Brentford FC fans today caught a glimpse of what the future could hold if they secure safe standing at the club's new stadium.
An area to stand like terraces of old, but a modernised and safer version, has long been among the top wishes for Bees fans when the club sets up home at Lionel Road.
Scottish champions Celtic announced plans a year ago to become the first British club to implement safe standing areas, using rail seating, which is quite common on the continent.
And work today begun on the installing the rail seats, which will hold up to 3,000 fans, in the north west section of Celtic Park.
The new arrangement will be in use for all Celtic's domestic matches, but they will have to bolt the seats down for European ties. Another approach used by German clubs are seats which fold away under aluminium terrace steps for European games.
All-seater stadiums were recommended into the Taylor Report following the Hillsborough Disaster of 1989, but safe standing has been campaigned for by the Football Supporters' Federation since the turn of the century.
In December 2013, the Football League asked its member clubs asking for their opinion on safe standing and around 70 per cent indicated that they were in favour of lobbying the government.
Since then, Bristol City and Peterborough have both announced that they plan to install rail seats during their forthcoming stadium redevelopments.
Brentford's own plans for a new stadium took a huge step forward in April when a Compulsory Purchase Order for the last few parcels of land needed was approved by the government.
