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Safe standing - time to act

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purpleronnie

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Club Confirm Intention To Implement Safe Standing | Peterborough United - The Posh

 

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Club Confirm Intention To Implement Safe Standing

The football club confirm the intention to install rail seats within the Weston Homes London Road Terrace.

Peterborough United can confirm that the football club are committed to safe standing within the Weston Homes London Road Terrace and are pleased to announce that subject to SGSA approval and SAG certification, they will be in place for the first game of the 2022-2023 campaign at the Weston Homes Stadium.

In the Sky Bet Championship, the club cannot retain the terrace in its current form, so plans have been in place to make the changes to the stand ahead of the new campaign. A number of clubs, including Shrewsbury Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers, have installed rail seating at their stadiums with Wolves the first Premier League club to do so.

As part of the club’s plans for the new stadium, the design for rail seating has incorporated the ability to move the seating to the new venue. 

The club understands that supporters will be keen to secure a spot in the stand in their regular place and are planning a number of mini Open Days in July once the seating is in place to allow fans to choose their spot/seat for the 2022-2023 campaign. Fans that have bought their season tickets by this time will be able to choose their preferred seat/spot based on when they bought their season ticket. That purchaser will then have first refusal to retain that seat year on year at renewal time.

Chief Executive David Paton said: “We have been in discussions with a company who specialise in rail seating and are really pleased that we are now at a point whereby we can confirm that this will be in place for the new season subject to approval from SGSA and SAG. We are in constant dialogue with them and are looking forward to completion of the project.

“Safe Standing is something that the football club have been involved with right from the start, visiting stadiums overseas to see how it is implemented and working with supporter groups. I know, from first hand conversations, that it will be welcomed by our supporters, and it is an important development for the club’s short-term future.”

 

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Sol thewall Bamba

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37 minutes ago, purpleronnie said:

Club Confirm Intention To Implement Safe Standing | Peterborough United - The Posh

 

 

Nice moment that, Peterborough were one of the original clubs to push for rail seating when the were in the championship and there was a chance they were going to have to rip their terrace down.

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2 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Nice moment that, Peterborough were one of the original clubs to push for rail seating when the were in the championship and there was a chance they were going to have to rip their terrace down.

Hopefully the away end can get converted back to standing in the future.

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24 minutes ago, Mike the Metal Ed said:

Hopefully the away end can get converted back to standing in the future.

Peterborough are looking to build a new ground anyway because of how much investment would cost to improve London Road.

 

Be interesting if they do have safe standing again in the away end though.

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Sol thewall Bamba

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61566698

 

Almost over the final hurdle now, the trials have gone without incident and have been assessed to have "improved supporter safety", now it's just the case of getting the finals seal of approval and clubs can do what they want straight away. 

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2 minutes ago, Claridge said:

Unless it allows clubs to increase capacity I can't see much benefit, at Spurs it was meh

 

Different strokes for different folks, sitting at the football sucks the fun out of it for me personally. 

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23 minutes ago, leicesterseddon said:

Panic stations at LCFC as they realise they will finally have to come off the fence on this 

I don't think so. It would have been a lot easier -- on many different levels -- to implement the singing section with the stadium expansion. They could have announced it this summer, giving people a couple of years to figure out new seating etc. I think the singing section was implemented this year so they can figure out some of the logistics of having a safe standing section in the "new" stadium.

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44 minutes ago, MarriedaLeicesterGirl said:

I don't think so. It would have been a lot easier -- on many different levels -- to implement the singing section with the stadium expansion. They could have announced it this summer, giving people a couple of years to figure out new seating etc. I think the singing section was implemented this year so they can figure out some of the logistics of having a safe standing section in the "new" stadium.

He is right.

It is fairly well known that those high up at our place have not been the most forthcoming with it.

The safe standing roadshow asked many a time to come to Filbert Way to showcase rail seating to the support pre game on the brick weave.

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1 hour ago, MarriedaLeicesterGirl said:

I don't think so. It would have been a lot easier -- on many different levels -- to implement the singing section with the stadium expansion. They could have announced it this summer, giving people a couple of years to figure out new seating etc. I think the singing section was implemented this year so they can figure out some of the logistics of having a safe standing section in the "new" stadium.

This is the same club that has given its fanbase a month's notice that they'll be forcing mobile tickets onto 80% of the fanbase. If they ever do it, it'll be way after the ground has been broken for the expansion. lol

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On 04/07/2022 at 18:30, MarriedaLeicesterGirl said:

I don't think so. It would have been a lot easier -- on many different levels -- to implement the singing section with the stadium expansion. They could have announced it this summer, giving people a couple of years to figure out new seating etc. I think the singing section was implemented this year so they can figure out some of the logistics of having a safe standing section in the "new" stadium.


The stadium expansion isn’t due to be completed until 2024, probably later at this rate as LCC are months behind on the planning permission decision. 
 

Deferring a standing section until then will just be another way of sitting on the fence really. Especially as by then we might be the only all-seater stadium in the top flight 

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Watching the many new and currently being built MLS stadiums with big banks of standing has got me a little nostalgic from my time following Houston but it's also tinged with a little jealousy.  But at least now we can hope that one day we will get safe standing.

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Newcastle United - Newcastle United to install 'safe standing' rail seating (nufc.co.uk)

 

 

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Newcastle United has outlined its long-term commitment to safe standing and will install a rail seating provision in the visitors' section of St. James' Park this summer following guidance from the Sports Ground Safety Authority (SGSA).

To avoid major disruption to season ticket holders, the club will look to introduce a similar provision in a home area of St. James' Park as early as 2023, subject to a consultation process.

The plan follows the announcement this week that Premier League and Championship clubs wishing to introduce licensed 'safe standing' areas at football stadiums will be allowed to do so from the start of the forthcoming 2022/23 season.

While supporters will not be permitted to stand at St. James' Park yet, the SGSA has advised that the front section of the away end at St. James' Park - located in the upper section of the Leazes End - would benefit from having the added infrastructure in place as a priority.

"WE ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING ST. JAMES' PARK AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OUR SUPPORTERS TO IDENTIFY AN AREA FOR FANS WHO MAY WISH TO STAND IN FUTURE."

DAVE GREGORY, HEAD OF SAFETY AND SECURITY

Dave Gregory, head of safety and security at Newcastle United, said: "I'd like to emphasise that supporters will still not be permitted to stand at this time, but the addition of rail seating will add an enhanced safety provision in an elevated part of the stadium.

"We are committed to making St. James' Park as safe as possible for everyone, and we look forward to working with our supporters to identify an area for fans who may wish to stand in future."

SGSA chief executive Martyn Henderson OBE said: "We welcome the controlled return of standing for the modern era, which has been made possible by a very close collaboration with the Government.

"This is an historic moment for football - and, most importantly, for the fans who have campaigned for this change and will be safer as a result of today's decision."

Football Supporters' Association chief executive Kevin Miles said: "Match-going supporters know the benefits of safe standing are enormous, with better atmospheres and more choice for fans, whether they prefer to sit or stand.

"The FSA has always made the case that football clubs should be able to talk to their fanbase and work together to find the ideal mix of seating and standing at every club. That's now possible and it's no surprise at all that more clubs are already looking to join last season's early adopters and install their own safe standing areas."

Once licensed standing is given the green light at St. James' Park, fans would be allowed to stand for matches in allocated spaces behind a barrier or a rail in areas of persistent standing. Each supporter would have to occupy the same area they would take if they were sitting, with a traceable, numbered ticket.

Seats would not be locked in the up or down position, so fans could sit if they wished to, and the standing areas should not affect the views of other fans. Other parts of the grounds would remain all- seated and fans would be expected to sit in these areas.

The necessary legislative amendments to the Football Spectators Act were formally tabled in Parliament on 4th July 2022.ALL SU

 

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8 minutes ago, promised land said:

Also the front section of the away end.

 

Wouldn’t it have been better for the back end of the away section? All you get at the front especially St James are the oldies sitting anyway. 

Only when we visit.:D

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62324896

 

Uefa announces plans to trial safe standing areas in European competitions
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Chelsea fans at Stamford Bridge
Chelsea fans in the safe-standing section at Stamford Bridge for their game against Liverpool in January - the first licensed standing allowed at a top flight ground in England for 30 years
Uefa is to trial safe standing at men's European club competitions in England, Germany and France during the 2022-23 season.

European football's governing body will observe standing facilities to see if it can be reintroduced.

It is being limited to countries where safe standing is "authorised and implemented at a domestic level".

In July, the Premier League and Championship were given the go-ahead for safe standing areas.

The Uefa trial will apply to group stage and knockout rounds up to and including the semi-finals.

"The objective is to assess if and under what conditions standing may be reintroduced in Uefa competitions in a safe manner," Uefa said.

Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham are in the Champions League, Arsenal and Manchester United in the Europa League, and West Ham in the European Conference League.

Safe standing areas have existed at Germany's top-flight football grounds for a number of years - most famously at Borussia Dortmund's Westfalenstadion.

Dortmund celebrated the news in a tweet, saying that for the first time their European home games will be attended by 81,365 fans - their usual official capacity for Bundesliga matches.


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Last season, four Premier League clubs - Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur - and Championship side Cardiff City took part in a government-commissioned pilot study.

On 2 January, Stamford Bridge became the first top-flight ground to allow licensed standing in almost 30 years when Chelsea and Liverpool met in a 2-2 Premier League draw.

Designated standing areas had not been seen at Premier League grounds since the adoption of all-seater stadiums in the early 1990s - a recommendation of the Taylor Report following the 1989 Hillsborough disaster that claimed the lives of 97 fans.

 

 

No excuses now LCFC.

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