Should Manchester United bring safe standing back to Old Trafford?

Manchester United are currently weighing up the possibility of introducing safe standing at Old Trafford.

The club asked season-ticket holders if they would support a standing option at the stadium if it was legal.

A number of Premier League clubs recently held talks on the possibility of bringing back safe standing at their grounds.

Currently, Premier League and Championship stadiums have had to be all-seated since terraces were made illegal following the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.

Standing areas were last at Old Trafford – the UK’s biggest football stadium in terms of capacity – in 1994.

However, safe-standing areas that feature retractable seats are used by Scottish Premiership side Celtic. In October, senior MUFC officials visited Celtic Park to inspect its new 4,000-capacity rail seating area.

According to BBC News, Jon Darch of the Safe Standing Roadshow, an organisation promoting the use of rail seats, believes the level of interest among fans “will be huge”.

He commented: “[I] look forward both to hearing the results and to seeing other Premier League clubs follow suit and ask their fans if they would also like to be formally allowed to stand at games in dedicated areas of rail seating, specifically designed for safe standing.”