Club's double standard . . . .

[Compo's Hat]

The rest of Europe laughs at us with this rule.

[Red]

Yeh I get constantly ribbed about this whenever I'm on the continent.

[URZZZZZZZZ]

can you see the kop or stretford or end being closed for constant standing ? it comes over to be one rule for big clubs and one for smaller

United did have their allocation reduced at Anfield though.

[Svlad Cjelli]

can you see the kop or stretford or end being closed for constant standing ? it comes over to be one rule for big clubs and one for smaller

United did have their allocation reduced at Anfield though.

and at Sunderland, as did Liverpool.

[FiNeRaIn]

Yeh I get constantly ribbed about this whenever I'm on the continent.

Yeah can see it now..." look guys he looks like an englishman...they don't have terracing there...oh ho ho ho ho"

[Svlad Cjelli]

Yeh I get constantly ribbed about this whenever I'm on the continent.

Yeah can see it now..." look guys he looks like an englishman...they don't have terracing there...oh ho ho ho ho"

They don't have terracing on the continent aeither - or at least in Germany. Can everyoen get into the habit of understanding the difference between "terracing" (old-style) and "rail-seats" or "safe-standing."

It's the knee-jerk assumption that standing = old-style terracing that is holding back progess in some ways.

(Not aimed at you, FR!)

[FiNeRaIn]

Eh? Borussia dortmund have the biggest terraced stand in europe. They do this whilst having the second largest European average attendance too ( 79.151).

"Regularly 24,454 fans on the famous terrace called Südtribüne, fill the largest still existing standing area in European football"

Thats bigger than the entire mad stad in one standing area. Phenomenal.

[Svlad Cjelli]

That's what it look like full, but this is what it looks like empty :

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(Although this pic is Hanover)

But a safe-standing area is quite different from an old-style terrace, and for clarity should be referred to as such. Confusion of the differences is problematical.

[FiNeRaIn]

Dortmunds doesn't look like those, even still...its still terracing. If your argument is " put more gates in the terracing to make it safer" then I agree completely.

[who are ya?]

[FiNeRaIn]

Nice try...but wrong section.

[who are ya?]

That's the Bracknell Sports Centre

[Fox Talbot]

Svlad wrote:
But a safe-standing area is quite different from an old-style terrace, and for clarity should be referred to as such. Confusion of the differences is problematical.

This begs the question of whether people who want to stand want this new stuff (looks like a cattle pen and is little different to standing in front of your seat at an away game) or a return to proper old South Bank style terracing, which is a rather different, less restricted, experience (and not going to happen).

[melonhead]

at least youll be allowed to stand without people behind you going mental, and stewards telling you off
plus theres a nice seat just in case your legs give out

best of both worlds

[Tad Showbiz]

Football grounds that hold rock concerts allow standing during those and in most cases like Ricoh Area, St Mary's, Eastlands etc there are far more attending the concert than the football.

[Jerry St Clair]

Hilarious that Rugby League teams can have Terracing but football can't. New St helen's ground for 2012 to have both seating and standing options.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_St_Helens_Stadium

More precisely its clubs in the top two divisions that can't

Morecambe's new Globe Arena has terracing. And Cheltenham's new ground at the racecourse is also planned to have at least one end of terracing.

[Svlad Cjelli]

Hilarious that Rugby League teams can have Terracing but football can't. New St helen's ground for 2012 to have both seating and standing options.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_St_Helens_Stadium

More precisely its clubs in the top two divisions that can't

Morecambe's new Globe Arena has terracing. And Cheltenham's new ground at the racecourse is also planned to have at least one end of terracing.

It's a bit worse than that. The Football Foundation will not give grant aid to any club - at any level - for use in building standing areas, they will only fund seated accommodation. The only reason that the Globe Arena has terracing is because Morecambe didn't need external funding - if they had they would not have been able to have a standing terrace there, and the majority of clubs do need grants for stadia developments.

And Carlisle are looking to move - they currently have the largest terrace left in the UK. As they'll need external funding the odds are theat there'll be no standing in the new ground.

[Barry the bird boggler]

Perhaps one day someone will get the message through that there is nothing wrong with standing at games if it is well planned and well controlled (like any spectator event) and in accordance with the facilities available. Certainly get much better atmosphere in the home areas of grounds if it returned.

By the way looking forward to seeing Cardiff's allocation cut for the next time they visit - not.

[Svlad Cjelli]

Perhaps one day someone will get the message through that there is nothing wrong with standing at games if it is well planned and well controlled (like any spectator event) and in accordance with the facilities available. Certainly get much better atmosphere in the home areas of grounds if it returned.

By the way looking forward to seeing Cardiff's allocation cut for the next time they visit - not.

See previous posts about allocation cuts. We as a club fight them vigorously - they don't achieve anything and only cost us money. Do you really want to see one imposed?

[Barry the bird boggler]

Perhaps one day someone will get the message through that there is nothing wrong with standing at games if it is well planned and well controlled (like any spectator event) and in accordance with the facilities available. Certainly get much better atmosphere in the home areas of grounds if it returned.

By the way looking forward to seeing Cardiff's allocation cut for the next time they visit - not.

See previous posts about allocation cuts. We as a club fight them vigorously - they don't achieve anything and only cost us money. Do you really want to see one imposed?

Yep.