I wish Celtic all the best with this - would love to see it a SB!

 

http://www.fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/celtic-we-want-safe-standing

I think a small standing section in football grounds is perfectly reasonable personally, I assume it would also help a lot of teams to increase their ground capacity. 

It won't increase capacity. Rail seats, for that is what they are, are still seats, the same width as the current all-seater seats.  There will only be the same number of people in each row, just that they will be able to stand safely. (And sit down for a rest if they are old buggers like me)

We have two safe-standing areas at IFK Göteborg: lower section is usually full of us oldies who can only manage to sing the odd song and the upper section where you are expected to sing for 90 minutes. Cracking atmosphere. There is also a sitting, singing section where a season ticket is needed and they have a bar with semi decent beer. In the standing areas it's sh*t beer. And naturally the away end is standing.

http://www.fsf.org.uk/latest-news/view/fans-at-arsenal-and-villa-say-yes-to-safe-standing

 

Thought it might be an interesting idea to try and conduct a similar sort of survey amongst Chelsea supporters.

 

If we could present the club with a valid, well conducted survey that showed a large majority of supporters were behind the idea, it might  make the club come out and say they were open to the idea in the future.

 

The list of clubs who say they're behind the idea is growing monthly. United said recently that if there was a law change, they might consider it. Similarly Villa, City, West Ham and a whole load of other clubs are backing it.

 

Obviously, they won't do anything about it now, but it can't hurt the campaign if they were to come out and say they weren't against it. 

 

The more high profile clubs that come out in support, the more pressure it would put on the Premier League and the people at the top.

 

I'm sure there are groups, (Chelsea Supporters Groups, CPO etc) who would have the reach and capability to pull something like this off?

Here's a good example of one they did at Spurs

 

 

http://www.thefightingcock.co.uk/2013/03/safe-standing-survey-results/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/26079503

I think the below is also one of the issues:

The police do not claim that standing in itself is unsafe. Andy Holt, the South Yorkshire police assistant chief constable who leads nationally on football policing said "I agree you can have safe standing." The police oppose standing because they argue that crowd misbehaviour might be more likely, and more difficult to police.

The government has always followed police advice, and is wary of change, particularly because standing has become linked historically with Hillsborough.

I believe 19 out of 20 Prem League clubs are in favour of safe standing...

to tell you the truth...these rail seats don`t look secure to me...they`re only bolted on....what`s not to say that whole row of people pushing forward putting pressure on that rail won`t rip the bolts out.

f**k celtic.

I was under the impression that the bigger problem was people trying to get in without tickets than standing.

Don't talk rubbish devil dog there is no way the bolts are coming out. That's not the issue here

Ooh sor-ry! 

Wish the seats didn't even exist...