Tigers make the case for terracing
Saturday January 29, 2005 Guardian Spectator standing, banned from the top two divisions of English football after the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, could be introduced to one of the country's newest grounds in an experiment that many would follow closely. Leicester Tigers are investigating the possibility of introducing a safe standing area if they complete their anticipated deal to share the all-seater Walkers Stadium with Leicester City. The Tigers' 16,000 supporters are accustomed to standing during matches. A delegation from the Tigers and Leicester City visited Germany this week to inspect a possible solution at the home grounds of Borussia Monchengladbach and SV Hamburg, who have each erected temporary safe standing areas at their stadiums that can be converted back to seating when required. "We recognise that terracing is an issue that concerns a number of our supporters and we want to see whether it might be possible to possible to install a similar type of temporary terrace construction for Tigers matches at the Walkers Stadium," said David Clayton, Tigers' managing director. Among those who support the German model are Kate Hoey, who campaigned for the reintroduction of standing during her time as sports minister. She remains convinced it could work in Britain and that the Tigers experiment could help hasten its revival. Hoey said: "Football still might say you have got to sit, but if it's working well for rugby there should be no reason on a health and safety issue that it shouldn't also be introduced in football." Guardian Unlimited � Guardian Newspapers Limited 2005 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Help save the life of a child. Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's 'Thanks & Giving.' http://us.click.yahoo.com/6iY7fA/5WnJAA/Y3ZIAA/GtUolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Please use [email protected] for general discussion. To unsubscribe send a blank message (from the email account in question) to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Join as a full member of IMUSA today: http://www.imusa.org/join.htm Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/imusa/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
