VBQ24 Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40413087 Hopefully a step in the right direction. The Kop would look fantastic with the middle two blocks all stood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupremeOwl Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 I think realistically, we will be the last club to get this even if it does make it starts to get implemented on a larger scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highbury Owl Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 We have the opportunity to have a new Leppings Lane stand as a state of the art safe standing area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTacoSWFC Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 We haven't even got this season's kit out to even look at yet! Maybe in our 300th anniversary we will get these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MallorcaOwl Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 28 minutes ago, VBQ24 said: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40413087 Hopefully a step in the right direction. The Kop would look fantastic with the middle two blocks all stood. It wouldn't work like that, the fans sat in the other blocks to the side would not be able to see all of the pitch. They could make all of the rear tier of the Kop standing, or one end were the Band are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshy Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Don't think we'd ever get approval for an area of safe standing, even if Leppings Lane was knocked down and rebuilt. There's far too much stigma attached to Hillsborough. I could only see it happening if we moved stadia, and even then I think it's a long shot. Can you imagine the outcry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Good luck to them. All seater stadiums have had a huge detrimental affect on the atmosphere in stadiums. Although I don't think I'd go back to standing now, I used to love standing on the Kop and would love Wednesday fans to at least be given that option again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darklord Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Sadly people dont see the difference between standing and overcrowding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatter Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Shrewsbury have a new stadium with modern concourses etc.but applying doesn't mean the application will be granted. Hillsborough as it stands at the moment would never get approval for safe standing. Reasons are obvious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest addedtime Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 They would be perfect for me. I prefer standing, but, at the ripe old age of 43, my back isn't brilliant. So a quick sit down now and again to take the weight off would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Owl Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 If this comes off and it spreads I for one am all for it. We have to move on from 1989 and I can predict Liverpool will be one of the first clubs in the Prem to adopt this if it takes off. They already stand on their kop every match as it is disregarding any safety issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PremierEngravedGifts Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 If this ever comes in at Hillsborough we need the entire upper half of the KOP and half the North doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striker Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 1 hour ago, SupremeOwl said: I think realistically, we will be the last club to get this even if it does make it starts to get implemented on a larger scale. Agreed, personally if I'm paying £39 for a ticket, I want a seat anyway please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Blatter said: Shrewsbury have a new stadium with modern concourses etc.but applying doesn't mean the application will be granted. Hillsborough as it stands at the moment would never get approval for safe standing. Reasons are obvious. So it wouldn't hurt to spell them out then would it ? IYO of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatter Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 32 minutes ago, nevthelodgemoorowl said: So it wouldn't hurt to spell them out then would it ? IYO of course. Old stadium with poor segregation and narrow concourses and an understandably cautious approach of governing authorities following Hillsborough disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Blatter said: Old stadium with poor segregation and narrow concourses and an understandably cautious approach of governing authorities following Hillsborough disaster. Prior to THE DISASTER Hillsborough experienced the problem once before and luck rather than judgement got us off the hook. Once the fences were erected it was obvious to most of us old timers with extensive ground experience that the critical part of the machinery were the drop bolts on the inside of the tunnel doors. Had the commander of the day given the instruction to put the drop bolts in place prior to opening the outer gates 96 People would have returned to Liverpool that day. All the rest is shame faced guilt combined with paranoia. Hillsborough has 5 approaches to the ground, more than most modern grounds and a willingness to work with the QANGO SAG; But all they seem to do is avoid a uniform strategy and treat each game as a flipping war strategy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 'Rail seats'. Hope they are more comfy than the ones on Arriva Trains Northern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Can't see the point of safe standing, the best bit of standing was when there was a massive surge and everyone lost their balance and place. Sometimes their money and stuff. Sounds very girly to me (Sorry ladies, I am a feminist really) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 5 minutes ago, nevthelodgemoorowl said: Prior to THE DISASTER Hillsborough experienced the problem once before and luck rather than judgement got us off the hook. Once the fences were erected it was obvious to most of us old timers with extensive ground experience that the critical part of the machinery were the drop bolts on the inside of the tunnel doors. Had the commander of the day given the instruction to put the drop bolts in place prior to opening the outer gates 96 People would have returned to Liverpool that day. All the rest is shame faced guilt combined with paranoia. Hillsborough has 5 approaches to the ground, more than most modern grounds and a willingness to work with the QANGO SAG; But all they seem to do is avoid a uniform strategy and treat each game as a flipping war strategy ! If someone asked me which grounds were dangerous prior to the disaster, Hillsborough would not have been one of them I would have mentioned. I experienced many dodgy crowding issues (in retrospect) at different grounds, Anfield being one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 8 hours ago, VBQ24 said: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40413087 Hopefully a step in the right direction. The Kop would look fantastic with the middle two blocks all stood. I can just see the meltdown at SAG if we applied for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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