Should standing areas be re-introduced?

Royal · February 23, 2012

I'm 5 foot 6 so feck that.

sapper · February 23, 2012

EFCNIK said:
Will do it mate, but just while I'm here- no. Hillsboro was a grim lesson learnt. Even with conditions accidents could still happen. Happened in a club recently with overcrowding in Northampton where 2 people died trying to get out because of a fire alarm. Exactly the same principle in a football stadium.

I do not think the lesson was learnt,as somone who was involved in safety for over 25 years the standing was a factor but to me the overiding factors where 1. the fencing. 2. no control. 3 to many people in that end. In any emergency situation a lot of people will self evacuate unless they cannot (fencing) others can be helped unless they are stopped ( control & fencing )
I could go on but if you have a different opinion you will get shouted down in my experience.

McBain · February 23, 2012

Seats.

End of.

If you want to stand, theres plenty of teams around that don't have Stadiums.

Deleted member 12750 · February 23, 2012

Royal said:
I'm 5 foot 6 so feck that.

Try being 5'1 (n)

Username · February 23, 2012

Done that for you lid, i voted not bothered either way.

Muggins · February 23, 2012

McBain said:
Seats.

End of.

If you want to stand, theres plenty of teams around that don't have Stadiums.

That's hilarious mate. +mobile rep or whatever they say.

Groucho · February 24, 2012

Azzurri said:
This is only really worth thinking about if it can be policed properly and it's safe. But although it might improve atmosphere and attendances due to pricing, my dad tells me that terracing was grim.

As a match-goer pre-hillsborough, just wondering what would people think if we had standing but without those awful fences keeping folk in?

kev101 · February 24, 2012

Stand!

BigBlueBalls · February 24, 2012

Clubs with fans that can be trusted should be allowed to reintroduce selected standing areas, and said areas should be heavily monitored. Any club whos fans abuse the system should ban the fans responsible or have the standing licence removed.

McBain · February 24, 2012

Youd pay for a seat, then stand the whole game?

Weird.

Anyway, wasn't there some horrifying consequences to having people standing up all at the same time? Even with the best barriers known to man, you're still going to die when 500 people are crushing up against you

ijjysmith · February 24, 2012

I think standing has had its day.

I used to watch Chesterfield at Saltergate (worst ground ever) and got trampled a couple of times when they actually scored. Not a pleasant experience.

But there were some good bits to it. Like first half behind the goal when they were shooting towards the home end, then half time everyone runs round the other side to be near the away fans.

Great days.