A standing ban has been in place in the top two tiers of English Football for over 25 years, but the Government and Sports Ground Safety Authority (SGSA) gave five football clubs permission to trial safe standing areas from 1st January 2022. Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Championship club Cardiff City were each granted a special licence to take part in the trials, which are proving to be positive.

We definitely plan to include some Safe Standing at Power Court, but we now need to define what proportion we install - and where best to place these areas to maximise atmosphere and answer fans' preferences.

We firmly believe supporters should be given the choice whether to stand or sit to enjoy the game, and it appears that the early success of the trials will undoubtedly allow for this to happen.

In our previous survey to our entire supporter base, fans responded overwhelmingly in favour of standing at Power Court. Three summary headlines from this survey are:

However, it also became apparent that some people aren’t entirely clear what Safe Standing is all about, so here are 9 Key Facts:

At Kenilworth Road, whilst the venue is technically an all-seater ground many choose to persistently stand in certain areas. We estimate this is over 20% of attendees.

From a Club perspective, not only do we feel that you deserve to have a choice whether you sit or stand, but we also feel it would benefit the atmosphere at Power Court. Standing fans can be a little more vocal in their support of the team and will help provide zones around the ground according to your preferences.

We believe that modern stadiums will incorporate more Safe Standing areas according to supporter demand and, for us, this could act as an important differentiation between Power Court and more typical stadiums.

Please take some time to give your feedback to the Club and help inform and support the next stage of the process. Thank you.

Please click on the link below to conduct our important survey. Your opinion matters to us! The more responses we receive the more accurate the data will be and the better we can make Power Court for you!

The survey consists of 15 easy-to-answer questions as options and should take you no more than 5 minutes.

Safe Standing at Power Court – Survey 2

Further reading on safe standing can be found via the links below:

Licensed standing areas at top-flight football grounds to be allowed from January - Sports Grounds Safety Authority Sports Grounds Safety Authority (sgsa.org.uk)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_standing