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Anfield Embraces Safe Standing: A New Dawn for Liverpool Fans In a significant move for football enthusiasts, Liverpool has joined the ranks of Premier League clubs embracing the safe standing initiative. This development comes after a meticulous two-year trial, culminating in the club's application for a safe standing licence on June 30. The Green Light from SGSA The Sports Ground Safety Authority (SGSA) has given its nod of approval, a decision that Liverpool has eagerly announced. The club's official statement …

‘If it wasn’t for the Scousers we could stand.’ In January 1990, a mere eight months after the Hillsborough disaster, Lord Justice Taylor published his findings in what became known as The Taylor Report. The two headlines, as it were, were plain and simple. Firstly, the disaster was caused by a lack of police control and a dereliction of responsibility. Fans had nothing to do with it at all. Secondly, it recommended that football stadia become all-seater and thus abolished …