Standing Room?

What's interesting about the article below is that when I was watching football religiously in the late 1980s, my group had already moved on (some might say graduated) from standing to seating at games because we were fed up with being on the terraces. Of course, nobody enforced us to remain seated in those days, nor did they try to prevent us from singing or demonstrating any signs of excitement. Many of our away days in seats were really just slightly more spacious standing experiences. But I will never forget my time spent in the Trent End at NFFC as a young lad, nor my first taste of an away win on the terrace at White Hart Lane, nor the dozens of other away days on terraces up and down the country that helped shape my world. In an ideal scenario, standing areas at grounds would mean lower ticket prices and more accessibility for groups of younger fans to attend games and create the atmosphere that is so sadly missing from much football in the modern age. Imagine a world of £5-£10 standing tickets. Imagine the game being affordable, not as a treat, a one off game every now and then, but as a habitual thing that happens on a Saturday, every Saturday, just like it was for us...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25269939