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| quote: | Originally posted by evil_bastard
England have some of the safest football grounds in Europe now but don't get any credit for it. |
I think everyone around europe has admitted england should be used as the model for building new stadia, so to say they don't get credit for it isn't entirely accurate.
The problem I think with most countries like italy is the hard line fans don't want to sacrifice atmosphere for comfort. All seater stadia have a tendancy to detract from atmosphere a lot, as you now see with grounds like old trafford, the emirates and stamford bridge.
I know one thing is for sure, parkhead has never been the same since it was made all seater - you get the atmosphere at european games, but even they aren't what they used to be, that coupled with the fact the majority of our songs are now outlawed by that **** jack mcconnel means the league games are sat through in near silence. Our keeper artur boruc compared supporters in britain to an audience at the cinema.
I still feel there is a place in football for terracing at ground if it can be done without sacrificing saftey (borussia dotmund have achieved this).
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