All-seater stadium is the terminology applied to those sports stadia in which every spectator has a seat. This is commonplace in football (soccer) stadiums in nations such as Spain, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
However, some countries, such Germany, do not have all-seater stadiums. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. German fans protested that they would prefer to stand whilst watching football, and so the country's grounds have large terraced areas.
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All-seater stadiums in Britain
In 1977, Clydebank, a relatively small club, were promoted to the Scottish Premier Division. Clydebank Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the town of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire. At that time, the grounds of clubs playing in the highest tier in Britain were required to comply with the Safety of Sports Grounds Act if their capacity was above 10,000. Clydebank, faced with a large bill to ensure compliance, decided to reduce the capacity of their stadium, New Kilbowie to 9,950 by bolting wooden bench seating to their terraces, which were open to the elements. New Kilbowie thereby became the first all-seater ground in Britain, albeit as a response to an unforeseen problem rather than a long-term plan. In 1978, Aberdeen followed suit, putting benches on the open south terrace as the final part of a longer-term plan to make the ground all-seated. Aberdeen Football Club (also known as The Dons, The Reds and The Dandies) is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen Subsequent to this, the south side of the ground was covered over, and Pittodrie Stadium was proclaimed as the country's first all-seated, all-covered ground, although the southern corners of the ground remained open to the skies. Pittodrie Stadium is a football Stadium situated in the Scottish City of Aberdeen. In 1981, Coventry City converted Highfield Road to all-seating, the first club in England to do so, at the instigation of the then chairman, Jimmy Hill. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip is an association football club based in Coventry, James William Thomas "Jimmy" Hill OBE (born 22 July 1928 is an English football personality This move, forced on the fans, proved unpopular, with attendances declining, and terracing was reinstated at one end by 1985.
The other ground often cited as all-seated in Britain before 1990 was Ibrox, home of Rangers. Ibrox Stadium, originally Ibrox Park, is the Stadium of Rangers F Rangers Football Club are an Association football team based in Glasgow Scotland, who currently play in the Scottish Premier League. However, although Ibrox had no terracing after the redevelopment which was completed in 1981, there was still a significant standing area in the 'Enclosure', the front portion of the old Main Stand. [1]
All-seater stadiums have been compulsory in the English Premiership since the start of the 1994-95 season as a result of the Taylor Report, which gave recommendations to improve stadium safety after the Hillsborough disaster. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs The Taylor Report is a document whose development was overseen by Lord Taylor of Gosforth, concerning the aftermath and causes of the Hillsborough disaster in The initial plan, drawn up in 1990, had recommended that standing areas should be banned from stadiums in the upper two tiers of the league from 1994 onwards, while stadiums in the lower two tiers had until 1999 to meet these requirements. A review of the proposals in 1992 saw non-Premiership and second tier clubs retain the option to have standing areas. From time to time there are calls for Premiership stadiums to be allowed to have standing areas, but these have always been rejected.
Worldwide
FIFA and UEFA also mandate that all matches in competitions that they control be held in all-seater stadiums. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (French for International Federation of Association Football) The Union of European Football Associations (Union des associations européennes de football is the administrative and controlling body for European football. This means that in countries where standing terraces are commonplace, either the stadiums cannot be used at all; the standing areas are closed to spectators (as at Lansdowne Road, home to the Republic of Ireland national team, before its redevelopment); temporary seats are installed (as is the case with Croke Park, home to the Republic of Ireland national team during the Lansdowne Road redevelopment), or the standing areas must be converted to seating (as is the case with several of the larger stadiums in Germany, some of which were used in all-seater configuration for the 2006 FIFA World Cup). Location The stadium is situated in the neighbourhood of Ballsbridge in the city's Dublin 4 area The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in international football. Croke Park (Páirc an Chrócaigh in Dublin, Ireland is the largest sports Stadium in Ireland (fifth largest in Europe) and the principal stadium The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in international football. The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th instance of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament
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References
- ^ Inglis, Simon (1996). Eurostand was a campaign among European football Supporters in 1998. Football Grounds of Britain, third edition. Collins Willow publishing, 137, 424-425, 437, 467-469. ISBN 0 00 218426 5.
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all-seater stadium
-noun
- A sports stadium consisting solely of numbered seats, with no terraces for standing spectators
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