Safe Standing – YES – Poster for Sat 15 Oct v Preston. Show your support.

[nskbha]

Safe Standing – YES. Give fans a choice.

Following the recent announcement that the club are looking into the possibility of introducing a Safe Standing area should the law in England change; we are asking fellow Albion fans to publicly show their support for the campaign so that fans can have a choice.

Please print the poster saved here and hold it up at the start of Saturday’s game v Preston to show your support for the Safe Standing campaign.

Please also contact your MP here, asking them to support any future changes to legislation to allow Safe Standing in England.

You can find out more about Safe Standing on the Football Supporters Federation (FSF) website here.

Our understanding is that the club are in contact with the Safe Standing Roadshow and a visit to the Albion is being arranged. This will allow fans to experience the ‘Safe Standing’ (modern rail seat) system for themselves.

We have been contacted by the Albion with a view to finding the best time to highlight support of the Safe Standing campaign.

It is a complex issue that, as demonstrated by this thread, prompts reactions from a number of viewpoints. We have been pleased to see how this thread has promoted a wider understanding of how future changes might be implemented while causing us to recognise that some uncertainty and sensitivities remain.

We re-iterate that our message is a show of support for the Albion’s recent announcement and to promote an opportunity for fans within the ground to show their support for the Safe Standing campaign.

It’s clear that the law in England must change first. One way to make this happen is for a popular show of support for Safe Standing. If you support Safe Standing contact your MP and ask them to support any future proposed changes to legislation. Without the support of MPs this will not happen. They work for you and as such people should let them know their views.

Our aim was to encourage fans to show their support for the Albion’s announcement at a home game. However, the club are uncomfortable with fans doing this at this time. As a result the club prefer that we postpone this weekend’s show of support


We remain happy to discuss this with anyone who would like to talk to us and look forward to a renewed enthusiasm for this issue.


NSKBHA

WE WUNT BE DRUV

 

[Pinkie Brown]

For those interested in the above campaign, feel free to sign and share about the link below. Will take all of a minute or less. All is self explanatory. In short, Damien Collins, MP for (somewhereplace) is standing for election as chair of the culture, media and sports select committee. He is very sympathetic towards the case for a return to safe standing. Having him as chair would be most helpful to the cause.


http://votefootball.org/Campaign/Damian4CMS

 

[BensGrandad]

I didnt see any banners at the PNE game. Were there any displayed?

 

[Pinkie Brown]

I didnt see any banners at the PNE game. Were there any displayed?

See the previous posting to mine. As that reads to me, the organisers were 'leant on' by the club.

 

[BensGrandad]

I may be wrong, I usually am, but to me that seems that the club do not want to be seen to be proactive until it appears that the law is going to be changed with prerssure from MPs but at the moment it is only in the asking of the possibility stage.

As previously stated I am against standing at matches but wouldnt want to stop those that wish to, provided there was no escalation in violence back to the ways of the 70s.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

However, the club are uncomfortable with fans doing this at this time. As a result the club prefer that we postpone this weekend’s show of support

NSKBHA

WE WUNT BE DRUV

You reckon?

 

[LamieRobertson]

I may be wrong, I usually am, but to me that seems that the club do not want to be seen to be proactive until it appears that the law is going to be changed with prerssure from MPs but at the moment it is only in the asking of the possibility stage.

As previously stated I am against standing at matches but wouldnt want to stop those that wish to, provided there was no escalation in violence back to the ways of the 70s.

To those first seven words

 

[Thunder Bolt]

I read something about a fans forum with the club, on 27th October, about Safe Standing. I can't find a link at the moment.