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[Football] Safe standing in the North stand next season ....?







pigmanovich

Good Old Sausage by the Sea
Mar 16, 2024
1,777
London
Just received an email from the club with a survey on the prospect of safe standing in the North Stand. "This will directly inform potential changes to the North Stand for the 2025/26 season." Also: "Safe standing will also be introduced for visiting supporters in the coming seasons."
 


Greg Bobkin

Silver Seagull
May 22, 2012
16,291
Good idea, IMO.
 








nicko31

Well-known member
Jan 7, 2010
18,709
Gods country fortnightly
They had it at Anfield but the seats are still here, pretty useless i you want to sit on them unless you are 5 ft 5
 


Easy 10

Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jul 5, 2003
62,465
Location Location
Can't really see the point meself. One of the best thing about terraces was the freedom to shuffle around to find your mates, so you could all stand in a group wherever you liked. Safe standing won't enable that.

That said, I'm WSU so not overly bothered either way.
 










peterward

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NSC Patron
Nov 11, 2009
12,378
Can't really see the point meself. One of the best thing about terraces was the freedom to shuffle around to find your mates, so you could all stand in a group wherever you liked. Safe standing won't enable that.

That said, I'm WSU so not overly bothered either way.
Nobody sits in North except at HT anyway!

May as well, just a little less comfy on your bum at HT
 




Peacehaven Wild Kids

Well-known member
Jan 16, 2022
3,587
The Avenue then Maloncho
Can't really see the point meself. One of the best thing about terraces was the freedom to shuffle around to find your mates, so you could all stand in a group wherever you liked. Safe standing won't enable that.
This. One of the attractions to the North Stand at the Goldstone when I was a kid (and I’m treading very carefully here) was the ‘unsafe’ element, the surges and the “knees up Brighton town” losing a shoe when we scored and so on.
Standing at Anfield Saturday proved it doesn’t add much to the singing.

However, I will always vote for it as I know people want it, if I want to sit down I’ll choose a seat in the 75% of the ground that doesn’t encourage standing.
 


BN41Albion

Well-known member
Oct 1, 2017
6,892
What's so unsafe about standing as it is now? Have there been any incidents whatsoever since folk started standing in (technically) all seated stadiums? (Bar people getting overexcited at a goal and going flying, but that could just as easily happen when jumping up and celebrating a goal from being seated)
 


Easy 10

Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jul 5, 2003
62,465
Location Location
Nobody sits in North except at HT anyway!

May as well, just a little less comfy on your bum at HT
Sure. But it doesn't alter my point. You can't move around like on a terrace, you're still committed to your spot regardess.
 




Easy 10

Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Jul 5, 2003
62,465
Location Location
What's so unsafe about standing as it is now? Have there been any incidents whatsoever since folk started standing in (technically) all seated stadiums? (Bar people getting overexcited at a goal and going flying, but that could just as easily happen when jumping up and celebrating a goal from being seated)
Have you not seen the weekly DEATHS happening in L1 and L2 ?
Open your eyes man.
 


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