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Liverpool supporters vote in favour of introducing safe standing in poll

Related Topics: Safe standing, Spirit of Shankly

Liverpool supporters have voted overwhelmingly in favour of introducing safe standing to the Premier League and Championship, the results of a poll have shown.

Liverpool supporters' group Spirit of Shankly held an open meeting on the subject earlier this month and then conducted an online poll to clarify their position.

The results of the poll, which nearly 18,000 people took part in, were revealed on Monday and show that 88 percent of Liverpool fans are in favour of introducing rail seating, which is used in the Bundesliga and by Scottish side Celtic.

After 96 Liverpool supporters were killed at the 1989 FA Cup semifinal at Hillsborough, Lord Justice Taylor's report into the disaster led to clubs in England's top two tiers of football being legally obliged to develop all-seater stadiums.