Leftfield - good post , fully agree. Same age roughly, 60 now, and I haven't supported Palace for 52 years purely to watch the beautiful football, delicate skills and tactical brilliance of CPFC through the ages.
Its that something else...when you meet another Palace fan miles away and jump up and down excitedly hugging each other! Passion. These guys should be respected for their enormous passion - who else will arrive hours before kick off to put out the red and blue?

I have no probs with the HF moving to block E if they realise that according to the LAW, the will have to SIT!

Now, as n when SS is finally introduced, if/when the HF move to their desired block(E) under current law/rules/regs they will HAVE to remained seated.

Whilst they were in block B, the club & the authorities turned a blind eye, allowing them to gain a proud reputation as one of the best set of fans anywhere in the country.

A 'singing' section can be ANYWHERE in the ground, as long, by law, they are seated. NOW, having the HF at the front of block E is all well n good, BUT(there's always a but), as soon as they stand & bring the flags our, during games, not only does it contrivine ground regs & break the law, it then makes the rest of Block E stand, followed by ALL of blocks D & F, then Blocks C & G, then finally Blocks B/A & H/J.

It wont take long, under CURRENT rules n regs that 1) the club will have to take action, 2) failing that, the local authorities will step in & if that happens, we 'could' very find the whole of the LH closed for 1 game 2/3/4 games.

This is far too serious a thing to allow, no matter how much we want the HF back, IMO, a compromise can & WILL be reached(fingers x'd). NOW in the meantime, can we ALL get back to supporting the team/club we all love(& hate) PLEASE!

Phew, sorry bout that

My views on darned standing in all-seater football stadia have been well documented on HOL so I don't need to rake over old ground and stir up a hornet's nest.

You mentioned "Law" - It is widely believed that standing in such stadia is illegal, however this is not the actualite in that The law only states that these clubs should provide seats for all supporters, not that supporters must sit on them.

Standing in seated areas, is, however, contrary to ground regulations.The ground regulations of a club form a contract between the supporter and the club. Entering the stadium is a tacit agreement to accept the ground regulations.
By standing, supporters are in breach of that contract and this is a civil, and not a criminal matter.

Edited by Willo (05 Sep 2018 2.14pm)

My apologies Willo, I stand corrected. I should have 'worded' it slightly better, which is why I added 'Rules n Regs' but, I hope you got my drift.

Edited by eagleman13 (05 Sep 2018 2.24pm)