http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/25526329 "Standing could make a permanent return at all levels of the Football League after its 72 clubs were sent a document canvassing their opinion on the issue. It is currently allowed in Leagues One and Two but Championship grounds must be all-seater after a club has played in the second tier for three seasons. The consultation paper was sent to all Football League clubs on Friday. The clubs, who had asked for more information about standing, will debate the issue at a meeting in February. Trials & tribulations on terraces Football fans in the 1940s 1946: Overcrowding at a Bolton v Stoke cup tie at Burnden Park leaves 33 dead 1981: Jimmy Hill makes Coventry City's Highfield Road all-seater to combat hooliganism; the experiment lasts two years 1989: UK's worst stadium tragedy occurs when 96 Liverpool fans die during an FA Cup semi-final at Hillsborough 1998: Uefa bans standing areas for European games, but clubs in Germany refuse to scrap their terraces 2001: Football Supporters' Federation is formed and makes safe standing a key campaign issue a year later 2011: A year after Liberal Democrats put safe standing in their manifesto, the Scottish Premier League drops its standing ban 2013: Football League sends consultation document to its clubs regarding a return to safe standing "It is now over to the clubs to get their views," said Football League chief executive Shaun Harvey. "Speaking personally, I do not have strong views on this and it is genuinely a matter for the clubs." The subject was initially raised at the Football League's annual chairman's conference in Portugal last June, with clubs voting in favour of further investigating the issue. Acting on the wishes of its members, Football League officials gathered more information, including canvassing the opinion of the Football Supporters' Federation , which for many years has campaigned for safe standing. "There has been a sea-change in attitude at clubs over the last two-to-three years towards safe standing and this is an example of that," said FSF co-chairman Malcolm Clarke. "As far as the Football League is concerned the law is a total nonsense - it allows standing in League One and League Two but not in the Championship." Football League executives also attended the German Super Cup final in July to develop their understanding of what is happening at grounds like Borussia Dortmund's Westfalenstadion. The "Yellow Wall", as the southern terrace at Dortmund is known, can accommodate 25,000 fans. Many German clubs have upgraded their terraces with "rail seats". These are metal seats that can be flipped up, and locked in place, providing space to stand behind a waist-high rail that runs along the back of the row in front. Every "seat" is linked to a ticket number, and can be flipped down to meet Uefa rules for European games. The Football League document includes contributions from Derby County, Peterborough and Bristol City - three clubs who have expressed an interest in seeing the rules changed. It also contains details of the changes that would be required from a football regulatory, government policy and legislative perspective were standing to return on a permanent basis in the Championship. The southern terrace at Dortmund can hold 25,000 fans"
Good stuff. It's easy enough to manage though isn't it? You don't even need the Dortmund system where each 'seat' is linked to a ticket. It's not like Peterborough get hundreds of fans they dno't expect in that away end do they? They still manage to regulate the numbers perfectly well.
PLT - Got. It's been flattened to make way for a new stand, all seating and some shoppy guff at the back.
Soz, its up the road from me, the in laws are from there, and I always enjoyed watching us play there heh. I was very sad when they announced it was going
