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Sports Grounds Safety Authority publishes process for clubs considering installing dual purpose seating and standing areas. Safe standing is one step closer of being introduced to English football.
Football leagues chief executive Shaun Harvey sent a letter to inform the clubs that SGSA has agreed to establish a process to introduce rail seating in English league 1 and league 2. The rail seating could be the same as the type that is used at Celtic Park or in the German Bundesliga.
The SGSA has published an application process for league 1 and 2 clubs in the English Football League (EFL) who are permitted to, and wish to install dual pupose seating and standing areas.
The SGSA issues licences to clubs in the Premeir League and the EFL Championship, Wembley and the Principality stadium as a means to enforce the Government's all-seater policy. Standing accommodation is permitted at grounds in leagues 1 and 2 for clubs that have not previously been in the Premier League or Championship for more than three years. The Government’s all-seater policy does not allow standing accommodation at the grounds of clubs who have been in the Premier League or Championship for more than three years.
League 1 and 2 clubs that have permitted standing areas are able to install dual purpose areas should they wish, subject to meeting the required standards set by the SGSA. (Stadiaworld, 15.03.2017)
