JuanPabloAngel
Alert Team
Quick summary of the current legislation re seating/standing and the legalities:
http://www.fsf.org.uk/campaigns/safe-standing/the-legalities-of-standing/
You could argue that there is nothing to stop clubs installing the 'safe standing' bars as per Celtic, Dortmund, etc. But it is then incumbent on clubs (via stewards) to ensure people sit down.
So installing the 'safe standing' bars surely doesn't fall foul pf this requirement?
Interesting. So why don't clubs just install barriers like they have at Celtic/Dortmund/etc. and then get the stewards to ensure (ish) that people use the seat facility contained therein? After all, it's still a seat, no different to what we have now except there is a barrier in front of it.
Asking for a friend.
http://www.fsf.org.uk/campaigns/safe-standing/the-legalities-of-standing/
You could argue that there is nothing to stop clubs installing the 'safe standing' bars as per Celtic, Dortmund, etc. But it is then incumbent on clubs (via stewards) to ensure people sit down.
The law only provides that these clubs should provide seats for all supporters, not that supporters must sit on them.
So installing the 'safe standing' bars surely doesn't fall foul pf this requirement?
...the Football League’s model set of ground regulations states: ‘Nobody may stand in any seating area whilst play is in progress. Persistent standing in seated areas whilst play is in progress is strictly forbidden and may result in ejection from the ground’.
It is notable that the two rules are contradictory, the first bars all ‘standing’, the second only ‘persistent standing’. In practice, standing to go to the toilet or snack bar and standing at ‘moments of excitement’ is permitted. The boundary between ‘moments of excitement’ and ‘persistent’ is rather grey and open to very wide interpretation.
Interesting. So why don't clubs just install barriers like they have at Celtic/Dortmund/etc. and then get the stewards to ensure (ish) that people use the seat facility contained therein? After all, it's still a seat, no different to what we have now except there is a barrier in front of it.
Asking for a friend.