As stated earlier all Football Trust money given for redevelopment of grounds/new stadiums must be all seated. This is why teams such as Shrewsbury & Bournemouth have sparkly new stadiums which are all seated at League Two level and Teams like Burton/Chester and soon to be Morecambe built new stadiums with terracing from the sale of the old grounds.
I think the authoritys are still worried re 1989. Which we all know was not the fault of terracing, though since the Taylor Report in 1990 there has been massive redevelopment across the countrys football grounds which really needed it, gone are big grass banks with barbed wire fencing around them to be replaced with nice shiny steel and glass excutive lounges and so on. But also gone are the traditions of the game. Its understandable clubs wanting to 'exploit' there fans with having more facilities at the ground and bring in more revenue. Grounds that were once open on saturday & wednesday nights are now open 7 days a week for functions and community use, the new stand at Deepdale even has a Health Centre in it for the local area. Sadly with the prices charged now at most grounds people want value for there money, they don't want to stand on wooden sleepers and cinders behind a supporting pillar, they want to sit and clap and eat there £4 hot dog or stand on the concourse watching the game on the Tv (never understood that??) because they've never experienced it and at this rate they never will.
Personally I think the Clayton End is less safe now than last season. The fans can't move around as freely as last season and if your like me and your vertically challenged unless you get to the barrier before kick off then you can't see very well.
So stick a roof on the Coppice and be done with it!!
