It's time, it will happen

[Barry Sanchez]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25526329

 

 

Please, please come true, this will be the best belated or early Christmas present ever.

[Huffton]

Its total common sense, and if it happens everyones a winner. Therefore it won't...

[Griffo]

Sounds as if it's just the Football League. Doubt it'd happen in the Prem?

[Chicken With A Banjo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ugM7H4EEKU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[Barry Sanchez]

I feel sorry for the 2nd World people, they never get a mention..........................

[shirleysfc]

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Edited 28 December, 2013 by shirleysfc

[lifeintheslowlane]

Naa...too working class...why would we want to go that route again.

[Tomobz]

Would love it to happen but I feel like the government won't reverse the current laws. AMF

[Fitzhugh Fella]

Saints have been very quiet with their stance on this issue

[Whitey Grandad]

I'm too old for that sort of thing now:(

[shirleysfc]

Saints have been very quiet with their stance on this issue

 

So have a lot of other clubs.

[Hatch]

if i was 20, it would be great. But I'm not, so seating is good for me.

[Matthew Le God]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25526329

 

 

Please, please come true, this will be the best belated or early Christmas present ever.

 

Saints aren't in the Football League so it doesn't matter to us.

[sfc1976]

The increase in numbers will make it even harder to park the Range Rover near the ground, there will be no space to store the picnic hamper, and it will be a frightful challenge to keep baby Crispin occupied without being seated. No!

[Barry Sanchez]

No one is saying its for everyone, its for some, if you dont want to stand you dont have to, the tail wagging the dog yet again.

[Batman]

it wont happen. For the fear of upsetting self pity city

[ericb]

Would absolutely love this to happen and would make perfect sense in the Northam. Would be mighty ****ed though if there wasn't some kind of reduction in price, or at least a freeze, to go with it.

[aintforever]

Would be great if common sense prevailed and safe standing was allowed. There is no logical reason why it shouldn't.

 

I doubt it will though because I expect clubs prefer to sell seats at the higher price and there is probably nothing to gain financially by converting back. Maybe dwindling attendances and lack of atmosphere might prompt them to make it happen?

[Wade Garrett]

If the terracing was like the terracing in the Bundesliga, I wouldn't have a problem. Seems safe as everyone has an allotted seat/space, so overcrowding shouldn't be a problem. If it's just a ploy to increase ground capacities by ripping seats out and packing out the terraces I would be against it.

[david in sweden]

I feel sorry for the 2nd World people, they never get a mention..........................

 

 

I think that this analogy (2nd World) means ......The United States having been newly-colonised in the 15th/16th century....and the Third World is the under-developed countries around the World.

[Turkish]

Saints have been very quiet with their stance on this issue

 

The away end will be terracing first, it'll give Cortese something else to spend the away fans fund on next season.

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

At my age I quite like sitting down most of the time to be honest about it.

 

But supposing our younger/fitter fans had the freedom and flexibility to buy match tickets in a contained safe standing area, and then watch the game standing wherever they liked with their mates without having all the fuss and bother of trying (and failing) to find consecrative unallocated seating then that would be great. A fan might even be able to move around a bit (within reason) if he chose to. If standing were a tad cheaper too, so that a working man could afford to go to the football more often perhaps, then all the better I say. Now the police/stewards would doubtless object to that idea on the grounds that they like to be able to identify everyone from their allocated and easily traceable seat number. I think however that making this country a bit less like a 'Big Brother' state might not be such a bad thing.

 

No one in their right mind wants to see another Hillsbrough-like situation occur again. However there were unique (and easily preventable) circumstances surrounding that tragedy and they do say that 'hard cases make bad laws'. Methinks that any revenue lost by introducing cheaper safe standing areas would be easily offset (and them some) by increased attendance. Indeed I suspect that St Mary's could easily grow to a 38,000 fan mixed seating/standing stadium without much trouble.

 

That scenario is be too good to be true of course because 'mother' always knows best in this over regulated and health and safety obsessed country of ours ... more's the pity.

[Whitey Grandad]

No one is saying its for everyone, its for some, if you dont want to stand you dont have to, the tail wagging the dog yet again.

 

Quite so. I just want everybody to be happy

[kwsaint]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ugM7H4EEKU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

I'm glad someone's kept a sense of proportion with this. Funnily enough, this would probably stop all threads on this forum.

[skintsaint]

I would also imagine it wouldn't be cheap to replace a stand or two with this style standing/seating.

 

Might be cheaper to build a new stadium while we are at it

[Barry Sanchez]

I'm glad someone's kept a sense of proportion with this. Funnily enough, this would probably stop all threads on this forum.

 

It would stop most things, the answer is to install by force democracy in African Countries,the issue is the white man invading Africa again and giving their version of freedom to someone whilst forcing them is nothing short of colonisation part II. There is your answer lets move on with the issue thank you.

[kwsaint]

It would stop most things, the answer is to install by force democracy in African Countries,the issue is the white man invading Africa again and giving their version of freedom to someone whilst forcing them is nothing short of colonisation part II. There is your answer lets move on with the issue thank you.

 

Do you honestly think the British parliament will vote for this? Bearing in mind how delicate the situation was with Hillsborough?