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The Taylor Report is a document, whose development was overseen by Lord Taylor of Gosforth
Peter Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth

For other people named Peter Taylor, see Peter Taylor.Peter Murray Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1992 until his premature retirement in 1996, due to poor health which led to his death the following year....
, concerning the aftermath and causes of the Hillsborough disaster
Hillsborough disaster

The Hillsborough Disaster was a deadly human Stampede#Human stampedes that occurred on 15 April 1989, at Hillsborough Stadium, a football stadium home to Sheffield Wednesday in Sheffield, England, resulting in the deaths of 96 people ....
 in 1989. An interim report was published in August 1989, and the final report was published in January 1990. It sought to establish the causes of the tragedy, and make recommendations regarding the provision of safety at sporting events in future.

The Taylor Report is synonymous with the recommendation that all major stadia
Stadium

A modern stadium is a place, or venue, for outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event....
 convert to an all-seater model, that all ticketed spectators have seats, as opposed to some or all being obliged to stand.






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The Taylor Report is a document, whose development was overseen by Lord Taylor of Gosforth
Peter Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth

For other people named Peter Taylor, see Peter Taylor.Peter Murray Taylor, Baron Taylor of Gosforth Privy Council of the United Kingdom was the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1992 until his premature retirement in 1996, due to poor health which led to his death the following year....
, concerning the aftermath and causes of the Hillsborough disaster
Hillsborough disaster

The Hillsborough Disaster was a deadly human Stampede#Human stampedes that occurred on 15 April 1989, at Hillsborough Stadium, a football stadium home to Sheffield Wednesday in Sheffield, England, resulting in the deaths of 96 people ....
 in 1989. An interim report was published in August 1989, and the final report was published in January 1990. It sought to establish the causes of the tragedy, and make recommendations regarding the provision of safety at sporting events in future.

The Taylor Report is synonymous with the recommendation that all major stadia
Stadium

A modern stadium is a place, or venue, for outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event....
 convert to an all-seater model, that all ticketed spectators have seats, as opposed to some or all being obliged to stand. The Football League
The Football League

The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for English football sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional Football clubs from England and Wales....
 in England and the Scottish Football League
Scottish Football League

The Scottish Football League is a league of Football teams in Scotland, comprising theScottish Football League First Division, Scottish Football League Second Division and Scottish Football League Third Division....
 introduced regulations that clubs in the highest divisions (top 2 divisions in the English system) must comply to this recommendation.

Some clubs had started upgrading their stadia before this rule was introduced. For example, St Johnstone arranged for the construction of McDiarmid Park
McDiarmid Park

McDiarmid Park is the home stadium of St. Johnstone F.C. from Perth, Scotland, Scotland. It has an all-seated capacity of 10,673, the record attendance is 10,525; which occurred on 23 May 1999 when Tayside rivals Dundee F.C....
, which opened in time for the 1989-90 season
1989-90 in Scottish football

The 1989–90 season was the 93rd season of competitive football in Scotland....
.

The report stated that standing accommodation is not intrinsically unsafe, but the government decided that no standing accommodation was to be allowed at all. Stand Up Sit Down is a group campaigning for a compromise on this issue, arguing that some fans should be allowed to stand even in a seated area.

Other recommendations of the Taylor Report included points on items such as the sale of alcohol
Alcoholic beverage

An alcoholic beverage is a drink containing ethanol . Alcoholic beverages are divided into three general classes: beers, wines, and distilled beverage....
 within stadia, crush barriers, fences, turnstiles, ticket prices and other stadium
Stadium

A modern stadium is a place, or venue, for outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event....
 items.

See also

  • Ground improvements at British football stadia
    Ground improvements at British football stadia

    A large number of English football clubs have ongoing schemes to redevelop existing grounds, or to move to newly constructed stadiums. A trend towards all-seater stadiums was initially prescribed by the Taylor Report, and was originally a condition only of Premier League admission....
  • Safe Standing pressure group