Official EFL safe standing survey

[Hamburg Blade]

I don't use the facilities but i enjoy sitting on the kop. A number of my mates sit on the south stand, but i don't want to sit there as they don't like me.

Can't fool us, matey.

 

[Sean Thornton]

I really can't imagine it being any cheaper. It's still England, you know. We love being ripped off.

Kids today. You'll get what you want AND you have a better more comfortable seat than me!

A wer watchin' Blades while you wer a gleam in yer Dads eye. And don't give me that "younger than you" excuse. Used to dream of sittin' in old wooden John Street listening to them boring old self entitled bastards going on about kids today and how long they'd been going and err, err....

Err, anyway, What good are rail seats to dogs. Answer me that?

 

[Bashar Al Asaba]

I don't use the facilities but i enjoy sitting on the kop. A number of my mates sit on the south stand, but i don't want to sit there as i don't like the view.

What TomJonesBlade said. He's more diplomatic.

 

[Sheffsteel]

i've resigned myself to having to give up my seat and that would probably mean that i gave up going to the football as I don't really want to move my season ticket from the centre of the Kop to the flanks of the South Stand.

Giving up on footballl just because you can’t have your exact seat.
That’s a new one to add to the list of excuses......can’t imagine your hearts really in it.
I felt like quitting when they made it compulsory to have all seater stadia but still went.
Anyhow I think they would only do the back third or back half of the Kop so your seat in the middle will probably remain unaffected.

For me there’s a principle at stake. Surely the majority should have the choice like in other sports.
No one has been able to come up with a reason why safe standings shouldn’t be trialled,
apart from “what’s the point because no body wants to stand”,
which will look stupid once the findings of the EFL survey are given to the government.

 

[TJB.]

Err, anyway, What good are rail seats to dogs. Answer me that?

Gives the owner something to tie the leash to.

 

[Sean Thornton]

I felt like quitting when they made it compulsory to have all seater stadia but still went.

 

[TJB.]

What TomJonesBlade said. He's more diplomatic.

Exactly. Everyone loves diplomats. You'd be hard-pressed to find many members of the public who hate diplomats, yes sirree.

 

[Sheffsteel]

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I quit going over the Summer break, then first match of the season thought I made a big sacrifice by going.
Still don’t like the seats and would prefer to stand.
However there’s a chance that once I’ve stood for a whole match I might want to return back to being seated again ha ha.

 

[Sean Thornton]

• Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way. ...

 

[SwissBlade]

Giving up on footballl just because you can’t have your exact seat.
That’s a new one to add to the list of excuses......can’t imagine your hearts really in it.

With respect, its not your place to question whether my hear is in the football or not. I make my point because this is what i fear and I am only guessing that I will eventually be forced to move because my "choice" is no longer available.

I have come to this conclusion given that this season we were over 20000 season ticket holders, for me, my mates and all the lads that sit around us to all find seats near to each other, i'd imagine would be near impossible to be accommodated in the centre of another stand.

On top of that, i have my own ceiling for what i value a season ticket at, if it goes above that because i am forced to sit in an area which isn't as favourable and at an increased cost, then the choice which everyone on here is talking about getting is going to be taken away from others that see no reason to change

 

[TJB.]

I quit going over the Summer break, then first match of the season thought I made a big sacrifice by going.
Still don’t like the seats and would prefer to stand.
However there’s a chance that once I’ve stood for a whole match I might want to return back to being seated again ha ha.

Let's be honest, for those of a certain age like my dear dad, it's more likely to be 'safe leaning' than safe standing

 

[Numpty's Dusty Ruts.]

Let's be honest, for those of a certain age like my dear dad, it's more likely to be 'safe leaning' than safe standing

Haha! I'm even older than your dear dad, and love the idea of a safe lean. Myself and my lad (esteemed Forgeblade, he's less of a lad than he used to be) occupy space about 6 rows from the back of the kop. We stand, and like doing this, but we're the last row of "standers", and a lot of people sit. I'd feel safer with safe standing, as on the occasions it gets a bit riotous (it does sometimes), I do feel a bit wobbly without anything in front of me, even if beer has not been partaken. My daughter attended a match in Germany many years ago (Hannover rings a bell), and although much less of a footy person than her dad and brother, said how fantastic the safe standing was and how it contributed to a great atmosphere (as did the beer and sausages, which were apparently of a rather better quality and potency than the crap served up on our lovely kop!).

 

[Kenilworth]

Prefer to stand
I'd even be pleased to have terracing back.