tynevalleyblackcat
Striker
It can't as it would not be compliant with the building regulations.Correct. Always thought the pitch was " miles " from the seats. Perhaps this was because the stadium design was cheaper this way rather than having tight corners.
For a relatively modest cost the South Stand could be reprofiled, made higher and steeper but without the extra tier of the North Stand.
That space was needed to hit FIFA standards. Our stadium was right up there on standards when it was built and there will be no other stadium built since that has the fans closer but also has the same classification as the standards have never been changed.
Always makes me smile when club X claim their new stadium will have a steeper home end than everywhere else when the green guide and building regulations in this country forbid that and it would not get a safety certificate. Clubs might want to build steeper and closer to the pitch but the fact is they just can't.
Thats not just us its everyone.
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