It is farcical though that the PL create a "rule" then don't enforce it. It is not a rule then, and you could argue gives Newc an unfair advantage.
I don't get how moving us to a lower tier represents a safety issue when we go in opposite home fans to the lower tier in that end, and they have a Police/steward line afterwards (until we get past the ground into the car park or road)

What is the issue??
Given that Sunderland moves us the other way round - from the bottom to the top tier, and their partitions are just gaps not railings.....
