Saturday, September 13, 2008

Lib Dems to debate safe standing

The Liberal Democrats are set to back a fan-led campaign to return standing areas to all British football stadia.

A motion on the controversial subject will be debated at the Lib Dems' autumn conference in Bournemouth on Sunday.

Stadia in England's top two tiers have had to be all-seater since the Taylor Report into the Hillsborough disaster.

"If fans want to stand, and clubs want to let them, we should at least explore safe ways of achieving it," said Lib Dem sports spokesman Don Foster.

"This is a sensitive issue but we cannot ignore the large numbers of fans who want to stand and are doing so in seating areas, despite the existing regulations and the danger it causes.

"Given the seeming impossibility of policing existing regulations, and recognising that some passionate fans want to be able to jump up and down, then we need to look at technologies that allow them to do that safely.

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