Aston Villa have become the first Premier League club to publicly back a new campaign for trials of standing areas. The campaign has been launched by the Football Supporters' Federation (FSF) and with Birmingham MP Roger Godsiff.
Villa chief executive Paul Faulkner said: "We have had a number of good discussions and meetings with the FSF over the past 12 months and fully support their campaign to allow small-scale trials of safe standing areas at grounds.
"Whenever we have discussed the topic with our fans we've found almost unanimous support for such a trial, and the concept of giving fans the choice to decide to either sit or stand at a game.
"We believe Villa Park could be a potential venue for such a trial, and would like the opportunity to progress the plans further with the wider support of the football community in this country."
Godsiff has also submitted an early day motion to Parliament which "urges the Government to accept the case for introducing, on a trial basis, limited standing areas".
The trials would need a change in the Football Spectators Act 1989, brought in after the Hillsborough disaster.
