Terracing to return to Villa Park?

Originally Posted by atticusgrinch

And sex.

was £#%&!in ace rubbing yerself up against a fit bird during a match (granted, not too often...and the long hair style in those days sometimes caused confusion after a few beers ) or a gig in the 70s n 80s :mmmonkey:

what was dangerous back then though, were the crowd avalanches.....the barriers at some grounds were too far apart or in some cases, there were none.

it was bad enough before the games when you used to sing yourself hoarse for an hour and got jostled about.....but if you scored, sometimes it got proper mental.

and at a place like the old Bolton away end, the steps were £#%&!in almost knee high.......

was about the gentrification of football and looking to attract a completely different demographic ie the kind of mongs who pack ot and everywhere else these days. A thousand clueless ABC 1's are worth 10000 unsavoury grunts.

There was an excellent book a few years back - how they stole our game - or some such.

It should help boost the crowds and the atmosphere too. Can get more people in a smaller space so it would be perfect for kids tickets, or just cheaper adult tickets, while maintaining the high prices for exec tickets and seated tickets and thus not denting matchday revenue, maybe even boosting it because there are more people and they have more money to spend on food inside.

It's a good thing all round to be honest, and a long time coming.

Originally Posted by thenorthwillriseagain

i've lost count at how many times i've come back from fc and reached into my pocket for the latest fanzine only to pull out a handful of urine

Originally Posted by Zorg

http://www.birminghammail.net/birmin...7319-30138906/


No doubt the scousers will be eager to protest about it.

Their bound too are'nt they & always they will comletly foget it that it was the fences that caused that tragedy!

Fairly good piece on it here in the Graun

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...-park-terraces

Falls down a bit where it talks about the pricing structure though. The increase in ticket prices was down to a number of other factors as well as reduced capacity.

St Helens have just opened a brand new stadium with terraced stands at either end of the ground. Obviously, it's smaller then your average Premier League ground, but it's a ridiculous situation we're in where the Government, FA and League all claim standing is dangerous, while other (similar) sports have standing area's without mass casualties occurring on a weekly basis

Standing's being reintroduced in the SPL too. Once the likes of Rangers and Celtic have large, safe, standing sections, I think the PL will have to give in. It certainly seems to finally be going that way

In Germany. Safe as £#%&!ing houses

How many scouse @#%&!s have been wheeled out to say this is a bad idea?

Originally Posted by Mr_Ed

How many scouse @#%&!s have been wheeled out to say this is a bad idea?

this one is always wheeled out to moan about it

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-29981363/

"Our stance has always been that there should be no standing whatsoever."

This is so hurtful and insensitive. Margaret Aspinall YMMS.

Originally Posted by HERTS_RED

this one is always wheeled out to moan about it

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-29981363/

so a stupid scouse @#%&! doesn't look at the facts and reality but just gives her deluded view of the situation and tries to impose it on everyone else.

Surprised at her to be honest. So unlike them.