Posted on 17th September 2008
On Wednesday supporters of Bradford and Lincoln City gathered to see a new film celebrating their relationship via the Fans for Diversity campaign.
Posted on 17th September 2008
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
Bradford City FC has become the first football club in Britain to invite concrete proposals from fans on the Safe Standing issue.
Following a lengthy “Stand Up For The Bantams” campaign mounted by City fans and funded and supported by the FSF,
During the course of an official club statement last week, Baldwin said: “Bradford City FC recognises that a number of City supporters wish the club to provide a dedicated ‘Safe Standing’ area in one part of the stadium at Valley Parade. This would provide an option for those supporters who prefer to watch games whilst standing up. The major part of the stadium would retain the existing ‘all-seater’ arrangements”,
“The club will look sympathetically on any practical proposals that are put forward by supporters, which address adequately all the regulatory and resource issues involved.”
The Bantams’ statement has been welcomed by Bradford City Supporters Trust, which came in response to a petition organised by City fan and FSF member Manny Dominguez.
“It is now up to the supporters to persuade the authorities that the time is right for a trial run of Safe Standing at an all-seater League ground, to find the funding, and then to persuade the club to go ahead with the renovations”, a BCST spokesman said.
“One idea would be to turn either the Lower or the Upper Tier of the T.L.Dallas Stand (The ‘Bradford End’) into a Safe Standing area. BCST looks forward to working with Manny and with the national supporters’ organisations including The Football Supporters’ Federation and Supporters Direct (SD).
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On Wednesday supporters of Bradford and Lincoln City gathered to see a new film celebrating their relationship via the Fans for Diversity campaign.
As the safe standing campaign has progressed over recent years more and more spurious arguments have emerged about why it can’t happen in England – one example is that safe standing will exclude disabled supporters. Here former FSF national council member, and wheelchair-using Arsenal fan, Steve Powell tells us why the Orlando City Stadium debunks that myth…
A cross-party group of MPs is backing Norwich City’s push for the introduction of safe standing areas at Carrow Road.
A delegation of Liverpool fans visited Celtic Park this weekend to see the UK’s first rail-seating area first-hand.