Safe standing

[Thedelldays]

Good on villa for being the first top flight club to publicly back the idea of safe standing areas

 

Peterborough have offered to provide a trial at London rd where they install safe standing areas like that seen in Germany that would house 2000 fans

 

Would you be for or against saints backing this idea

 

I would back them for sure

[JRM]

Everyone should back this.

 

Those who want to stand can.

 

Those who like to sit won't have to put up with people like me standing in front of them

[Mattio]

Everyone should back this.

 

Those who want to stand can.

 

Those who like to sit won't have to put up with people like me standing in front of them

This, I remember at Stevanage the stand was full of people moaning they can't see

 

 

Also imagine the noise from this:

 

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Edited 26 October, 2012 by Mattio

[Frank's cousin]

Football fans want to stand so it should be supported - current standing in seated areas is bound to cause an injury or worse at some point as there is nothing stopping fans toppling over shin height seats in front... but there are a couple of issues that need to be considered:

 

1. The 'safe' standing sections are not designed to hold as many as old stands, still ticketd and subject to max capacity higher than seated, but not double as it was before.

2. Cost - the stadia in Germnay that have standing areas were designed that way and the 'floor space' is wider than the current 'tread' of the 'steps' that hold seats - in effect any stadia that was built in the UK after all seater came into effect do not have wide enough 'tread's to accomodate safe standing as seen in Germany, when you add the anti crush barriers - would need all the concrete and possibly the steel work replacing - in effect almost a new stand. Villa would probably be able to convert back, as older stands may still have a wider foot print. We would need to rebuild a stand to qualify if the Helath and safety standards required in Germany were required here - which I think they would be.

[Colinjb]

Absolutely for it.

 

Having stood on terraces in non-leagues grounds across the country I can only imagine what the atmosphere in large scale league games would be like. The closest I've ever come was the away game at Bristol Rovers in the FA Cup a few years ago..... not the best example for it though.

 

I worry if the grandstands at St Mary's would be too steep to support it, but it would make sense for those that did want to do it.