whee wrote:Give it up Louie.
Standing at matches is/was great - but it's gone from the football we know and love, and it's gone for good.
People moan about Arsenal for not contesting the all-seated requirement when it came in, but can you blame them?
It's either pack the ground full of seats and be done with, or be sued by every Tom, Dick and Harry who slips and sprains their ankle, or worse.
It really is a no-brainer mate.
then how can the have terraces in the lower leagues? all over europe and the rest of the world? or in other sports?
we had terracing for decades, even centuries, i don't recall suiing ever being an issue.
it's just another case of this pathetically PC world preventing anything and everything. in reality there's no real issue with terracing and it still works acceptably all over the world. all seaters were an overeaction pushed through to show action from the government after hillsborough, clubs never bothered fighting it as they saw the pound note they can make from charging loads for the privelidge of seating.
peoples have used terraces around the world for decades and it's seldom been a problem, certainly nothing abnormally high like the anti-terracing PC lot make out. i think as paying supporters people should have the right to choose whether they want to stand or sit. terracing sections allow that.
of course arsenal would never allow it, they won't be able to charge 50 quid for free standing.