Late Tackle

STAND FOR THE TERRAGE

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The Late Tackle Magazine Team
18 April 2012

ANDREW CHERRIE wonders why a safe solution can’t be found for the serial standers at football

TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND people stand side by side, beer in one hand, cigarette in the other.
Twenty five thousand individuals, each merging into a co-ordinated collective, a synchronised display of yellow fury that forms one of world football’s most awe-inspiring sights.
As much as we Oxford United fans would like to kid ourselves that this could be the East Stand on any given Saturday, this is the Sudtribune at Borussia Dortmund’s Westfalenstadion -the largest standing area in ...

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