Premier League to discuss safe standing!

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

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.

It is possible to do both. Not sure what they do at Celtic but in Germany ypu stand where you want.
Here, there is the issue that the police know exactly where you are sat / stood so ypu can be identified if there is a problem. The police may support standing but only if fans are still allocated a specific spot.... could go either way and each councils safety advisory group could choose differently too

 

[andyhinch]

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....

And you can have a drink without being thrown off

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

And you can have a drink without being thrown off

As long as you aren't on your way to or from a game that is!

 

[Dubai Blue]

It is possible to do both. Not sure what they do at Celtic but in Germany ypu stand where you want.
Here, there is the issue that the police know exactly where you are sat / stood so ypu can be identified if there is a problem. The police may support standing but only if fans are still allocated a specific spot.... could go either way and each councils safety advisory group could choose differently too

Cheers. I think it would need to be free standing to make any real difference to the atmosphere, but even allocated spaces would be a step in the right direction.

 

[andyhinch]

As long as you aren't on your way to or from a game that is!

You'd almost think football fans are treated like second class citizens in this country ;-)

 

[BlueT]

Safe standing will eventually happen, some of the issues at west ham this season have been caused by some fans wanting to stand. It would be great if the whole lower tier of the South stand was safe standing.

 

[M18CTID]

I've got it on pretty good authority that Margaret Aspinall - the chairwoman of the HFSG - who was 100% opposed to safe standing for many years, has softened her stance of late. There's still a lot of resistance amongst some of the Hillsborough families and I'm sure that will continue in some quarters but off the record a lot of the major clubs appear to be in favour and I reckon it may happen in the next couple of seasons.

Incidentally, a majority of Liverpool fans have been in favour of safe standing for years but those fans are in a more difficult position than the rest of us in voicing their support because of the obvious sentimental issue regarding the Hillsborough families that are against it.

 

[Crouchinho]

Considering most away fans stand and don't really have problems. tf the fans were still fenced up then I'd be 110% against it. I guess the only ones who would complain are the Peter Dinklage's

 

[aguero93:20]

Considering most away fans stand and don't really have problems. tf the fans were still fenced up then I'd be 110% against it. I guess the only ones who would complain are the Peter Dinklage's

Arsenal and the scum would probably use it as an excuse for bad results.

 

[Crouchinho]

Arsenal and the scum would probably use it as an excuse for bad results.

Along with the prawn sandwiches being off!