At long last the safe standing trials will return to football from 2nd January with the first match being Chelsea v Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on that date.<\/p>\n
Five clubs – including Cardiff City – will be included in the trial with Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham also taking part.<\/p>\n
Standing at football grounds in the top two divisions was outlawed as one of the recommendations of the Taylor report following the Hillsbrough disaster in 1989 although there have been renewed calls for safe standing for many years.<\/p>\n
“I’m pleased to approve these five clubs as early adopters of licensed safe standing areas for the second half of the season,” said sports minister Nigel Huddleston.<\/span><\/p>\n “The time is now right to properly trial safe standing in the Premier League and EFL Championship ahead of a decision on a widespread roll-out.<\/span><\/p>\n “Safety is absolutely paramount and the SGSA [Sports Grounds Safety Authority] is working hand-in-glove with the clubs on this.<\/span><\/p>\n “Fans deserve different options on how they can enjoy a live match and I will be watching the progress of these trials with interest.”<\/span><\/p>\n Clubs had to meet the following criteria before their application for standing areas was approved:<\/span><\/p>\n Cardiff City CEO & Executive Director\u00a0Ken Choo\u00a0said:\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m delighted that Cardiff City Stadium is part of this initiative and that our club is at the forefront of helping to improve the British football fan experience in a safe and evaluated manner.\u201d<\/p>\n Independent expert\u00a0Dr Steve Frosdick\u00a0has been advocating safe standing since 2008 and has worked with Cardiff City Stadium since 2013. He added:\u00a0\u201cCardiff City has been in the vanguard of safe standing over many years and today\u2019s announcement is testament to the stadium\u2019s tireless work. It\u2019s all about customer service. The choice to stand with the highest levels of safety for those who want to. Sitting comfortably with clear views for everyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At long last the safe standing trials will return to football from 2nd January with the first match being Chelsea v Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on that date. Five clubs – including Cardiff City – will be included in the trial with Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham also taking part. Standing at football grounds […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[293,49,203],"tags":[608],"class_list":["post-49331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-first-team","category-news","category-opinion","tag-the-2021-22-season"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49331\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jackarmy.net\/wp67\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n