fans continued to stand on the Kop for a further 5 years after Hillsborough before it became all-seater and during that time I don't seem to recall the HFSG clamouring for the Kop to be closed down. Either way, safe-standing sections would be a million miles away from some of the badly designed terraces that used to be present at English grounds so I really don't see where they're coming from.
Sadly, I still think we're a long way off getting safe-standing legalised at top flight grounds in this country. While there appears to have been some welcome movement in the right direction of late with the likes of Villa (fair play to them) sticking their heads above the parapet and saying they'd willingly give safe standing a trial run, I think the authorities are still mindful of upsetting those directly affected by Hillsborough. I notice the Hillsborough Family Support Group made some comments after Villa's recent statement saying they were still dead against the idea. Without wanting to upset anyone, I find their stance baffling. The HFSG swear by much of the content in the Taylor report and in that report Taylor himself stated that standing at football matches wasn't intrinsically unsafe. The Leppings Lane terrace was admittedly a potential death trap but it was bad policing coupled with fans being fenced in with nowhere to go that were ultimately to blame for what happened that day. Not only that, Liverpool fans continued to stand on the Kop for a further 5 years after Hillsborough before it became all-seater and during that time I don't seem to recall the HFSG clamouring for the Kop to be closed down. Either way, safe-standing sections would be a million miles away from some of the badly designed terraces that used to be present at English grounds so I really don't see where they're coming from.
mick10
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In the blink of an eye. Would love to have standing again.
sergiokun
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LoveCity said:YES, I'd be in a safe standing area in a heartbeat and I wish our club could pioneer the push for it like Villa seem to be doing.
This
I would love it