Debate granted. Safe standing will be debated in Parliament on 25 June.
Jon Darch
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Jon Darch
@SafeStandingRS
Campaigns for safe standing that delivers lower ticket prices. Runs footballingermany.com. Translates GER to ENG. Reps for Ferco. Bristol City fan. FCU member.
- A lot of chat this week about Germany’s 50+1 rule. It’s often misunderstood to mean majority fan ownership. It doesn’t. It’s about voting rights, not equity, as I and my @UnioninEnglisch colleagues explain here. union-berlin.com/2021/04/25/exp…
- I don't normally do petitions & this one could be worded better, but when the sports minister ignores safety experts, says only a "vocal minority" want safe standing & we don't "speak for the majority", we need to show her she's wrong. Please sign and RT petition.parliament.uk/petitions/2070…
- Berlin is getting ready for #EURO2024 The venue of the fan mile: the Street of 17 June in front of the Brandenburg Gate, now completley covered in artificial grass and with a huge goal put up that is even bigger than the gate itself. Die EM kann kommen. Photo: @BerlinTourism
- History! At the press launch of the first rail seat area in England @shrewsweb - Hopefully many more to follow!
- And the @stadiumbusiness award for best Fan Experience 2016/17 goes to... who else!?... @CelticFC for their rail seating section! Well done!
- An announcement due in the morning that is unprecedented in the lifetime of around 27.5m UK citizens. #safestanding
- Imagine walking into the 'popular end' of your ground and discovering that the club had decided to become the first in their league to try out rail seats without making any big fuss about it beforehand! That's what Athletic Bilbao fans discovered today...
- With @PeterMooreLFC & co off to @shrewsweb this w/e, time again to debunk the myth that @LFC fans oppose safe standing: 88% of >17k #LFC fans backed rail seating in a @spiritofshankly poll, while @TheAnfieldWrap helped pay for the rail seats now in place at their #FACup opponents
- You may have seen that photo earlier of preparations for the #EURO2024 'fan mile' in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Here it is again, along with a pic of the same area full of fans celebrating Germany's 2014 World Cup success. Capacity this year is going to be c. 50k
- Great new that @ManUtd have got approval for a rail seat trial at Old Trafford. Much credit must go to @Drasdo & @MU_ST for lobbying for this for many years and to the club for engaging with them on it. manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football…
- Morning all! We still have the UK's fastest-growing petition! If you've not yet signed to call for safe standing, pls take a moment to do so now. The heat map shows where the greatest support has come from so far. The NW out in the lead! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/2070…
- Replying to @stadiumbusiness @CelticFC and @celticparkeventCongrats to @rbuchanan1964 and Celtic for winning the Fan Experience Award for the rail seating section at Celtic Park. Well deserved!
- Morning all! We're still the UK's fastest-growing petition! Now approaching 37,500 signatures! If you want rail seating at your ground, please sign and RT. And ask your club and its players to do the same! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/2070… We are #NOTaVocalMinority #safestanding
