Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
I love drinking beer at football, but the thought of it flying through the air during goal celebrations doesn't convince me that it's a great idea to allow it in the seats.
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Safe Standing – YES – Poster for Sat 15 Oct v Preston. Show your support.
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Marshy
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I have absolutely no problem with safe standing as long as it does not obscure the view of those wishing to remain seated.
coagulantwolf
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I don't get these people that say 'I don't want to stand so I won't support it'. No one here is advocating turning the whole stadium in to standing, they just want to give a small section of the stadium to safe standing. I don't see why you wouldn't support that 
Whoislloydy
Well-known member
Can i hold up a poster saying "north stand for STANDING only. if you want to sit go elsewhere" - is that okay? because of the ONE ROW behind me wanting to sit i have to sit
TWOCHOICEStom
Well-known member
I didn't realise the club had made a statement on it. Really really pleased about that!
I don't see the need for a show of support to be honest, the club are already engaged. They WILL listen. My gut feeling is that if the cost isn't excessive, Tony would go for this sort of thing.
A nice standing area in the centre of the north would be amazing.
I don't see the need for a show of support to be honest, the club are already engaged. They WILL listen. My gut feeling is that if the cost isn't excessive, Tony would go for this sort of thing.
A nice standing area in the centre of the north would be amazing.
In a nutshell. Pop a bank of safe standing at the rear of the North Stand and you're away. Those that wish to stand to can. Those that wish to sit, even in the North Stand, would still be able to do so and would be placed in front of the standees. I'm sure there are many reasons why this simplistic solution won't work but I'm sure that the club would have the means to come up with a workable solution if it ever came to pass.
Either way, I'd love to stand again.
Bladders
Twats everywhere
I'm too busy saving up my protest for the Bringing a Pint to your seat campaign.
But good luck.
But good luck.
That's why corners seem likely. Barber mentioned sight lines in his video and how it can be tricky to get that right.
Knotty
Well-known member
I, too, am of an age that means I much prefer to sit, but I find your views on safe standing to be arrogant and selfish.
I wouldn't use it but I wholeheartedly support the introduction of safe standing. I would also support the lifting of the ban on alcohol in the stands ... as long as those brain-dead morons who abuse it are banned for life and receive heavy fines.
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Me too. We are all able to do that on the concourses, before or after the game, or of course at half-time, so is it vital that people have to drink during the course of a game as well?
A few rows of safe standing at the back of the North Stand would be pointless, as everyone stands there anyway.
The point is to be able to have the whole stand, or atleast the marority of the stand, standing.
At the end of the day it will be down to demand. If there is a large amount of people that want to stand and a smaller amount that what to sit, then maybe having 4 or so rows of seats at the front and the rest for standing would be workable.
It seems unlikely, but if the whole of the stand had the 1.5 for 1 safe standing system, then it could hold about 6,000, as it currently holds about 4,500.
BensGrandad
New member
I wont support it because I see no justification in standing areas. It will take us back to the dark hooligan days over a period of time in my opinion, so I say do not allow it. It was abolished for a reason.
What a load of bollocks.
bn1&bn3 Albion
Well-known member
Definitely on a fishing trip now....
Perfidious Albion
Well-known member
Like a rock gig, football was better in the days of open terraces and a crowd baying and swaying ( ah, the memories of youth!)
Is safe standing going to be like that? I don't fancy standing in a pen unable get away from the tall bloke in front of me... In the pics I have seen, It looks like allocated places fixed but without a seat
Still, try it ... I won't knock it until I have tried it
Is safe standing going to be like that? I don't fancy standing in a pen unable get away from the tall bloke in front of me... In the pics I have seen, It looks like allocated places fixed but without a seat
Still, try it ... I won't knock it until I have tried it
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Outrageous. Do you know how difficult it would be to post the names of random players we should be signing during matches at the Albion if you had to stand?
Selfish, selfish selfish attitude of yours, HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME.
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
BensGrandad
New member
I don't agree with anything you've said.
That is your perogative as it is all about opinions and just as an extra I do not believe beer should be available on the concourses only cold soft drinks and hot drinks but that is another point.
