Standing sections

[westboy]

Should there be standing sections at ALL grounds these days?

I personally think so, I don't think there should be places for people who want to stand and places for those who want to sit, just have tighter limits on the number of people you let in.

What do you think?

[cliffy]

there should be but its not allowed in higher leagues. Some rule that was brough it, the riverside was the first ground to fully comply witht the rule. I'll have a look see if i can find it

[cliffy]

The Taylor Report is a document, whose development was overseen by Lord Taylor of Gosforth, concerning the aftermath and causes of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. It was published in January 1990. It sought to establish the causes of the tragedy, and make recommendations regarding the provision of safety at sporting events in future.
It is synonymous with the recommendation that all major stadia convert to an all-seater model (i.e., all ticketed spectators have seats, as opposed to some or all being obliged to stand). The Football League in England and the Scottish Football League introduced regulations intimating that clubs in the highest divisions must comply to this recommendation, and some clubs started upgrading their stadia even before this rule was introduced.
The report stated that standing accommodation is not intrinsically unsafe, but the government decided that no standing accommodation was to be allowed at all. Stand Up Sit Down is a group campaigning for a compromise on this issue, so that some fans can stand, even if this is just in front of a seat.
Other smaller recommendations were made on such items including alcohol within stadia, crush barriers, fences, turnstiles, cost of a ticket and other stadium items.

[westboy]

Yeah I'm aware of the rule but Hillsbrough happened because they let too many people in (obviously more people can fit in if it's standing). If they have one stand or more required where they allocate fans seats but just allow them to stand, then what harm is it going to do?

[Simonutd]

Originally Posted by westboy

Yeah I'm aware of the rule but Hillsbrough happened because they let too many people in (obviously more people can fit in if it's standing). If they have one stand or more required where they allocate fans seats but just allow them to stand, then what harm is it going to do?

the problem twoth hillsbrough was the fences that people got quashed into, we dont have them any more for that reason, so i dont see why we cant have standing anymore,

[westboy]

Exactly I just think that because people are so (rightly) sensetive about Hillsbrough because it was a tragedy and changes hadto be made, but I still think they took it too far. As I said before they just need to tightly restrict numbers and this could be done by allocating seats to people, even if they don't want to sit down.