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I see that the authorities have not approved this in England. I occasionally peruse the BBC comments as they can be entertainingly rabid. The comments below from the BBC are well informed and put across my argument very well.


I regularly attend away games where everyone stands. Several times I've nearly gone flying over seats when celebrating - it would be far safer to stand helped by the right infrastructure.


Tragic disasters have been caused by human incompetence but the point is to root out the mistakes and learn. The cruise industry did not cease when Titanic sank. Modern safe standing is safe due to learning.


What does ED reckon? Lots of safe standing at our local club and better still beer too! A permanent ground would help but that is another issue.

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I'd love to have terraces back. Most German clubs have terraces and when European matches come along they just bring in seats and fix them into place, then easily removed for domestic fixtures. A genius idea.

I think clubs should introduce a small terraced area as a pilot study and see how it goes.

As others have pointed out Celtic manage it, Dortmund and many others. Man U were considering it yonks ago rather than having to extend their ground. I was at a crowded match in 1980 and the police (did the stewarding then) opened up the gates to move us to the less crowded side pens to ease the crush. Not rocket science. Having said that many I know in their 20s seem to have not desire to have standing. Seeing the small Liverpool contingent tonight I'd also raise the Away fan allocation.


Last time I saw it unlimited was Wimbledon vs Leeds and they simply kept on opening additional blocks in the Arthur Waite as numbers swelled.

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