Editing Hillsborough disaster (section)

===Effect on stadiums in Britain===
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[[File:The_New_Den_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1143517.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[The Den]] in southeast London, which opened in 1993, was the first new stadium to be fully compliant with the safety recommendations of the [[Taylor Report]].]]
The Taylor Report had a deep impact on safety standards for stadiums in the UK. Perimeter and lateral fencing was removed and many top stadiums were converted to [[All-seater stadium|all-seated]].<ref name="A hard lesson to learn">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/318497.stm |title=A hard lesson to learn |date=15 April 1999 |work=BBC News |access-date=4 August 2007 |location=London}}</ref> Purpose-built stadiums for [[Premier League]] and most [[Football League]] teams since the report are all-seater.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.millwall-history.co.uk/the_den5.htm |title=The Architects Journal:Building Study (September 1993) |publisher=Millwall-history.co.uk |access-date=7 May 2011}}</ref> [[Chester City F.C.]]'s [[Deva Stadium]] was the first English football stadium to fulfil the safety recommendations of the Taylor Report, with [[Millwall F.C.]]'s [[The Den]] being the first new stadium to be built that fulfilled the recommendations.

In July 1992, the government announced a relaxation of the regulation for the lower two English leagues (known now as League One and League Two). The Football Spectators Act does not cover Scotland, but the [[Scottish Premier League]] chose to make all-seater stadiums a requirement of league membership,<ref>SPL rules</ref> this has not applied since the creation of the [[Scottish Professional Football League]] in 2013.<ref name="SPFL rules">{{cite web |title=SPFL Rules and Regulations |url=https://spfl.co.uk/pages/rules-and-regulations |website=Scottish Professional Football League |access-date=16 April 2025}}</ref> In England and Wales all-seating is a requirement of the Premier League<ref>Premier League rules</ref> and of the Football League for clubs who have been present in the Championship for more than three seasons.<ref>Football League rules</ref>
Several campaigns have attempted to get the government to relax the regulation and allow standing areas to return to Premiership and Championship grounds.<ref>{{cite book|title=Stand Up Sit Down – A Choice to Watch Football |first=Peter |last=Caton |year=2012 |publisher=Troubador. |isbn=978-1-78088-177-5 |at=Chapters 23 – 25}}</ref>