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Our General Approach

We believe that true safety comes when those who are responsible understand and believe in it for themselves. It cannot be imposed through external regulation. We therefore seek always to educate, advise and persuade. We do not rely upon our statutory powers unless there is no reasonable alternative.

Our Objectives

We have agreed the following key objectives with the Government:

  • To ensure by means of guidance, assistance and monitoring that the local authorities perform their functions to a consistent and acceptable standard; and, in the long term, to give these authorities the opportunity to reduce their level of involvement as clubs take greater responsibility for safety.

  • To maintain and build on the achievements of the government’s policies on spectator accommodation.

  • To bring about, through advice and persuasion, a permanent change of culture whereby consistently high standards of safety are maintained at every Premiership, Football League and international football ground by the clubs or ground management taking responsibility on their own initiative rather than in response to requirements imposed by other bodies.

  • To maintain and enhance our position as the leading authority on ground safety and standards both at home and overseas and as the prime source of advice and assistance to the government, local authorities, clubs an other bodies.

Our Wider Role

In December 1998, following a major review, the Government announced that we would in due course become the Sports Ground Safety Authority. It presented legislation to this effect to Parliament but the 2001 General Election intervened. Ministers are committed to reintroducing it when they can find a place in the Parliamentary timetable.

Although our formal role is limited to professional football grounds, we are always happy to respond to requests for general advice and information in relation to other sporting venues – where the issues and needs are often the same.

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