Delighted for everyone involved in making Celtic the first club in Britain to be given permission to install Safe Standing facilities. There’s time for a seat but going to the football in Scotland was largely a standing undertaking for a century, for good reason.
Standing enables the creation of football’s now too scarce atmosphere, it allows people to shuffle in the cold and sing with projection. It’s also safer across more scenarios than sitting.
I have one (significant) problem with the plans……..
Celtic intend to install Safe Standing at the corner of the lower North and Lisbon Lions stands, including the Green Brigade’s area. The Green Brigade pitched up at this part of the ground one League Cup game several years ago, the area was no more or less appropriate for as a singing section than any other part of the ground.
The North Stand upper is the proper place for a Safe Standing section, front and centre of the stadium. It’s where the Jungle was, and if we’re going to come anywhere close to recreating the unique atmosphere of the Jungle in a modern stadium, we must select the appropriate area.
The Safe Standing section will have unique properties. The ability to stand all game, bounce around and generally be more active, will ensure it sells out, but it’s unlikely to attract the infirm, and it will never be part of the family section. It’s also not going to attract corporate business.
The decision where to locate this section is unlikely to be reversed until there is a major stadium renovation, and that’s likely to be decades away. A couple of decades out, there will be more demand for family and infirm sections, more demand for corporate and lounge facilities.
Football spent years failing to notice how people grew fond of comfort, shelter, safe and clean facilities. The trend is not over. Thousands will want to stand, but perhaps more will want access to lounges, video games for the kids and shops selling all sorts.
Celtic Park is magnificent building of its time but it’s not a 21st century stadium. The Celtic Way is genuinely stunning, but if we want to cater for fans in the decades to come we’ll need proper cafes, fan zones, bars, better toilets and a museum. We’ll need to make use of all that land we’ve acquired, but which largely lies undeveloped.
Real estate in the lower stands will be more of a premium in the future, we should plan for it now, make the Safe Standing section the New Jungle.
Sports Direct is not a travel agents – for the avoidance of doubt.
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roberttressell @ 17:49,
I’ll let you off, sometimes have a slack mid-week day myself!
Enjoy:-)
Hail Hail
I’m done….
Chairbhoy – I like to have about three of those……
The Huns take on Ashley wanting his £5m back…….
” Ashley is like the school bully who’s started to cry when a bigger boy (sevco) hits him back ”
A Hun
One word- deluded
Four bean fields
The blood stained sandwhich
James Canapés
The old fenian bun
DD
Delighted for you all mi amigo.
HH
BT
Including his step brother Marcus and Petec’s buddy James MacIntyre his new boss. :)
Drunk guy, Celtic supporter in pub asking me “Where did the Seville money go?”
No joke.
Time to move on I think.
And after all the war songs….
It’s time to…..
Give peas a chance….
I’ll get me coat
Come out Ya black and flans…
A snipers killie pie
Follow me up to Coleslaw.
Leftclick
My sis is delighted, as is young Chris.
Cheers bud. It’s up to him now!
Evening gents. I asked a few weeks ago about a parking charge, I know put it in the bin. As it’s the wife that drives, she was a bit apprehensive about doing that, so we got all the information about signage, lack of other cars, council charges relating to car parks etc. they weren’t for budging, so as she’s a clever little cookie, she studied the actual charge. In the box in relation to hours parked, cost, parking charge and balance, they all had £0 next to them, then at the bottom parking charge balance £60. She pointed out in another letter, that how can she be charged when everything is at £0. Received there reply today, an apology and as it was an administration error the parking charge no longer stands. I know they belong in the bin, I would’ve put it there, but I’m delighted for her. Just goes to show they haven’t got a clue, haha.
TeT
Thanks mi amigo.
A great week just got better! :))
Snecker – fair play. Challenge everything…..
Cheers Roberttressell. I agree, challenge everything!
I wish I was back home in Mayo
PI PI PIRI chillie sauce
Enough
Butsybhoy @ 16:29. Thanks. Looking for somewhere to store some of our stuff. Banners, bags , etc and optionally a small office space to organise collections . 2nd is low priority. Co tact me on Sannabhoy@thekanofoundation.com
Thanks
Chicken wrap the green flag round me
Only our beans run free.
The Merry Ploughmans
The Rare Old Steak.
Omelette the people sing
Tri-coloured Ribeye
The fields of athenryebread
The pate foie games…….
Marrakesh Express…..never mind your internet …which Chinese did you go for?
braw
leftclicktic
17:50 on 10 June, 2015
Cheers mate, just finished dinner duties. Away to read…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
see the brolly is appointed to Big Mikes wee team…
braw
sipsini
18:02 on
10 June, 2015
Come out Ya black and flans
gotta be the winner!
The west’s a cake
dd
Delighted for young Chris.
Ross County appear to be a well run club full of Tims, including the manager.
Best wishes to the bhoy.
HH!!
leftclicktic
Thanks for the links mate. Hope your wee Mam is doing well. Give her a hug from Lennybhoy…
Keep the Faith!
Hail Hail!
Good evening all.
Being in the farming community, I thought it would be a good idea to produce a 3 Barrel Shotgun. I’ve named it a Trifle. Suit yourselves. KTF.
Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.
Only our rivers run gluten free.