Safe Standing - Have Your Say

[davieG]

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You will need to register I believe for your vote to count. I'm registered and complete a lot of the censuses.

Over the last 5 years we have been asking fans what they think of the "Safe Standing" campaign run by fans championing the return of terracing to football stadiums - not the large, old-style open terraces of yester-year but small, specially-designed areas utilising the latest engineering technology - similar to systems currently used for domestic games in Germany where areas can be used for either seating or standing.

This is an example of how a "safe standing" area might look based on the German model. The area of the stadia is set up for standing, when designated a seating area (e.g. for non German domestic games) the bars are removed and the seats fold down:

A recent development for the campaign is that Mike Hancock MP has proposed an Early Day Motion (EDM) calling for a Parliamentary debate on Standing Areas at Football Grounds.

"That this House urges the Government to re-examine the case for introducing small, limited sections of safe standing areas at football grounds; further urges the Government to recognise that there is widespread support for such areas, and that improvements in stadium design and technology mean that with rigorous safety specifications standing areas could be safely re-introduced; and calls on the Minister concerned to convene a meeting of representatives of the police, supporters, Premier League clubs and the Football Licensing Authority to find a way forward."

This has now been signed by 66 MPs from Labour, Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and Plaid Cymru. You can find more details here and can contact your MP urging them to support your view on Safe Standing via the Write to Them website:

We are updating the FFC report on Standing at Football, it is a subject FFC members feel strongly about so please spend a couple of minutes to give us your opinion.

[Joe.]

It's a very good idea... would probably work very well. Looking forward to going to Colchester in January where there is standing!!