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Ah, good old Wayne! I only remember standing on the benches tbh.

Let's be honest, nobody really sat on those benches!

If you'd be happy paying £25+ to stand behind the goals at an SPFL Premiership match when you could sit in line with half way line for the same price then more power to you but I'd suggest you're getting ripped off. FWIW I think £25 to sit at a Premiership match is overpriced as it is let alone to stand. ETA : The above reply is me hypothesising of how your experience in the lower leagues might relate in the top flight.

I take it that you can head off to the main stand for a covered seat during the game if it starts pissing with rain?

Really? They charge the same for sitting in a stand in line with the centre circle as standing behind one of the goals? If this is true then it's no wonder that the game is as badly administered as it is. Football fans are clearly morons!

You've missed the point I was making mate. Why would Clubs install the "safe standing" that equates to the same capacity as seats available as opposed to the removable rail seating that can fit an extra person for every 2-3 seats? i.e : 1000 seat capacity @ £25 per seat or 1000 standing capacity @ £15 per person (surely they couldn't justify charging the same for standing?!) Versus the removable rail seating to allow extra standing spectators: 1000 seat capacity @ £25 per seat or 1500-2000 standing capacity @ £15 per person. I agree that capacity isn't really an issue in Scotland but the above affects on revenue would be a major factor. Which is probably why very few Clubs in Scotland will install "safe standing" imo.

In order for Clubs to feel that "safe standing" is worthwhile, then the "removable seating" option as opposed to the "fixed seating" would be preferable as they could offer an increased capacity albeit at a reduced ticket price instead of expecting the same number of fans pay the same price to stand instead of sit. This makes no commercial sense, particularly in Scotland where the majority of Clubs have limited funds to play with.

Must be an awful situation for you and your wife (the kids too). All the best mate.

Brianmataxi gone? Again?!

I remember getting slagged rotten by mates that went into better paying, dead end jobs about earning £29.50/week...... foresight guys, foresight.

Cheers. Memory going in my old age! I was sure Hearts had a run to winning the cup in either 98, 06 or 12 where they never met a top tier side.

I'm sure Hearts had a fairly "easy" route to the final that year too.

Good old training on the job, you can't beat it!

That's a bit harsh on those of us that did YTS back in the day.......

Who is P475 and MHS? Aliases I presume?

^^^fear and loathing in Thailand....

Highly doubt a Dutch guy has "felching issues"* *Racial stereotyping based purely on my youth watching red hot and Dutch!

WTF is this all about?! Not guilty your Honor!

The travelling willberries.

Has @The Grass Is Greener been banned?

To quote a famous song from the late 60's: "If everyone is wrong then nobody is right"

Grown, adult women having pig tails in their hair........ surely the female equivalent of a full kit w****r?

Don't goad them Romeo, FFS! We all know where goading them ends.....

Do you have a thing for my wife, you filthy b*****d?!

It was and it wasn't........after a warm, sunny autumnal day the temperature dropped significantly after sunset. If that couple were shagging then they were very quiet and discreet!