all-seater

Thanks to all-seater stadiums many football fans spend a large part of the game in a position halfway between leaping in elation and slumping in despair, a sort of anticipatory squat in which the buttocks hover six inches above the seat.

Sheepskin-wearing seating bores get my goat | Harry Pearson 2011

In January 2009 it became the Lamex Stadium in a seven-figure sponsorship deal – no problem with naming rights there – but the hardwood trees that lend it charm beyond the stands may prove more prized by the council than all-seater stands.

Steely Stevenage aim high in their quest for a unique hat-trick | Jeremy Alexander 2011

In this city's depressed East End, the club's Brisbane Road home is a smart, all-seater arena, but its capacity is limited to just 9,300 and the team's average attendance this season is under half that figure.

Orient's Olympic-Sized Threat Jonathan Clegg 2011

He has since bought a degree of financial stability to the club, building new stands and converting the team's ramshackle old ground into an all-seater arena, renamed the Matchroom Stadium.

Orient's Olympic-Sized Threat Jonathan Clegg 2011

And even if the bad guys do still own the keys to the Death Star/all-seater 76,000-capacity stadium, you can get the odd happy ending.

Wayne Rooney, Americans and the terrible burden of ambition Barney Ronay 2010

Ever since stadiums went all-seater there has been conflict between those who rise to their feet in moments of excitement and those who shout at them whenever they do so.

Sheepskin-wearing seating bores get my goat | Harry Pearson 2011

The construction of all-seater grounds wounded many Scottish clubs financially, and most have not yet recovered.

Scotland's return to terraces stands as an example to English football 2011

In fact, inside the original Olympic bid document, the initial cost for the 80,000 all-seater stadium in east London was priced at $560M.

Buzzine » Lazarus on London 2008

And you all thought it was just the home of a First Division Championship team the stadium for which was the first all-seater stadium in the country!

Archive 2007-03-01 Mike Rouse 2007

And you all thought it was just the home of a First Division Championship team the stadium for which was the first all-seater stadium in the country!

Sent to Coventry Mike Rouse 2007