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Brendan O'Leary's avatar

Good article which explains the stultifying and stagnating effect of bureaucratic behaviour management.

You seem to have meandered between different meanings of "the country", but since you mentioned Glasgow Rangers and Celtic, can I remind readers that Aberdeen's Pittodrie stadium went all seated in 1978?

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Rob's avatar

An excellent social summary of the game and I agree with your conclusion. As a lad, my father and I used to get to the Oak Road End at Kenilworth Road early on so that we could perch on a crash barrier. I occasionally caught a glimpse of the play whilst straining to see between the taller men in front of me and the pointless metal cages separating us from the pitch. A Luton goal would usually cause a major surge leading to a shuffling and rearrangement of the crowd. I would more often than not instantaneously cede my leaning-point and then catch up with my father at half-time or the end of the game. Happy days indeed.

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