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You're correct, simple as that. Taylor made the recommendation, which the Government adopted in 1992 (2 years after Maggie had left Government, which quashes the red-herring posts stating her anti-football supporter views were the driver for all seater grounds. People are confusing this...

I'd rather have Fenway Sports Group or Leicester's owners, than Sullivan, Gold or Ashley. (If it wasn't TB). There are good and awful owners in both the British and non-British categories.

I thought the same happened with colloquially known Parkhead, which somehow evolved to Celtic Park, in recent times. Why?

Same here. Achy knees, neck, back, so I sit as much as possible. Away games when everyone stands for 90 minutes are a pain (literally), but being tall I can still sit if I get lucky with shorties in front. But I loved those North Stand days and enjoy telling my Albion loving son about it...

I loved the pushing, shoving, fun, swaying and surges in the North Stand. I experienced this in the Kop too. Even as a kid, to me, it wasn't scary in the slightest. My son would love it, but will never get the chance to experience it. Safe standing will never compare.

Don't they simply sell them through Thomas Cook as packages, at sky high prices for anyone prepared to pay? The same at Anfield and a few other stadia. https://www.thomascooksport.com/Football/Premier-League

Very true. I enjoyed being an Albion fan far more from 1976 to 1979, than 1979 to 1983. I wasn't the one, with average attendances 1982/83 down to 14,600. I'm enjoying this time far more, we seem better prepared in every facet of the club.

Football clubs are not going down the floating as a PLC listed company model. That was a little fad about 20 years ago, Southampton, Spurs and Millwall for example. Instead they all effectively private limited companies, majority owned by wealthy individuals or overseas state funds. They also...