hrewsbury set for first English safe standing area after fans raise £65,000

[swaledale]

Shrewsbury Town are set to become the first English club to introduce safe standing at their ground after a crowdfunding campaign raised £65,000 to pay for alterations at their Montgomery Waters Meadow stadium. More than 1,000 fans donated to the cause, with their offerings bolstered by the donation of an online betting company.

The League One club have applied to have rail seats at the 10,000‑capacity ground before the end of the current season and is on course to achieve that aim. This could set an example for Premier League clubs to follow, with more than half thought to be open to the idea of standing areas, which have been banned in the top two divisions of English football since the 1990 Taylor Report into the Hillsborough disaster.


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The Premier League wrote to all 20 of its clubs on June to assess if they would be interested in trialling safe standing.


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[Romanis]

What happened to the ass?

Oh sorry thinking too much about someone. I meant S

[swaledale]

What happened to the ass?

Oh sorry thinking too much about someone. I meant S

Obv cut and paste went awry, and it seems you cannot edit the Thread header after you have posted!

[MadAmster]

Love to see it at PP but it's against health and safety rules at the moment.

[macstheman]

Only unbeaten team in the Football League!!

[swaledale]

Love to see it at PP but it's against health and safety rules at the moment.

Actually its not against health and safety rules, its against premier league rules, if it can be shown to be safe it can be achieved and there is hope as Celtic's successful safe standing section leads Tottenham to trial rail seating for new stadium subject to premier league approval.

[Salopian0]

Only unbeaten team in the Football League!!

That's my boys..4_0 win tonight .top again. Were favourites for relegation..how we've moved on from the Gay meadow

[ramAnag]

That's my boys..4_0 win tonight .top again. Were favourites for relegation..how we've moved on from the Gay meadow

What? You've abandoned that coracle that used to retrieve the ball when it was booted out of the ground Peter Kay style?

Surely 'safe standing' has got to be better than the unsafe standing that currently happens in parts of just about every ground.

[MadAmster]

Actually its not against health and safety rules, its against premier league rules, if it can be shown to be safe it can be achieved and there is hope as Celtic's successful safe standing section leads Tottenham to trial rail seating for new stadium subject to premier league approval.

Looks like we are both wrong Swale......

The legislation relating to standing in football grounds derives from section 11 of the Football Spectators Act 1989: ‘The Secretary of State may, by order, direct the licensing authority to include in any licence to admit spectators to any specified premises a condition imposing requirements as respects the seating of spectators at designated football matches at the premises; and it shall be the duty of the authority to comply with the direction.’................. so, it is Law rather than Football League rules.

The piece I have quoted from goes on to say..........

Ever since the introduction of all-seater stadia, many supporters have continued to stand in front of their seats, often for the duration of the game.
It is widely believed that this practice is illegal. This is not the case, even within Premier League and Championship grounds. The law only provides that these clubs should provide seats for all supporters, not that supporters must sit on them.

My source for this information is http://www.fsf.org.uk/campaigns/safe...s-of-standing/

[Andy_Faber]

Looks like we are both wrong Swale......

The legislation relating to standing in football grounds derives from section 11 of the Football Spectators Act 1989: ‘The Secretary of State may, by order, direct the licensing authority to include in any licence to admit spectators to any specified premises a condition imposing requirements as respects the seating of spectators at designated football matches at the premises; and it shall be the duty of the authority to comply with the direction.’................. so, it is Law rather than Football League rules.

The piece I have quoted from goes on to say..........

Ever since the introduction of all-seater stadia, many supporters have continued to stand in front of their seats, often for the duration of the game.
It is widely believed that this practice is illegal. This is not the case, even within Premier League and Championship grounds. The law only provides that these clubs should provide seats for all supporters, not that supporters must sit on them.

My source for this information is http://www.fsf.org.uk/campaigns/safe...s-of-standing/

Spot on Mad, offering opinion without citation generates a lot of heat and sheds no light, this nails it and of course predates the Premier League/Premiership