would people be in favour of a stafe standing section at the mkm stadium

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would be be in favour of safe standing at the mkm stadium

  • yes

    Votes: 52 94.5%

  • no

    Votes: 3 5.5%
  • Total voters
    55
balkan tiger said:
It has to be better than standing in a seating area, I'm amazed there hasn't been a disaster yet.
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There are a lot more people standing in seated areas at other grounds than are at the MKM. Doesn’t seem to cause problems at Acun’s other club. Laughably we are told standing up in West Upper is a threat to life and limb.<laugh>

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Cityzen said:
We got a mention in an article sometime ago discussing the introduction of safe standing. Didn’t know the whole thing was started off by West Brom who were the first club to apply for safe standing and were turned down, That led to a campaign for its introduction.

“In extreme situations this can indeed lead to broken bones. Millions saw Marcus Rashford’s late winner for Manchester United at Hull City recently and the way that the United fans poured forward over the advertising board in celebration. An elderly female fan had to be helped back to her feet and at least one other fan broke his arm as a result of being pushed from behind and falling forward over the seats in front.

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“Had that area been fitted with rail seats, fans couldn’t have surged forward over the seats, there would have been no collapse of the advertising hoarding, no lady knocked over and no broken bones. So, while the current practice of standing behind low-backed seats is safe 99% of the time, it is an undeniable fact that it is not as safe as it could be. Tens of thousands of fans stand every weekend in areas not designed for standing. It would be far better to ensure that the accommodation provided for them was truly fit for purpose.”
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I'm pretty sure that additional barriers were installed at the bottom of that section following that Rashford winner. And the away end has since moved, so there's now just an irrelevant section in that corner with extra barriers even though it's actually empty half the time.
 
PLT said:
I'm pretty sure that additional barriers were installed at the bottom of that section following that Rashford winner. And the away end has since moved, so there's now just an irrelevant section in that corner with extra barriers even though it's actually empty half the time.
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Will the supporters trust be asking when we are going to install safe standing? As usual we are getting left behind.
 
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Cityzen said:
Will the supporters trust be asking when we are going to install safe standing? As usual we are getting left behind.
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I would support them doing so. I've not been involved in the running of the trust for several years though.
 
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Cityzen said:
You mean they don’t contribute to things that benefit them? Quelle surprise!
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It’s been more detrimental than beneficial to them this season, they will have played 2 home league games in 10 weeks to start the season, something they did to accommodate the pitch works and recovery.

The marginal improvements in the playing surface really don’t benefit them much at all.
 
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