Fans in standing row - QPR RELATED

[Receed R]

A BITTER row between club and fans has been sparked by comments in a football programme warning crowds not to stand up during games.

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[qblockpete]

Find me a club in the premiership, where all fans sit down in the whole stadium?

[Receed R]

i can understanding if u stand in the Q BLOCK or other corners of the ground due to bad views but its really annoying when someone in front of u stands up and u cant see anything

[stan_bowles]

Probably the only way round it is to introduce a small standing area.Something the size of the lower loft would be big enough to accomodate the standers.

Unfortunately this is part of the backlash from Hillsboro which,as we know,the Liverpool fans like to keep reminding us of.

[Receed R]

i honestly cant see how they efficiently police this so people remain seated throughout the whole game

its impossible

[stan_bowles]

i honestly cant see how they efficiently police this so people remain seated throughout the whole game

its impossible

I am in X block and there is a group of fellas,maybe 30 or so,who stand at the back every game and they seem to get away with it.Never noticed any aggro with the stewards.

[Receed R]

ive no problem if people stand at the back as no ones view is being obstructed !!

[stan_bowles]

ive no problem if people stand at the back as no ones view is being obstructed !!

Maybe they should replace the back 20 rows with terracing then.

[Olly]

if true, maybe X block get away with it, because there would then be a row about the away fans just across the way standing up.

[qblockpete]

Hopefully the club, can be seen to be doing something by having a write up in the programme, it appeases the council, but ultimately its just a token gesture by the club, to be seen to be doing something.

Didn't think the whole ground belonged to the council??

[SM1882]

I don't think the council are the problem Pete...

[qblockpete]

Thats who the club seem to be blaming??

[Nodge70]

[QUOTE=qblockpete;186719]Hopefully the club, can be seen to be doing something by having a write up in the programme, it appeases the council, but ultimately its just a token gesture by the club, to be seen to be doing something.

[B]Didn't think the whole ground belonged to the council?? [QUOTE]

Missing the point by a spectacular distance.

It's law. On to the statute books in 1993 following the recommendations made in the Taylor Report. To gain the required safety licence from local authority, clubs which fall under the umbrella of the legislation have to comply or the local authority have legal authority to close some or all of the stadium down. Naff all the clubs can do.

Until the legislation changes, which would require an amendment to the Football Licensing Act in Parliament, it's a non argument.

[SM1882]

Thats who the club seem to be blaming??

Yeah they are blaming them, but that's just trying to remove blame from themselves...

I am quietly confident the council don't have that big an issue with it as the club make out. When I posted a while back about the club banning swipe cards (you started a thread on it?) I was told it was indeed the the club and NOT the council pushing for this.

[Nodge70]

Yeah they are blaming them, but that's just trying to remove blame from themselves...

I am quietly confident the council don't have that big an issue with it as the club make out. When I posted a while back about the club banning swipe cards (you started a thread on it?) I was told it was indeed the the club and NOT the council pushing for this.

Worst in the borough by a distance Saffa in home areas. Fulham have a problem with away fans standing but generally, Chelsea don't have an issue. The Matthew Harding Standing is very well stewarded and self policed by some of the fans down there.