BBC News - Government plans to lift football standing ban
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58357046
Time will tell whether that means some seats will be replaced, or if our board think that there's no need as people stand anyway.
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BBC News - Government plans to lift football standing ban
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58357046
Time will tell whether that means some seats will be replaced, or if our board think that there's no need as people stand anyway.
It's about time.
My concern is that some fans will take it as a fre-for-all and stand here there and everywhere.
We have a number of older and disabled fans (me included) who USED to stand in our youth, but cannot stand for 45 minutes at a time.
Standing already causes problems for me when there's action in the corner by the away section - people there get excited and stand, forcing the next block to stand or miss the action - this continues to half-way, where I sit, and it's bloody annoying.
Seriously, who wants to stand up at football. Lol.
I'm 44, I look for a seat in a nightclub now
You still go in nightclubs? Are you Michael Gove? https://www.theguardian.com/politics...deen-nightclub
In the middle of moving my season ticket from the canton to the Ninian stand so I can sit down !
This is great news.
Will improve atmosphere, potentially lead to cheaper tickets (or keep cheaper tickets in grounds with existing terracing) allow choice, help those unable to stand, hopefully ensure that some standing and seating is available for away fans, who for many clubs are made to stand all game.
I cant think of anything negative at all.
I can't stand sitting down....
It may not...
However, if you looked at ticket prices for any of the 20 or so league clubs that do still have standing, then they would be cheaper to stand than sit at pretty much everyone.
Whether that means clubs would reduce prices if they returned them to terracing is another question. In theory though, they involve less maintenance, can fit more people in per metre sq etc etc and offer less comfort, so the rationale is there.
Also depends if we mean traditional terracing (ie, where you stand where you like) like the Bob Bank lower before, or this rail seating, which doesnt actually increase capacity at all.
I would like to lobby the club for a more adventurous approach to fan comfort which would require us to remove the first ten rows of seats around the ground , fill the area with sand and place deckchairs in that area and provide a lady waitress service to and from the area , they would of course attract highest seating costs in the stadium .
I'd name it Sloper By the Sea
You joke, but some American and Aussie grounds have this.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/22457...ng-the-action/
Barrier seating is coming
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news...g-canton-stand
Following the publication of a CFE Research report for the Sports Grounds Safety Authority (SGSA), Cardiff City Football Club is pleased to provide a positive update on its safe standing provision at Cardiff City Stadium.
The Club endorses the report and, in light of its findings, is installing seats with independent barriers across all seven bays of the back five rows of the Canton Stand, offering a safe standing option to supporters in this area this season.
Cardiff City contributed to the CFE Research report as one of six case study sites, alongside Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Brighton & Hove Albion, Brentford and Celtic.
The final report, which included responses from Cardiff City spectators and references to the work of the Club, found that installing barriers or rails has a positive impact on spectator safety, among wider benefits.
While Club policy will remain unchanged in the Ninian Stand, Grandstand and Family Stand (where persistent standing is not allowed), the Canton Stand meets the CFE Research definition of a “tolerated standing area”.
Further safe standing is planned to be introduced in the away end in 2022/23.
As in previous seasons, the Club will commission an independent inspection of these arrangements at one or more matches during the 2021/22 season. The reports of these inspections will be provided to the local Safety Advisory Group and published online.
I know City are looking at a safe standing area, at the rear of the Canton Stand. The downside is, I hear , that they will be more stringent on enforcing sitting down in other area of the ground.