Important Petition

If safe standing followed the rail seating model... as used at many European stadiums, and also a sample section of which was on display at an OUFC open day a few years ago( theres pics of Beano, among others, stood on it/trying it out....it was around the time under KT as chairman, when OUFC did, a supporters led, extensive study into safe standing and rail seating....@Amersham Dave was there at that open day) ... with safe standing rail seating was used, seats could be bolted into postition or bolted flush with the rail depepending weather the stand was being used as seated area or safe standing area.... image below gives an idea of how it looks in safe standing mode ......safe_standing.jpg
 
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Sarge said:
If safe standing followed the rail seating model... as used at many European stadiums, and also a sample section of which was on display at an OUFC open day a few years ago( theres pics of Beano, among others, stood on it/trying it out....it was around the time under KT as chairman, when OUFC did, a supporters led, extensive study into safe standing and rail seating....@Amersham Dave was there at that open day) ... with safe standing rail seating was used, seats could be bolted into postition or bolted flush with the rail depepending weather the stand was being used as seated area or safe standing area.... image below gives an idea of how it looks in safe standing mode ......View attachment 424
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Its worth noting that capacity of a stand with safe standing rail seating installed looses approximately 1/3 of capacity when the rail seats are used for seating
 
Foley said:
Yes lower than that and they can have safe standing anyway. The law only relates to the top two Divisions.
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The top two divisions and also any teams who have spent at least 3 seasons in the top two divisions since 1989, including us, unfortunately.
 
outsidethebox said:
Foley said:
Yes lower than that and they can have safe standing anyway. The law only relates to the top two Divisions.
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Does that mean a lower leage club would need to remove safe standing upon promotion to the championship? Quite farcical, if so, given that I suspect at least some of their attendances in a promotion season would rank alongside those in the championship. Wonder if Sunderland could be persuaded to test this out. I'll leave the jokes to others here!
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They can still use it for the first three seasons in the Championship , but from the fourth can't. Not sure if the regulation means they have to remove or just close the standing area.

From the EFL rules:
"1.4 Each Championship Club shall, with effect from the start of its fourth Season in the Championship) only admit spectators to seated accommodation, and there shall be no standing terraces."
 
ljs said:
They can still use it for the first three seasons in the Championship , but from the fourth can't. Not sure if the regulation means they have to remove or just close the standing area.

From the EFL rules:
"1.4 Each Championship Club shall, with effect from the start of its fourth Season in the Championship) only admit spectators to seated accommodation, and there shall be no standing terraces."
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Those rules of course can be in amended in the case of somebody like Brentford who have been threatening to get a new ground for years and have finally started building it.
Which again shows how farcical it is to be about 'safety'. If it were a serious safety issue then they wouldn't let Brentford keep their terracing (without safe standing) for so long.
 
Excellent article on the subject by young Mr Taylor.

Of Tracey Crouch, Minister of Sport, he ends "In the meantime, perhaps our sports minister might reflect, Sunday being the 29th anniversary of Hillsborough, that it was always a myth that standing caused that disaster. Maybe she would be decent enough to name a single club that is actively against the idea when, by my reckoning, it is possibly 92-0. Let us know how something that is acclaimed throughout the sport as a huge success in Glasgow can be illegal 120 miles south-east in Newcastle. And maybe stop to consider why so many people are starting to think that maybe it is you that is the problem now. "
 
makv said:
Maybe they will now. Who does Jezza support?
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Arsenal, so no chance.

Corporate_Clive said:
I am amazed that Labour dont add safe standing and cheaper tickets to their manifesto.
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They did add something football related to their manifesto. I think it was travel (possibly train?) related. Could be wrong though, it was kind of hard to keep track.
 
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