One thing this will put an end to is the moronic "chanting" and foul language from the South Stand, so I'm personally delighted. The new stand will be much easier to police and offenders can be weeded out. Plus one would hope there'll be pressure from fans and families in the seats to keep the terracing below civil and peaceful. Finally the high roof should dissipate any stupid singing into the wind and I'll no longer have to endure it from the North Stand. People can still stand, people can still sit, and if you want to get drunk, jump around and sing you can go to a disco

I seriously doubt any club would be allowed to have a top tier made for standing for health and safety reasons.




I'm not an architect expert but I'd guess the angle/height of roofs nowadays is to do with not having any sight-blocking beams/pillars in the stand and thus the roof is supported differently to older versions.

H&S Bingo, you win!

Indeed. upon touring Wembley before last year's final, I was intriuged to discover that the arch is there to hold up the roof, so no pillars are needed, and there are no obscured views.

You and some others might not like it but it will be the reason. I seriously doubt any proposed design that featured the seats at the front and standing at the back would get approved whether you wished it would or not.

I'm not saying you are wrong, but what h&s grounds would prevent upper level standing?

Because by the looks of this thread most fans talk out of their so making them sit down will render them mute.

For example the Championship finals day a few back held at the Halliwell Jones. A small fire broke out inside one of the stand and they had to empty the fans onto the pitch. Given a similar situation at a new Leeds South Stand I doubt the preferred setup would be a load of standing fans rushing down onto a seated section.

Is it not more a case that if you are low down and sat down your view isn't great. Standing on the lower part still affords at worst a reasonable view.

I don't think it is a h&s issue so much.

My initial thoughts that we should keep the whole of the South Stand as a terrace but am now convinced that this is the right way forward. From what I have read the standing capacity in the new stand will be the same as the existing and decrepit South Stand, so there is absolutely no reason why the atmosphere should change. Plus, and this is an important point, the atmosphere at somewhere like Valley Parade in Bradford, which is all seating, has been incredible at the big games over recent years. I know this as a fact as, by an accident of birth and my dear departed parents' sporting loves, I regularly attend games at both Headingley and Valley Parade.

Let's stop moaning and get right behind our club bringing HQ into the 21st century.

Those who think the atmopshere will be the same once the dwellers move in should try going to any one of our aways.

2/3rds of the fans sat down, never getting off their and rarely raising their voice. Left to the 100 or so who stand at the back to make up for it.

I think what's already been alluded to is spot on - you'll have families with screaming kids in the back who'll immediately demand the atmosphere get calmed down so as not to offend their little darlings.

I like going to the rugby and being able to call Silverwood a bent, inbred, sh*tforbrains thunderc*nt when he screws up a call.

Oh then that is a good argument for more seating