safe standing permission granted

[squirtyflower]

It was 71/72 just for one season before the seats went in,I stood behind the goal all season and like you said the atmosphere was fantastic.We should of won the league that season,we signed Rodney towards the end and quite a few people say that was the reason we didn't,I still can't make my mind up on that one.

yep, i remember it being the year we nearly won the league
i think Rodney upset the balance of the team and Wyn Davies, who he replaced, had been in brilliant form all year

i would love us to turn the North Stand into a huge end like the one at Dortmund
City Square right behind to get the party started and then carried on into the ground

 

[mancityvstoke]

We are the North stand
we are the north stand
The north stand MANCHESTER.

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what was that song as well?

no said joe I don't think so but I've heard of the North Stand ...Maine Road

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

How ebarrassing is this... just show's how backwards English football is that the Scottish leagues are in fact more forward thinking and progressed in implementing safe standing on their shores.

Come on FA, get your fingers out of your asses and get safe standing in our leagues.

You are clueless. Scotland doesn't come under the UK Government regulation requiring all seater stadiums that apply to grounds only in England and Wales.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

The best year was 72/73 ish (71/72) when the scoreboard end had a roof and became the north stand at Maine Road we had standing the season before they put the seats in. It was immense and the noise fantastic, much better than the Kippax

It was brilliant! Sad to see it go, but when the seats came in I got a Season Ticket (Block N, Row 10, Seats 1&2 for me and the big sis!) behind the goal 9 rows up from Helen and saw some of the best up close football I had ever seen. Remember Big Dave's header at that end. Hardest header I have ever seen! And, another favorite moment was a very young Peter Barnes jinking Pat Jennings out of his shorts and chipping him from outside the box.

Ahhhh, the good old days, after the great old days and before the sad old years. Wonder how "these years" will be seen 40 years from now?

 

[Lucky13]

One of the consultants who helped get this implemented was interviewed on Talksport yesterday, this new "standing" will replace the exact number of existing seats, so no increase in capacity and no chance of a reduction in ticket prices.

 

[squirtyflower]

It was brilliant! Sad to see it go, but when the seats came in I got a Season Ticket (Block N, Row 10, Seats 1&2 for me and the big sis!) behind the goal 9 rows up from Helen and saw some of the best up close football I had ever seen. Remember Big Dave's header at that end. Hardest header I have ever seen! And, another favorite moment was a very young Peter Barnes jinking Pat Jennings out of his shorts and chipping him from outside the box.

Ahhhh, the good old days, after the great old days and before the sad old years. Wonder how "these years" will be seen 40 years from now?

probably will all be forgotten about unfortunately, unless there's a buddy Dr Gary James out there keeping a record of what's being said now
in fact this forum is good primary evidence

 

[lancs blue]

You are clueless. Scotland doesn't come under the UK Government regulation requiring all seater stadiums that apply to grounds only in England and Wales.

That's right, the all-seater rule that was applied to the Scottish top flight was a self-imposed decision by the football authorities.

 

[deano ou812]

Does this make it easier for them to throw objects etc ;-)

 

[Manchester33]

You are clueless. Scotland doesn't come under the UK Government regulation requiring all seater stadiums that apply to grounds only in England and Wales.

Although that is correct, the legislation doesn't prevent English clubs from introducing rail seating (The Safe-Standing design that's going to be used at Celtic Park). The legislation basically says every fan should be provided a seat, which they would be, it would just be locked upwards.

The legislation needs changing either way, everyone who's been to football games knows it's a completely different ball game to the 1980's. Crowd control is 100x better. The be all and end all in my view is that people stand at every single ground in the country, that isn't going to change so we should accept it and provide a safe means of doing so.

 

[Dubai Blue]

One of the consultants who helped get this implemented was interviewed on Talksport yesterday, this new "standing" will replace the exact number of existing seats, so no increase in capacity and no chance of a reduction in ticket prices.

Yeah, i heard that too, which didn't seem to tally with what I'd read previously.

I'm also not sure how much it would actually help with the atmosphere. The old way of standing helped because you could pay on the turnstile, stand with your mates, and congregate anywhere you wanted on the terrace with like-minded fans. None of that is possible with rail seats and I just can't see the English clubs being arsed to go through with it; they simply don't need to at this stage.