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The Football Licensing Authority was commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to produce the fifth edition of the Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds (“the Green Guide”).
The Guide provides detailed guidance to ground management, technical specialists such as architects and engineers and all relevant authorities to assist them assess how many spectators can be safely accommodated within a sports ground.
It also provides guidance on measures intended to improve safety at existing grounds, in terms of both their design and safety management. Although it is not a definitive design guide it does offer guidance good practice in the design and management of new grounds or newly constructed sections of grounds.
ISBN 13: 9780117020740
Fifth edition published 2008 by: The Stationery Office
Copies can be purchased by the following methods:
An electronic version of the guide is available from the DCMS website