Safe Standing Areas – Spalti con posti in piedi negli stadi – Video –

Di seguito un breve video che esplora i potenziali benefici e vantaggi della creazione di aree riservate ai posti in piedi negli stadi(Safe Standing Areas), realizzato per la campagna ‘Safe Standing’ della Football Supporters Federation(FSF) per supportare la richiesta della reintroduzione degli spalti in piedi nei campionati professionistici del Regno Unito.

Bandite dagli stadi del Regno Unito dal 1989 con il Football Spectators Act, che disciplina le regole degli impianti sportivi inglesi dedicati al calcio e che ha vietato i posti in piedi a seguito della tragedia di Hillsborough, il tema delle Safe Standing Areas è tornato d’attualità grazie alla positiva esperienza dei Rail Seat(seggiolini richiudibili) che sono stati adottati negli stadi tedeschi.

Oltre a favorire una maggiore capienza del settore(qui un approfondimento da Archistadia), queste aree sviluppate in Germania consentono di mantenere una zona dello stadio accessibile a costi ridotti ed hanno contribuito a consentire alla Bundesliga di essere il primo campionato di calcio al mondo per presenze negli impianti in occasione dei matchdays(What does standing look like?).

Safe standing at rail seats

A four-minute video explaining the benefits of safe standing at rail seats. Filmed on location at the AWD Arena in Hannover, home of Hannover 96, it shows how the seats are converted from use for standing to occasional use for seated fans and includes interviews with representatives of Hannover 96, English fans and also Nigel Clough, then manager of Derby County FC.

Why Football Fans Need Safe Standing by Copa90.

We at Copa90 believe safe standing is the future of football in England. We chat to the people leading the fight to change the law and bring safe standing back to the terraces.

Football Fancast: Safe Standing Special

Dan Church’s Final Major Radio Project – Football Fancast: Safe Standing Special. With interviews from Andy Burnham (Shadow Secretary of State for Health), Ben Nicholls (Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Romsey and Southampton North), Dirk Koester (Hannover 96 public relations officer), Jon Darch (Operator of the Safe Standing Roadshow), Kalum Nolan (Director of Sit Down Shut Up), Keith Sears (Former Chief Executive of the Sports Grounds Safety Authority), Marcus Keppel-Palmer (Law and Sports Law Senior Lecturer at the University of the West of England), Mark Turner (Senior lecturer in Sociology in Sport), Michael Brunskill (Director of Communications at the Football Supporters’ Federation), Nick Dale (Stadium Manager of Grimsby Town Football Club) and Peter Caton (Author of Stand Up Sit Down).

Rail Seats/Safe Standing at Borussia Dortmund

Safe Standing trip to Borussia Dortmund, 18th May 2013 v Hoffenheim. Featuring Jon Darch from Safe Standing Roadshow and Malcolm Clarke, Chairman of the FSF.