{"id":591,"date":"2016-11-18T11:32:42","date_gmt":"2016-11-18T11:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/2016\/11\/18\/lib-dems-john-leech-reiterates-support-safe-standing-areas-football-stadiums\/"},"modified":"2016-11-18T11:32:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T11:32:42","slug":"lib-dems-john-leech-reiterates-support-safe-standing-areas-football-stadiums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/lib-dems-john-leech-reiterates-support-safe-standing-areas-football-stadiums\/","title":{"rendered":"Lib-Dem&#8217;s John Leech reiterates support for Safe Standing areas in football stadiums"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<p><b><i>&quot;Safe standing&nbsp;is an idea whose time has come&quot; <\/i>says campaigner&nbsp;as<i>&nbsp;<\/i>Premier League clubs agree to hold further talks<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Plans to introduce safe standing have inched forward as top clubs have agreed to hold further discussions over safe standing. Safe standing campaigner John Leech welcomed the news, commented that <i>&quot;<\/i>it&nbsp;is an idea whose time has come<i>.&quot;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Leech<\/strong>,&nbsp;elected in the 2016 Manchester local elections with 53% in Didsbury West, has long campaigned in favour of&nbsp;safe standing with the introduction of rail seating. His plans, released in 2014, claim they would dramatically improve safety at football matches,&nbsp;as well as help cut ticket prices.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Leech<b>,<\/b> a Manchester&nbsp;City&nbsp;season ticket holder of 34&nbsp;years,&nbsp;argued that England&nbsp;should follow the lead of&nbsp;<strong>Germany<\/strong>, <strong>Austria<\/strong> and <strong>Sweden<\/strong> that already operate safe standing: &quot;The current system simply doesn&rsquo;t work, fans who attend matches still continue to stand, but do so unsafely<i>.&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&quot;The solution is to introduce railed safe standing at football grounds which will make it safer for spectators, and which recognises and accommodates those fans who already, and will continue in the future to stand, while watching football.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n<figure class=\"image file-default media-element\" style=\"display:inline-block\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Martin Griffiths (chairman of Bristol Sport), John Leech, John Darch (Safe Standing campaigner)\" data-fid=\"879\" data-media-element=\"1\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/sites\/default\/files\/leech_safe_seating_2_2.jpg\" title=\"Martin Griffiths (chairman of Bristol Sport), John Leech, John Darch (Safe Standing campaigner)\" width=\"446\" \/><figcaption>Martin Griffiths (chairman of Bristol Sport), John Leech, John Darch (Safe Standing campaigner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A survey by national fans group The Football Supporters Federation found <strong>92% of fans were in favour<\/strong> of the introduction.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Leech continued: <i>&quot;<\/i>Safe standing offers supporters more choice, a better atmosphere and cheaper tickets. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I&#39;m disappointed&nbsp;further progress hasn&#39;t been made today, but I am pleased to hear that it hasn&#39;t been ruled out and it will continue to be investigated.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Standing has been banned in English football&#39;s top two divisions since 1989 when&nbsp;96 people died in the Hillsborough Disaster.<\/p>\n<p>A Premier League spokesman said:&nbsp;<i>&quot;<\/i>Premier League clubs today held initial discussions on safe standing. Given that fan safety is of paramount concern clubs are understandably cautious and there was no overall consensus on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Leech also brought up the issue of the substantial raise in ticket prices, adding: &ldquo;Modern football is also expensive to watch, and numerous studies shows that prices are only going to increase.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We should be sure&nbsp;to improve safety with rail&nbsp;seating, but also maintain that fans are <strong>not priced out<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Safe standing is the way to tackle this<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Football Supporters&#39; Federation&nbsp;campaign co-ordinator Peter Daykin said:&nbsp;&quot;Fans have been asking for this to be looked at for many years now and it&rsquo;s great to see clubs are willing to discuss it.&quot;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&quot;Safe standing&nbsp;is an idea whose time has come&quot; says campaigner&nbsp;as&nbsp;Premier League clubs agree to hold further talks Plans to introduce safe standing have inched forward&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1216,"featured_media":590,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4974,1],"tags":[162,308,306,313],"class_list":["post-591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","category-uncategorised","tag-football","tag-john-leech","tag-liberal-democrats","tag-safe-standing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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