safe standing permission granted

[ninjamonkey]

This is great news. I can see it being implemented across scotland very very quickly which in turn will increase the demand this side of the border. The FA will have to approve it eventually. Just a shame we couldn't have had this in place already, we could of completely revamped the south stand along with the expansion.

This, and that stupid rule about not being able to view a football pitch with a beer in your hand.

I've always thought it was a stupid rule but when i think about it, i agree with it. Do you really want to be soaked in beer every single game? As you can guarantee that's what will happen. whether that's through accident like jumping up when we score, idiots intentionally throwing beer like they do at festivals and other such places or if you're near the away fans like me, there will be no end to the amount of beer thrown by each side.

 

[maccadon]

No alcohol at Scottish games at all.the old firm fans saw to.that

 

[marco]

This is great news. I can see it being implemented across scotland very very quickly which in turn will increase the demand this side of the border. The FA will have to approve it eventually. Just a shame we couldn't have had this in place already, we could of completely revamped the south stand along with the expansion.


not to late! if this kicks in a chain reaction it will be here sooner rather than later, at city we could change the plans for the north stand and re design one massive stand like Dortmund's and have that as our end

 

[Manchester33]

Great news - let's get it going in England!

I'm sick of people using Hilsborough as an excuse not to implement rail seating. If only the people in charge weren't so stuck in their ways!...

 

[ancoats]

don't think it will ever come back in England the money in a seated ticket price is about £50 and the premier league gates are still very good each season so why change it and then sell a standing ticket for £20

the money is not there in Scotland and they need to bring the fans back to match football and not watching on tv there is no money from tv in the scottish game nobody really out side of Scotland watch it so they need to fill the grounds with cheap tickets and will work great

but in England and most of the new stadiums in the premier league are not really built for standing and would take a lot of work to test the stands foundation and movement with the volume of people added to each stand. I can only see the lower levels working but then again at the Etihad the ground level is lower to the land level so I don't think city could change the foundation but I may be wrong

 

[marco]

don't think it will ever come back in England the money in a seated ticket price is about £50 and the premier league gates are still very good each season so why change it and then sell a standing ticket for £20

the money is not there in Scotland and they need to bring the fans back to match football and not watching on tv there is no money from tv in the scottish game nobody really out side of Scotland watch it so they need to fill the grounds with cheap tickets and will work great

but in England and most of the new stadiums in the premier league are not really built for standing and would take a lot of work to test the stands foundation and movement with the volume of people added to each stand. I can only see the lower levels working but then again at the Etihad the ground level is lower to the land level so I don't think city could change the foundation but I may be wrong

all the modern stadiums are tested to very extreme conditions, remember when rangers played at the Etihad and they were doing that bouncy thing the concrete was moving and its designed to do so,the Kop at Liverpool could be reverted back as at Everton,Villa,Scum, Spurs etc so there would be no problems with this,as price per ticket for standing i woudnt imagine it would be anything like half the cost of a seat so £50 for a seat versus £35 standing, maybe the standing section would hold a few more than the seats to compensate for revenue loss

 

[squirtyflower]

all the modern stadiums are tested to very extreme conditions, remember when rangers played at the Etihad and they were doing that bouncy thing the concrete was moving and its designed to do so,the Kop at Liverpool could be reverted back as at Everton,Villa,Scum, Spurs etc so there would be no problems with this,as price per ticket for standing i woudnt imagine it would be anything like half the cost of a seat so £50 for a seat versus £35 standing, maybe the standing section would hold a few more than the seats to compensate for revenue loss

i think someone said you get three standing people to every two seats. Therefore the cost would have to be approximately 2/3rds to balance out, although the additional third packed in would buy more beer and goodie perhaps?

 

[marco]

i think someone said you get three standing people to every two seats. Therefore the cost would have to be approximately 2/3rds to balance out, although the additional third packed in would buy more beer and goodie perhaps?

was not sure of the standing V seating capacity but that sounds about right, when i went to Dortmund (not with city) i was in the seats along the side and that Kop, it looked packed although not as bad as say Liverpool in the 70s, the noise created at Dortmund is the loudest i have ever heard at a match

 

[squirtyflower]

was not sure of the standing V seating capacity but that sounds about right, when i went to Dortmund (not with city) i was in the seats along the side and that Kop, it looked packed although not as bad as say Liverpool in the 70s, the noise created at Dortmund is the loudest i have ever heard at a match

it won't be as packed as the kop as the seating rails stay in so their's a natural gap between the rows of fans, unlike the kop/kippax where you could mingle anywhere and the only barrier was a small step

 

[80s Shorts]

Whole of level 1 of the east stand for standing would be brilliant. Or am I just dreaming ?