safe standing

21 championship clubs vote in favour of bringing safe standing back for a trail

 

21 clubs probably asked who's paying for the stands to be converted too.

 

How are they meant to finance it, particularly if it's just a trial?

So the cost to take out the seating as it is and alter the terracing to be suitable for standing, and then if the trial is deemed unsuccessful to put if all back as it was.
Easiest place for them to so it at Oakwell will be the West Stand lower tier

 

West Lower

could be turned into terracing within a week. If the approval was granted. The people who sit there could easily be accommodated in the East Lower or West Upper. Priced correctly, it'd probably be full every week. Its a no brainer. Which is why it wont happen.

 

Re: West Lower

Can't get proper arms folded angry mood when stood up.

 

Re: West Lower

I reckon we could dedicate a full section to the 'arms folded for 95 minutes' crew, like the opposite to the Poznan.

 

Re: West Lower

The Brewery Stand Arm Wavers club always used to manage it every week....

 

Re: West Lower

Abject refusal to cheer or applaud. Just turn round and leave at full time irrespective of result.

The stern section.

 

the safe standing option isn't going to turn it back to terracing. i believe its a seated arrangment where the seat folds away upright and you stand in place of the seat in your allocated spot with a rail in front of you, with the rail to stop you going forwards.

i think the trust website may have had an article with pictures etc of a proposed design

 

Re: West Lower

Hehe. We might be racist in the Ponty, and the East Stand are in God's waiting room the boring negative *******, but the West Stand are always angry, on the cusp of violence.

 

Re: West Lower

Folk stand anyway at the back of stands and self police it (with those whose mope in their seats being somewhat encouraged to head down the front out of the way). Can't see any benefits. Unless they made it unreserved 'seating' which I'd not fancy

 

the corner between the Ponty and the west stand could be used too

That would actually add to the capacity, I know that taking out seating ups the capacity. But that corner is unused so why not.

 

Re: the corner between the Ponty and the west stand could be used too

Would fit 200 seats so that's 300 stood?

 

at the moment its totally unused

put a basic roof over it and the chanters/singers would love it.

 

Re: the corner between the Ponty and the west stand could be used too

I don't think that's regarded as 'safe'.

 

why not

why is that corner unsafe ? It was used before it was all seater.

 

Re: why not

I don't think the stand is unsafe, I just think they wouldn't be allowed to cram an extra 100 people in. I think the 'standers' would get a seat anyway for before the match and half time.

 

Re: why not

Its a concrete slope nar not terracing and its reserved for Sky`s annual visit.

 

Re: why not

If still stay back of Ponty. Much better view

 

I do not think you understand where I am on about Mate

the unused corner under the floodlight. It used to be terraced.