standing.

[jonthefox]

probably been done before, but worth a punt eh? .

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bringstandingbacktomodernfootball/

[unreachable]

probably been done before, but worth a punt eh? .

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/bringstandingbacktomodernfootball/

Here's another petition

http://www.petitiononline.com/standup/petition.html

[leftsideoverhere]

Only very recently received a reply from No10 regarding a petition specifically on this - other people probably also got the same reply. Reckon this is more 'general football' than Leicester, but...

We received a petition asking:

“We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to lift the Government amendment to the Taylor report to the Football League.”

Details of Petition:

“When the Taylor report was commissioned and it’s findings delivered to the Football Leaugue regarding standing areas at football grounds. One recommendation was as follows: “The report stated that standing accommodation is not intrinsically unsafe, but the government decided that no standing accommodation was to be allowed at all”. With the massive investment of football stadia in both safety and facilities, I petition the Goverment to allow limited standing at football stadia. It would make football more attractive to low earners who were priced out of attending all seater games and raise the atmosphere at football matches. I propose this to enhance fooball as a game and not to under estimate the tragedy, misery and grief suffered by those connected to the Hillsbourough disaster, and that we all felt as a Nation together. It’s nearly 20 years on since that horrfic day and the stadia are now ready to safely introduce smaller, limited terracing.”

Read the Government’s response

The Government continues to support Lord Taylor’s recommendation that the all-seater stadium policy does more to ensure safety and security at football grounds than any other single measure. It is our view that the excellent safety record over the past 18 years at football grounds is a direct result of the approach to safety, disorder and crowd management, making our stadia some of the safest, best attended and most welcoming in the world.

The campaign for standing is not universally popular among football supporters (especially among families, the older generation and the disabled) whom have all returned in greater number to watch matches since seating was introduced.

A return to standing would also be unsupported by top-division football clubs and, in May 2006, they with the football authorities unanimously agreed they did not want a return to standing on terraces and that seating was the safest way to watch a match.

So because standing is "not universally popular" no-one can do it. Or at least, no-one can do it, officially. Or safely.

[The Doctor]

You all realise that no-one with any sort of power cares in the slightest about petitions?

[purpleronnie]

Absolutely, you need direct action, but that aint gonna happen is it.