Safe Standing

Quoted from Mariner_09

I’d love to see the new ground with the equivalent of the Ponny end with full safe standing, hopefully by then it’ll all be agreed. Would mean the ones who want to sing and shout and create the atmosphere will all be in one end and give a good atmosphere at one point rather than smatterings around the ground. If/when we get the new stadium I want to see a real push to get 2/3 times as many ST sold as usual and then, if he’s still here, give Jolley a really big budget to provide exciting and effective football to entice people back and get them into the habit of going every week, hopefully meaning our lowest gate would be around 5.5k to 6, if done properly.

That's wishful thinking ! In the 1999/00 season we had 10 home games where the gate was below 6,000 and 6 of those were below 5,500. Even our opening home game of the season to Stockport only attracted 5,528 and this was at Championship level. At the time the capacity of BP was 10,033. I think a lot of fans look at our past gates with rose-tinted glasses and don't realise how mediocre the gates were for that level of football. Yes, we often recall a game against the likes of Barnsley ( 8742 ) but forget games like W.B.A ( 4036 ). I know the away support can have a big impact on the gate but the reality is different to the recollection as regards home support.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Oh FFS. You haven't got enough to moan about so now you're making up your own scenarios to complain about. How do you think people got on before it became all seater?

Before it became all seater I stood with everyone else so no problem, it was sinply necessary to make sure you weren't behind the 6 foot six twit.. When I found myself sitting (like everyone else) I didn't want girl privates jumping up and obscuring my view every two minutes

Quoted from Mariner_09

I’d love to see the new ground with the equivalent of the Ponny end with full safe standing, hopefully by then it’ll all be agreed. Would mean the ones who want to sing and shout and create the atmosphere will all be in one end and give a good atmosphere at one point rather than smatterings around the ground. If/when we get the new stadium I want to see a real push to get 2/3 times as many ST sold as usual and then, if he’s still here, give Jolley a really big budget to provide exciting and effective football to entice people back and get them into the habit of going every week, hopefully meaning our lowest gate would be around 5.5k to 6, if done properly.

Don't worry about it, there won't be a new ground in my lifetime, yours or Jolley's

Fewer than 500 signatures required to hit 100,000 now. Would be great to see a GTFC push get it over the line.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/207040


Remember -

• The club already back it, but are prevented from introducing it, even if we built a new ground in the North East Midlands Counties Div 3
  
• The evidence proves it’s safe, certainly safer than what we have now. Whatever your political leanings, the govt department responsible for your safety at the match is ignoring the advice of their own experts.
  
• Fans deserve to have an informed debate, at the very least, on updating regulations 30 years out of date
  

BBC just announced the petition has reached 100,000 signatures. Here's hoping.

You old gits need to get over it and accept that football will never be the circus it was when you were young. Football matches shouldn't be like concerts with crushing and surging crowds.

Really bored of this discuss from the same old farts who want to relive their glory days of yesteryear. There is no benefit to bringing standing back at all, in any form.

Quoted from Kris2

You old gits need to get over it and accept that football will never be the circus it was when you were young. Football matches shouldn't be like concerts with crushing and surging crowds.

Really bored of this discuss from the same old farts who want to relive their glory days of yesteryear. There is no benefit to bringing standing back at all, in any form.

Erm, I think this comment makes you, now let me think, oh yeah.

A di ck.

That would have sufficed, I agree!

Its down to the individual Kris.  Id prefer to stand tbh if i had a choice and i wasnt part of the crazy gang in the ponny (although i did go in there alot) for me it was much better in generating an atmosphere.  Compared to the upper findus where i go now and most of the time theres the odd "maaaaaariners".

Quoted from Kris2

You old gits need to get over it and accept that football will never be the circus it was when you were young. Football matches shouldn't be like concerts with crushing and surging crowds.

Really bored of this discuss from the same old farts who want to relive their glory days of yesteryear. There is no benefit to bringing standing back at all, in any form.

It's called safe standing for a reason; the above scenario doesn't happen. Have you actually seen it in action?