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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HT
Were they male Stripograms
Only joking buddy keep up the good work
Love
Leftclicktic
I really wish that more people could have been there tonight just to appreciate how this Act is affecting lives, how political policing is now widely evident in our society and how judges are being appointed as a result of their political persuasion.
And there’s no ‘allegedly’ about it.
Keep well my friend.
Unfortunately once the Police in any jurisdiction are given extra powers they will find a way to use them in a manner that was never intended
Perfect example being the recent case (highlighted on here) of the young Hamilton fan who fell foul of 2 doughnut eating liars.
And once they are given extra powers (that make it easier for them to arrest and secure convictions against relatively harmless people for relatively harmless “crimes”) they will fight tooth and nail to keep them
James & Leftclick
That’s the track. Thanks bhoys. Fae a collective height of 13 feet Tims.
Empire of the Sun.
HT you are of course correct. When it’s personal it’s powerful. I have no issue meeting that mother. I am outraged for her too.
The act is a symptom of a police state. The Scottish electorate seem to like it.
But all I am referring to is what SNP ministers told us. The act is to criminalise previously political songs. It’s to criminalise blessing yourself incorrectly.
The fact that the Scottish cops can’t help be arseholes doesn’t change that.
Neganon,
Your comment about Labour and capitalism was satire, right?
Other posters have shown that the law is affecting a range of football supporters.
The Nazi comment is just absurd. And excruciating.
SOAL
It’s no Wishy son.
X
Ps pint soon?
DD
Sorry to butt in however I wonder if this the song you are thinking of .
John Mellencamp sans cougar.
http://youtu.be/o1D4fgmsRZU
Great album, the lonesome jubilee.
Well done to your nephew. Brilliant acheivement.
HH
I repeat
They only way real ranjurrrrrrrrrrrs men can have control of the carcass is a liquidation event,
3rd rankers playing out of somewhere
but i dont think Mash will shoot them in the head him, Big haunds Green & others NOT real ranjurrrrrrrrrs men still making money off the deluded.
king wants someone to pull the plug for him ,he tried it with sleekit,tinfoilheid and the sons of fanjitas spending what they had then calling for a boycott hoping the old board would have done it,MASH has kept them on life support and still has fun to have with the GLIB & SHAMELESS LIAR,
popcorn at the ready
HT
Algarve?
What is the stars
22:59 on 10 June, 2015
That pretty much sums it all up.
Ps can I offer my congratulations to Mighty Tim’s son who spoke with conviction, honesty, passion and eloquence at tonight’s meeting. Your old man will be rightfully proud.
Sky
May be making a few jaunts to Dingwall this year. Will catch up with you for a few ‘specials’ en route. ;)
Just read back DD.
Sorry. Something else to torture you.
Ma wans better tho!
HH.
Delaney’s
Welcome Mhate.
Neganon et al. I really believe J Edgar House lies at the rotten heart of this. He believes his own Terminator hype and is grooming a generation of mini me wannabees in his image.
They’ll likely not like Celtic fans. They’ll detest the GB. But as we’re seeing their disdain for our young citizens goes beyond our club.
Time to tear the house down.
HH jamesgang
Captain beefheart. Let me repeat the nazism claim just to make you feel the excruitiating feeling.
Scotland is practicing a new form of nazism. A police state. Criminalising it’s minorities. Arming it’s police force without consent.
Look up nazism beefheart.
As for the capitalism issue and labour. Labour are the only party to tackle it. They screwed up with the new labour experiment but at least they didn’t attempt to cut 5 billion off tax credits. Like the Tories are about to do.
The SNP have NO, NONE, NADA credentials in this respect. They froze council tax, didn’t raise taxes etc. they bribed the electorate just like the Tories.
SOAL
Not going out until 26th July. Does that suit?
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/see-you-in-court/ :) por cierto
Despite the impending doom facing Scotland’s Irish Catholics, the Church has said, er, nothing? Oh, what’s the point in ridiculing this preposterous victimhood? Can’t be bothered.
Catch a tiger by the tail por cierto
Irreconcilable Differences?
Check the finished Articles.
captain beefheart
The Catholic Church has come out in opposition of the Act.
HT
We will be there on 24th
http://www.philmacgiollabhain.ie/see-you-in-court/
DD
I’m perpetually planning a health kick wherethe only special is K. Haven’t been to Vic Park since about 1974/5 to see county play Manchester Utd with Lou Macari who’s autograph I got. need to catch up. still waiting on my invite from OT to the BBQ.
SOAL
Until when and where are you based my little Yellow Fish friend?
Ya dancer! That giant Viking fae Dunblane wants the Revolution to commence!
Can I be your wing man James? :)
the lonely banna strad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ6QFpHN-rg
Hamilton
I wish you well in your efforts to have the act/law repealed
Long hard road ahead of you I think
Unfortunately most people who dont fall foul of this (or any other law) find it hard to beleive that the police would lie or act unfairly and are quite happy that the police are given “all the powers they need” to deal with football hooligans,drug dealers,sex traffickers,terrorists or whatever particular your bogeyman you want
HT
Olhos de Água as usual and it is not A Rae villa this time before BT and TTTT start
NegAnon2
Beg your pardon, so you did.
But I don’t think Irish (song singing) or Irish anything offending Catholics, is the main target.
The main target was Celtic anything.
We need to go back to why the Act was introduced, and personally also believe
it’s ‘intention’ has got hee haw to do with Motherwell fans, or any other Scottish club.
Motherwell fans for example lifted for singing “ Do the no promotion’ are mere victims of the botched legislation, somewhere down the line.
This country can’t deal with sectarianism and the heavily weighted crimes against Catholics, are the proof and remains the locus.
APPLICATIONS
Sports Direct International Plc v Rangers International Football Club por cierto
SOAL
Is that close to Luz?
Delaney’s
I coined the phrase J Edgar cos he’s a malevolent piece of work.
I hope the truth will out soon. The whole truth. In the mean time he’s accululating a pretty decent rap sheet of his own that I hope will see him Bumped from his post soon.
It would be a prudent political move.
Right. All this revolutionary stuff has left me knackered.
HT – thanks to you and all involved tonight and beyond. Apols I couldn’t attend. The wee mhan was playing footie.
Night Timdom
HH jamesgang
So. Big Mike. With the revolver. In the study…
Nytol
Will have a busy day tomorrow trying to keep up with all this positive Celtic news :-))
Hail Hail
HT
No
Outside Albufeira
just tell minx to drive LOL
love
Italia Bhoy
Very good
HT
More power for your quest for justice.
I pray for strength for you.
You have my support and help when you need it.
God bless.