Hamilton Saint Posted 4 July, 2022 Share Posted 4 July, 2022 Standing areas are to be allowed for next season in the EPL and Championship. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62029516 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 4 July, 2022 Share Posted 4 July, 2022 Will this happen at Saints? Where are we with this project? Heard nothign out the club that I can remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted 4 July, 2022 Share Posted 4 July, 2022 Just now, Hamilton Saint said: Standing areas are to be allowed for next season in the EPL and Championship. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62029516 Apparently, just 8 clubs have signed up to it. Spurs, have allocated 10k "seats". 3k in the away stand and 7k in their big home section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 4 July, 2022 Share Posted 4 July, 2022 I've kinda grown up sitting down at football other than at non league clubs (and even then I didn't really like it) so I'm gonna stick to sitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 4 July, 2022 Share Posted 4 July, 2022 We wont do it as the club generally hold the home fans in contempt. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 4 July, 2022 Share Posted 4 July, 2022 Haven't the club always said that SMS was designed as an all-seater stadium and so the angle of the slope that the seats are on is unsuitable for safe standing rows? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 4 July, 2022 Share Posted 4 July, 2022 Get the whole of the Chapel Kop as standing and St Mary’s will be even more of a wall of noise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 4 July, 2022 Share Posted 4 July, 2022 35 minutes ago, Sheaf Saint said: Haven't the club always said that SMS was designed as an all-seater stadium and so the angle of the slope that the seats are on is unsuitable for safe standing rows? Not sure about that, but I don’t think so. There’s different types of safe standing but it seems like the premier league version is just one seat = 1 standing space with handrails in front. Cardiff have done it and it doesn’t look different to their regular seating, they’ve just fitted handrails over over each row of seats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenilworthy Posted 4 July, 2022 Share Posted 4 July, 2022 I think "Safe" is the keyword. Standing in seating areas is I believe something of a risk and we would probably need to create a dedicated standing area. And I hasten to add that I am not anti-standing by any means, but I do believe people should have the choice of sitting if they want to. While at away grounds at the moment standing is essentially compulsory and that rules out a good number of supporters who can't stand for long periods - I will probably be one of them when my dodgy knee gives up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 4 July, 2022 Share Posted 4 July, 2022 1 hour ago, Saint Garrett said: Will this happen at Saints? Where are we with this project? Heard nothign out the club that I can remember. We've got Northam and Itchen North as informal standing areas, the club hate the Itchen North and are actively trying to close that area down rather than just steward the away fans properly. Can't see Saints actually investing in anything like this. Have stood at every away game for probably last 20 years so whether it's safe standing or not no real change I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saints foreva Posted 6 July, 2022 Share Posted 6 July, 2022 On 04/07/2022 at 17:23, JRM said: We've got Northam and Itchen North as informal standing areas, the club hate the Itchen North and are actively trying to close that area down rather than just steward the away fans properly. Can't see Saints actually investing in anything like this. Have stood at every away game for probably last 20 years so whether it's safe standing or not no real change I think Seen a few on twitter today say that they've been moved due to the club allocating stewards seats in Block 1. Don't know why they can't just take that from the away allocation, we give 3,300 to the away teams which is 300 more than we're required to going by the 10% or 3,000 rule the PL set. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IFHP Posted 6 July, 2022 Share Posted 6 July, 2022 17 minutes ago, Saints foreva said: Seen a few on twitter today say that they've been moved due to the club allocating stewards seats in Block 1. Don't know why they can't just take that from the away allocation, we give 3,300 to the away teams which is 300 more than we're required to going by the 10% or 3,000 rule the PL set. Exactly this. We seem to bend over backwards for away fans for both league games and cup games where we give more tickets to away fans then required. Why do the club have to have stewards in the seats in block 1? there is a netting over seats between the dividing barrier and where the away fans sit as it is. Like others have said i cant see the club istalling rail seats any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 6 July, 2022 Share Posted 6 July, 2022 On 04/07/2022 at 16:46, The Kraken said: Not sure about that, but I don’t think so. There’s different types of safe standing but it seems like the premier league version is just one seat = 1 standing space with handrails in front. Cardiff have done it and it doesn’t look different to their regular seating, they’ve just fitted handrails over over each row of seats. wonder what the cost is for doing that, say per thousand seats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nta786 Posted 6 July, 2022 Share Posted 6 July, 2022 From a business point of view, there is no point in installing these “rails”/standing seats As it stands it wouldn’t give us any extra capacity as it would most likely be capped by the number of seats in the block currently anyway, we’d obviously have to spend money installing them, and then finally fans would probably expect that particular area to be cheaper which makes it less financially viable. I’d rather the club spent the money towards the transfer kitty! I suppose the argument is whether safe standing would improve atmosphere and results on the pitch, but that isn’t quantifiable, however cheaper tickets would improve the general feel good factor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alehouseboys Posted 6 July, 2022 Share Posted 6 July, 2022 As many clubs will install safe standing areas it will make it easier for the authorities to pick out and clobber those that don't but have persistent standers in seats. There will be added pressure to conform for the likes of us as there's now an option for all clubs, I'd suggest that if they decide not to install rails then all-seater will mean all-seated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 6 July, 2022 Share Posted 6 July, 2022 48 minutes ago, Chez said: wonder what the cost is for doing that, say per thousand seats? Initially I’d think not that much if it’s just barriers that are going in. But then I’m no structural engineer, there may have to be FEA studies done on whether the footings will be sound etc and potentially additional strengthening/rework underfoot. Seeing as, so far, more PL clubs than not remain uncommitted to it, perhaps it’s more onerous than just an installation of barriers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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