Friday, January 27, 2012
Stadium changes
In the early years of football in England, the stadiums were comprised of a mixture of standing and sitting areas. This continued until the early 1990's. This meant that there was no limit to the amount of people in the crowd watching a match, and that people could be next to someone that was a fan of the other team. This more or less helped the crowd violence and hooliganism. There would be so many people that you would constantly be being crushed and moved by the crowd. So, in 1990, Lord Taylor had the bright idea to encourage each team to convert their stadiums to have only seating, and no standing areas. This would allow the ticket masters to control who was going in, how many got in, and where they sat. Also, the stadiums were engineered to allow the police easy access in and out of the rows. But even then, the violence still happens.
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I would have never thought about this aspect of gang violence. I've noticed at concerts how standing room only crowds tend to be a bit more rowdy than seated shows. I always thought it was because older folks typically didn't go to shows where they had to stand the whole time, but I think this theory might apply there too.
ReplyDeleteHas there been any major changes in the way they police these events. Special task force?
ReplyDeleteThere are probably more police now. But I don't know of any changes in the way they police it.
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