{"id":28331,"date":"2026-08-23T05:24:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/safe-standing-north-stand\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T05:24:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:24:40","slug":"safe-standing-north-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/safe-standing-north-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe standing returns to the North Stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The North Stand\u2019s safe-standing area opens for the visit of Ashford City after the licensing authority confirmed the club\u2019s application this week. Blocks N3 to N6 are rail seating from Saturday.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The four blocks hold 1,850 supporters. Each seat has a waist-height rail in front of it, and supporters may stand or sit as they choose. <strong>Tickets in the area are priced the same as the rest of the North Stand.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h3 id=\"how-rail-seating-works\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How rail seating works<\/h3>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Every position has a numbered seat and a rail; the seat folds away when not in use.<\/li><li>Stewarding is unchanged; standing is permitted throughout the match.<\/li><li>The area is not available for away supporters, who remain in the South Terrace.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSupporters asked for this for a decade, and the design of the new stands made it possible to do properly.\u201d<\/p><cite>Michael Thorne, chair<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<h3 id=\"season-card-holders\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Season-card holders<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Holders in N3 to N6 keep their seats. Anyone who would prefer a seated area can move to N1 or N2 at no charge by contacting the ticket office before Friday.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blocks N3 to N6 are rail seating from the Ashford fixture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":28018,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_spx_person_id":0,"_spx_fixture_id":0,"_spx_pick_id":0,"_spx_eg_facts_label":"","_spx_eg_facts":"","_spx_figure_caption":"","_spx_news_feat":"","_spx_video_url":"","_spx_duration":"","_spx_views":"","_spx_presenter":"","_spx_media_state":"","_spx_start_at":"","_spx_media_status":"","_spx_episode":"","_spx_subject":"","_spx_subject_role":"","_spx_story_year":"","_spx_duration_seconds":0,"_spx_view_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[127],"spx_comp":[],"spx_fixture_ref":[],"spx_series":[],"spx_format":[],"spx_video_kind":[],"spx_show":[],"spx_sport":[],"spx_flag":[],"class_list":["post-28331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club","tag-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28331"},{"taxonomy":"spx_comp","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spx_comp?post=28331"},{"taxonomy":"spx_fixture_ref","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spx_fixture_ref?post=28331"},{"taxonomy":"spx_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spx_series?post=28331"},{"taxonomy":"spx_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spx_format?post=28331"},{"taxonomy":"spx_video_kind","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spx_video_kind?post=28331"},{"taxonomy":"spx_show","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spx_show?post=28331"},{"taxonomy":"spx_sport","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spx_sport?post=28331"},{"taxonomy":"spx_flag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/preview.sportpulse.anpsthemes.com\/team\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/spx_flag?post=28331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}