SWINDON TOWN: Town to look into safe standing at the County Ground (From Swindon Advertiser)

Standing at a football ground was only good when, like penguins, the fans used to huddle together to keep warm. It's a retrograde step, in my opinion, and is only good for those persons of a certain height; shorter people, children and the disabled would all have their view disrupted due to taller people getting in the way. The Town End as it is may as well be a terrace, because, if you buy a seat ticket in there, you can never use the seat as everyone stands anyway.

I've been safe standing for 40 odd years its called the town end.
Onwards and upwards
Oh it's good to be beside the sea side

Great news. I know its not for everyone but the option of standing (safely) on a terrace would be fantastic.

swindon69 wrote:
Standing at a football ground was only good when, like penguins, the fans used to huddle together to keep warm. It's a retrograde step, in my opinion, and is only good for those persons of a certain height; shorter people, children and the disabled would all have their view disrupted due to taller people getting in the way. The Town End as it is may as well be a terrace, because, if you buy a seat ticket in there, you can never use the seat as everyone stands anyway.

As 70% of the ground would still be all seater there will be far and away enough room to sit - this will provide the option for those who want to stand and accept the old trials and tribulations.
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The new safe standing gives far more room to each spectator as well so you'd probably find that only the shortest and smallest would still be impacted and if they can't get somewhere with good visibility then the main stands are probably the best place for them anyway.....after all the Town End does not, and never did, give the best view of the game....but it has always been the best atmosphere! If it did go back to standing I'd certainly go back every now and then for the memories.
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Always remember standing near the back but always squinting wondering if the ball was on the 18yd line, 6yd line or in the net......never stopped us appealing for favourable offsides or berating the referee for stupid offside decisions on us...regardless of what we could actually see. :-)

about time they did something out there the place is a mess out side the ground and in side its been left behind the times why would the board want to invest in a ground they dont own about time the council backed the football club and this board we willnever get another chance like this again

Given the choice at away games I always choose standing and so it appears do most fans as when I've sat with the old man it's not been busy like the standing parts
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I've alway thought a ring about the size of the front part of the DR should be standing with seats above it
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That then allows the choice all the way around the ground
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Dortmund have one 15k standing stand and don't have any issues - I'm sure a few thousand in each stand wouldn't be an issue - especially if controlled properly which was the actual real reason for the disaster

SAPFanSTFC wrote:

swindon69 wrote: Standing at a football ground was only good when, like penguins, the fans used to huddle together to keep warm. It's a retrograde step, in my opinion, and is only good for those persons of a certain height; shorter people, children and the disabled would all have their view disrupted due to taller people getting in the way. The Town End as it is may as well be a terrace, because, if you buy a seat ticket in there, you can never use the seat as everyone stands anyway.

As 70% of the ground would still be all seater there will be far and away enough room to sit - this will provide the option for those who want to stand and accept the old trials and tribulations. ... The new safe standing gives far more room to each spectator as well so you'd probably find that only the shortest and smallest would still be impacted and if they can't get somewhere with good visibility then the main stands are probably the best place for them anyway.....after all the Town End does not, and never did, give the best view of the game....but it has always been the best atmosphere! If it did go back to standing I'd certainly go back every now and then for the memories. ... Always remember standing near the back but always squinting wondering if the ball was on the 18yd line, 6yd line or in the net......never stopped us appealing for favourable offsides or berating the referee for stupid offside decisions on us...regardless of what we could actually see. :-)

I ALWAYS go in the TownEnd but always get a seat were the fans chose to stand and sing...
Its called having a option and being told to sit down when im shouting me head off and suporting are team gets right on my t1ts....

1 disaster and everyone has to pay for it..

This is genuinely great news. Proud that my club is supporting Safe Standing.

Some really good posts on this thread so far too.

If you've not had a look at the safe standing area on the Football Supporters Federation website then please do so now. There's a petition & a link to contact your MP about it.

London Red wrote:
Given the choice at away games I always choose standing and so it appears do most fans as when I've sat with the old man it's not been busy like the standing parts . I've alway thought a ring about the size of the front part of the DR should be standing with seats above it . That then allows the choice all the way around the ground . Dortmund have one 15k standing stand and don't have any issues - I'm sure a few thousand in each stand wouldn't be an issue - especially if controlled properly which was the actual real reason for the disaster

Good post LR. Of course we used to have exactly what you suggest on both sides of the ground. On the north side, before the present stand was built, we had "The enclosure" standing area in front of the seats. For sell-out games there were also "ringside seats" on the track around the pitch - old railway station benches I think. Brilliant - although I'm sure Elf n Safety would never allow that to happen again.

DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:

SAPFanSTFC wrote:

swindon69 wrote: Standing at a football ground was only good when, like penguins, the fans used to huddle together to keep warm. It's a retrograde step, in my opinion, and is only good for those persons of a certain height; shorter people, children and the disabled would all have their view disrupted due to taller people getting in the way. The Town End as it is may as well be a terrace, because, if you buy a seat ticket in there, you can never use the seat as everyone stands anyway.

As 70% of the ground would still be all seater there will be far and away enough room to sit - this will provide the option for those who want to stand and accept the old trials and tribulations. ... The new safe standing gives far more room to each spectator as well so you'd probably find that only the shortest and smallest would still be impacted and if they can't get somewhere with good visibility then the main stands are probably the best place for them anyway.....after all the Town End does not, and never did, give the best view of the game....but it has always been the best atmosphere! If it did go back to standing I'd certainly go back every now and then for the memories. ... Always remember standing near the back but always squinting wondering if the ball was on the 18yd line, 6yd line or in the net......never stopped us appealing for favourable offsides or berating the referee for stupid offside decisions on us...regardless of what we could actually see. :-)

I ALWAYS go in the TownEnd but always get a seat were the fans chose to stand and sing...
Its called having a option and being told to sit down when im shouting me head off and suporting are team gets right on my t1ts....

1 disaster and everyone has to pay for it..

1 disaster and everyone has to pay for it...............thi
s is a shameful, ignorant and IMO only disrespectful comment to the relatives and friends of the 96.

Unless of course you are referring to another disaster, but if you are, then that would be two wouldn't it.

Limited safe standing for those that crave this is probably a retrospective step but it might be easier to police and steward the idiot fans that sometimes trouble our great game so from that point of view, I'm OK with it..

sp1dersw3b wrote:

DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:

SAPFanSTFC wrote:

swindon69 wrote: Standing at a football ground was only good when, like penguins, the fans used to huddle together to keep warm. It's a retrograde step, in my opinion, and is only good for those persons of a certain height; shorter people, children and the disabled would all have their view disrupted due to taller people getting in the way. The Town End as it is may as well be a terrace, because, if you buy a seat ticket in there, you can never use the seat as everyone stands anyway.

As 70% of the ground would still be all seater there will be far and away enough room to sit - this will provide the option for those who want to stand and accept the old trials and tribulations. ... The new safe standing gives far more room to each spectator as well so you'd probably find that only the shortest and smallest would still be impacted and if they can't get somewhere with good visibility then the main stands are probably the best place for them anyway.....after all the Town End does not, and never did, give the best view of the game....but it has always been the best atmosphere! If it did go back to standing I'd certainly go back every now and then for the memories. ... Always remember standing near the back but always squinting wondering if the ball was on the 18yd line, 6yd line or in the net......never stopped us appealing for favourable offsides or berating the referee for stupid offside decisions on us...regardless of what we could actually see. :-)

I ALWAYS go in the TownEnd but always get a seat were the fans chose to stand and sing...
Its called having a option and being told to sit down when im shouting me head off and suporting are team gets right on my t1ts....

1 disaster and everyone has to pay for it..

1 disaster and everyone has to pay for it...............thi

s is a shameful, ignorant and IMO only disrespectful comment to the relatives and friends of the 96.

Unless of course you are referring to another disaster, but if you are, then that would be two wouldn't it.

Limited safe standing for those that crave this is probably a retrospective step but it might be easier to police and steward the idiot fans that sometimes trouble our great game so from that point of view, I'm OK with it..

I take it you did not see the report from hillsbourgh?
Your the ignorant twaat
They died throught bad policing nothing to do with safe standing. It should have been safe but I'm affraid them idiots made it unsafe standing.
FACT and now proved.
Onwards and upwards

That's right, smirg.

The shameful and ignorant ones are those who refer to Hillsborough (a true disaster) whenever safe standing is mentioned.

Onwards and (stand) up.

Wards.

smirg kcab wrote:

sp1dersw3b wrote:

DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:

SAPFanSTFC wrote:

swindon69 wrote: Standing at a football ground was only good when, like penguins, the fans used to huddle together to keep warm. It's a retrograde step, in my opinion, and is only good for those persons of a certain height; shorter people, children and the disabled would all have their view disrupted due to taller people getting in the way. The Town End as it is may as well be a terrace, because, if you buy a seat ticket in there, you can never use the seat as everyone stands anyway.

As 70% of the ground would still be all seater there will be far and away enough room to sit - this will provide the option for those who want to stand and accept the old trials and tribulations. ... The new safe standing gives far more room to each spectator as well so you'd probably find that only the shortest and smallest would still be impacted and if they can't get somewhere with good visibility then the main stands are probably the best place for them anyway.....after all the Town End does not, and never did, give the best view of the game....but it has always been the best atmosphere! If it did go back to standing I'd certainly go back every now and then for the memories. ... Always remember standing near the back but always squinting wondering if the ball was on the 18yd line, 6yd line or in the net......never stopped us appealing for favourable offsides or berating the referee for stupid offside decisions on us...regardless of what we could actually see. :-)

I ALWAYS go in the TownEnd but always get a seat were the fans chose to stand and sing...
Its called having a option and being told to sit down when im shouting me head off and suporting are team gets right on my t1ts....

1 disaster and everyone has to pay for it..

1 disaster and everyone has to pay for it...............thi


s is a shameful, ignorant and IMO only disrespectful comment to the relatives and friends of the 96.

Unless of course you are referring to another disaster, but if you are, then that would be two wouldn't it.

Limited safe standing for those that crave this is probably a retrospective step but it might be easier to police and steward the idiot fans that sometimes trouble our great game so from that point of view, I'm OK with it..

I take it you did not see the report from hillsbourgh?
Your the ignorant twaat
They died throught bad policing nothing to do with safe standing. It should have been safe but I'm affraid them idiots made it unsafe standing.
FACT and now proved.
Onwards and upwards

LOL - should expected such a reply and I suppose therefore not disappointed.

Of course I have read (most of) the Taylor report - my comment was aimed at the reference to a 'disaster' and that then we 'we' all suffer. You do me a total injustice by suggesting my ignorance when you have jumped in with both feet without fully understanding the thrust of IMO only point.

The comment was in bad taste - FACT - end of!

There is a newer report than the Taylor Report, you know.

Evening all..as you regular subscribers probably know I live four miles from the Pirelli..and the only time I have sat down there was with wife at our sad 2-0 loss last year...I was talking to their season ticket holder tonight he said..there had been talk of Pirelli being all seater..never taken up fortunately..great atmosphere from STFC behind goal last year..standing..Seat
s do not compare with standing anywhere..just a thought.