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West Brom have had a proposal to introduce safe standing rejected by the government.
Quote from: GazLaz on April 09, 2018, 02:12:33 pmWest Brom have had a proposal to introduce safe standing rejected by the government. The application has been sat on Tracey Crouch's desk since last November. Its now been formally rejected, despite getting support from the Police, the local SAG and the SGSA, without any apparent reason for doing so.
Quote from: silent majority on April 09, 2018, 03:19:00 pmQuote from: GazLaz on April 09, 2018, 02:12:33 pmWest Brom have had a proposal to introduce safe standing rejected by the government. The application has been sat on Tracey Crouch's desk since last November. Its now been formally rejected, despite getting support from the Police, the local SAG and the SGSA, without any apparent reason for doing so.Martin, are you saying our government don’t listen to experts when dealing with important matters?? I can’t believe that for a minute!
Quote from: GazLaz on April 09, 2018, 03:22:34 pmQuote from: silent majority on April 09, 2018, 03:19:00 pmQuote from: GazLaz on April 09, 2018, 02:12:33 pmWest Brom have had a proposal to introduce safe standing rejected by the government. The application has been sat on Tracey Crouch's desk since last November. Its now been formally rejected, despite getting support from the Police, the local SAG and the SGSA, without any apparent reason for doing so.Martin, are you saying our government don’t listen to experts when dealing with important matters?? I can’t believe that for a minute! Yep. She said she would look at it again once the results of the inquests were in. So everybody has sat and waited for her and she's done absolutely nothing.
Must be safer to stand up at a game in Scotland than it is here.
It also suggests that standing is fine in the lower leagues but not the top ones. Which is frankly ridiculous.They just need to bring in safe standing.
They can't keep ignoring it. Pressure will mount as evidence grows to show Safe Standing is just that and is preferable to the standing we have in seats that we see every week in the Leagues.Quite ironic as outdated accommodation like Leppings Lane at Hillsborough is allowed to stay given the narrow walkways and concourses etc, and where it all started.
The recent crowd welcome by the Liverpool fans will not have helped any government thinking on football crowds.
No home secretary will take the plunge and allow it, they do not want to be the person tarred with the brush of being the one who let a death happen at a football game because of crowd trouble. Its politics, nothing to do with football, and RedJ if you don't think that after all this time making a decision, the announcement just after the Liverpool trouble last week has no bearing on it, and the fact that they can say look at that, would not be used to vindicate the decision, you don't know politicians.
Chris, the responsibility comes under a different government, who are willing to take the risk. It was a flagship policy of Maggie, which was seen as a success, so a Conservative government will be reluctant to introduce standing areas no matter what. I was brought up in an era when it was normal to switch ends at Belle Vue at half time, I was in a large crowd as a 11yr old against Tottenham in the cup, and have never had any problems. But I have also been at Celtic and Rangers, Celtic and Leeds, Leeds and Liverpool, Leeds and Chelsea and they were not the greatest experience I have had watching football.
The next time we have a match, and someone posts that there was trouble in town, or in Hyde Park area we can say it's nothing to do with us then.
I am totally in favour of safe standing at football games for those who want to, I am pointing out the reasons why you will only bang your head against a brick wall to get it reinstated in English football. It is probably a generation thing in government, the older M Ps will not go back on all seater, perhaps in ten years there may be a chance. But the top six teams with their stadiums, no chance. Arsenal take £1.25 million a home game, Spurs will do the same, and Chelsea are going to follow suit.
I bow to your greater Knowledge S.M. but I will not hold my breath, As you say not for the first time in government someone has gone back on promises probably says it all, who put the pressure on her and why?