Jon Darch

Campaigns for safe standing that delivers lower ticket prices. Runs Translates GER to ENG. Reps for Ferco. Bristol City fan. FCU member.

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

Congrats! I well recall showing HTSA members the safe standing concept way back in 2012! All good things take time.

[HTSA @officialhtsa]

Safe standing 🤝 Huddersfield Town

#htafc

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

This follows the initial installation of compact steel rail seats at Loftus Road in 2022

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

Delighted to see @QPR set to install more rail seating this summer https://t.co/AMZtMzIAJR

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

@hellierd You're not wrong. Safe standing in Germany generally accommodates two standing fans per rail seat (when the seats are locked upright & the area is being operated as pure standing).

Narrow rows in old UK stadia make that impossible. But rows in new builds are adequately deep.

[St. Johnstone FC @StJohnstone]

Ready for action.

Bring the noise! 📢

#SJFC

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

@a1_aird @Boblofft @Detroit67Book @StJohnstone @faircityunity There's Kilmarnock too (shown here). They, Celtic and now St Johnstone have steel rail seats. Falkirk, I believe, fitted barriers behind the existing plastic seats.

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

Great to see the UK's latest safe standing area all set to open at @StJohnstone - And all the better that it's fitted with proper, compact, steel rail seats, funded in part through the fundraising efforts of the @faircityunity supporters group. Well done club and fans!

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

@LeroiJackson16 @jordanpbanks @StJohnstone @faircityunity Stands

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

@nrpsimpson @jordanpbanks @StJohnstone @faircityunity Correct. If you're not doing the full width of a stand, it needs to be a block at one end or the other in order to prevent causing sightline issues for fans sitting in adjacent areas.

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

@jordanpbanks @StJohnstone @faircityunity Hey, no worries. Here's the 'before' picture. The lads standing in that area with no rails to prevent them from falling forward. And due credit to them: they raised a fair bit of money towards the overall cost.

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

@jordanpbanks @StJohnstone @faircityunity The block here is where @faircityunity currently stand. So, this is giving the fans in that ultras group better infrastructure in their existing 'home'. They have certainly not been pushed into a corner out of the way!

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

@Laboysco @grok @DeadlineDayLive Grok is wrong. No new rule has yet been passed. And two thirds of the Yellow Wall is a conventional terrace fitted with conventional crush barriers.

Best not to trust an AI tool that simply scrapes its data from misinformed press stories.

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

@TommySligo Correct. They were given exemption when the 50+1 rule was introduced due to having financed the clubs - at all levels - for over 20 years beforehand.

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

@THFCKels @ROTS1882 @NFFC Better still. Metal ones. Locked upright, so they can't be stood on. Seen here in Scotland, Germany, Hungary and Sweden.

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

@PnoTuna @SwindonSA @RedsssSeaside @CamelSaunders @pieman80 It's probably above 25 degrees on some places. 25 is the limit for a conventional terrace, and is what caused some confusion around the time of safe standing's introduction. However, "licensed standing in seated areas" is treated for this purpose as seating, so 35 degrees apply.

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

@SwindonSA @RedsssSeaside @CamelSaunders @PnoTuna @pieman80 Possible there too. Safe standing can be done at up to the same max gradient as for any other area of seating (35 degrees).

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

@RedsssSeaside @Mike_p_1969_ @CamelSaunders @PnoTuna @pieman80 Done. By mail.

[Accrington Stanley @ASFCofficial]

We recently had the pleasure of welcoming football fan Jon Darch to the Wham Stadium! 🤝

Jon is “Doing the 92” in style and we were proud to be his 65th stop.

📽️ Accrington Stanley fan Stephen Lowe caught up with @SafeStandingRS in the 1968 Lounge.

#IndustryAndPrudenceConquer

[Jon Darch @SafeStandingRS]

@RedsssSeaside @CamelSaunders @PnoTuna @pieman80 It would now be possible to convert the Town End to safe standing. No rules against it. Depending on the solution used, it would cost circa £50k to £250k.