The “safe standing” debate has taken centre stage again today with the revelation that the Football Association is backing proposals for this to take place in the Premier League and Championship, despite it being considered unacceptable by the 1989 Football Spectators Act.
In recent times, a number of clubs have put forward proposals to emulate the experiment which has taken place at Parkhead, Glasgow, where Celtic have been purveyors of the rail seating option. The most notable as far as the top two divisions are concerned was put forward by West Bromwich Albion last season, whereby the Baggies seemed prepared to allow an experiment including up to 3600 rail seats to be carried out at the Hawthorns.