
2022 No. 728
Sports Grounds And Sporting Events, England And Wales
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2022
Made 29th June 2022
Laid before Parliament 4th July 2022
Coming into force 25th July 2022
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 11 of the Football Spectators Act 1989, having consulted the Sports Grounds Safety Authority in accordance with section 11(4) of that Act.
Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2022 and comes into force on 25th July 2022.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales.
(3) In Schedule 1 to this Order—
(a) a “seat incorporating a barrier” is a seat that incorporates a barrier into its construction which limits the forward movement of spectators while allowing their lateral movement;
(b) a “seat with an independent barrier” is a seat located directly behind a barrier which does not form part of the seat and which limits the forward movement of spectators while allowing their lateral movement.
Direction
2 
The Secretary of State directs the Sports Grounds Safety Authority to include a condition imposing the requirements as respects the seating of spectators at designated football matches specified in Schedule 1 in any licence to admit spectators to premises specified in Schedule 2.
Revocations
3 
The Orders listed in Schedule 3 to this Order are revoked.
Review
4 

(1) The Secretary of State must, from time to time—
(a) carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in this Order; and
(b) publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.
(2) The first report must be published before 7th December 2026.
(3) Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding five years.
(4) Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires that a report published under this article must, in particular—
(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a);
(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved;
(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate; and
(d) if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.
(5) In this article, “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).
Nigel Huddleston
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
29th June 2022
SCHEDULE 1
Requirements to be imposed
Article 2
1 
Only seated accommodation is to be provided for spectators at a designated football match, except in areas of the premises where there are seats incorporating a barrier or seats with an independent barrier.
2 
Spectators are only to be admitted to watch a designated football match from seated accommodation, except where they are admitted to watch the designated football match from areas of the premises where there are seats incorporating a barrier or seats with an independent barrier.
SCHEDULE 2
Premises in respect of which a condition imposing the requirements specified in Schedule 1 to this Order must be imposed
Article 2


Address of the premises Football club of which the premises are the home ground
Vitality StadiumDean CourtBournemouthBH7 7AF A. F. C. Bournemouth
Emirates Stadium75 Drayton ParkLondonN5 1BU Arsenal Football Club
Villa ParkTrinity RoadBirminghamB6 6HE Aston Villa Football Club
Oakwell StadiumGrove StreetBarnsleyS71 1ET Barnsley Football Club
St Andrew’s StadiumCattell RoadBirminghamB9 4RL Birmingham City Football Club
Ewood ParkBlackburnBB2 4JF Blackburn Rovers Football Club
Bloomfield RoadSeasiders WayBlackpoolFY1 6JJ Blackpool Football Club
University of Bolton StadiumBurnden WayBoltonBL6 6JW Bolton Wanderers Football Club
The Utilita Energy StadiumValley ParadeBradfordBD8 7DY Bradford City Football Club
Brentford Community Stadium27 Great West RoadBrentfordTW8 9BW Brentford Football Club
The American Express Community StadiumVillage WayBrightonBN1 9BL Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club
Ashton Gate StadiumBristolBS3 2EJ Bristol City Football Club
Turf MoorHarry Potts WayBurnleyBB10 4BX Burnley Football Club
Cardiff City StadiumLeckwith RoadCardiffCF11 8AZ Cardiff City Football Club
The ValleyFloyd RoadLondonSE7 8BL Charlton Athletic Football Club
Stamford BridgeFulham RoadLondonSW6 1HS Chelsea Football Club
Coventry Building Society ArenaJudds LaneCoventryCV6 6GE Coventry City Football Club
Mornflake StadiumGresty RoadCreweCW2 6EB Crewe Alexandra Football Club
Selhurst Park StadiumWhitehorse LaneLondonSE25 6PU Crystal Palace Football Club
Pride Park StadiumPride ParkDerbyDE24 8XL Derby County Football Club
Eco-Power StadiumStadium WayDoncasterDN4 5JW Doncaster Rovers Football Club
Hill Dickinson Stadium Bramley Moore Dock, Liverpool L5 9SR Everton Football Club
Craven CottageStevenage RoadLondonSW6 6HH Fulham Football Club
MEMS Priestfield StadiumRedfern AvenueGillinghamME7 2PE Gillingham Football Club
Blundell ParkCleethorpesLincolnshireDN35 7PY Grimsby Town Football Club
The John Smith’s StadiumStadium WayHuddersfieldHD1 6PX Huddersfield Town Association Football Club
MKM StadiumWalton StreetHullHU3 6HU Hull City Association Football Club
Portman Road StadiumPortman RoadIpswichIP1 2DA Ipswich Town Football Club
Elland Road StadiumElland RoadLeedsLS11 0ES Leeds United Football Club
King Power StadiumFilbert WayLeicesterLE2 7FL Leicester City Football Club
AnfieldAnfield RoadLiverpoolL4 0TH Liverpool Football Club
Kenilworth Road Stadium1 Maple RoadLutonLU4 8AW Luton Town Football Club
Etihad StadiumManchesterM11 3FF Manchester City Football Club
Old TraffordSir Matt Busby WayManchesterM16 0RA Manchester United Football Club
Riverside StadiumMiddlesbroughTS3 6RS Middlesbrough Football Club
The DenZampa RoadLondonSE16 3LN Millwall Football Club
Stadium MKStadium Way WestMilton KeynesMK1 1ST Milton Keynes Dons Football Club
St James’ ParkStrawberry PlaceNewcastle-upon-TyneNE1 4ST Newcastle United Football Club
Carrow Road StadiumCarrow RoadNorwichNR1 1JE Norwich City Football Club
The City GroundWest BridgfordNottinghamNG2 5FJ Nottingham Forest Football Club
Meadow Lane StadiumMeadow LaneNottinghamNG2 3HJ Notts County Football Club
Boundary ParkOldhamFurtherwood RoadOL1 2PA Oldham Athletic Association Football Club
Home ParkPlymouthPL2 3DQ Plymouth Argyle Football Club
Vale ParkHamil RoadStoke-on-TrentST6 1AW Port Vale Football Club
Fratton ParkFrogmore RoadPortsmouthPO4 8RA Portsmouth Football Club
DeepdaleSir Tom Finney WayPrestonPR1 6RU Preston North End Football Club
Loftus Road StadiumSouth Africa RoadLondonW12 7PJ Queens Park Rangers Football Club
The Select Car Leasing StadiumReadingRG2 0FL Reading Football Club
The Aesseal New York StadiumNew York WayRotherhamS60 1AH Rotherham United Football Club
Bramall Lane StadiumSheffieldS2 4SU Sheffield United Football Club
Hillsborough StadiumSheffieldS6 1SW Sheffield Wednesday Football Club
St Mary’s StadiumBritannia RoadSouthamptonSO14 5FP Southampton Football Club
Roots Hall StadiumVictoria AvenueWestcliffe-on-SeaSouthend-on-SeaSS2 6NQ Southend United Football Club
Edgeley ParkHardcastle RoadEdgeleyStockportSK3 9DD Stockport County Football Club
bet365 StadiumStanley Matthews WayStoke-on-TrentST4 4EG Stoke City Football Club
Stadium of LightSunderlandSR5 1SU Sunderland Association Football Club
Swansea.com StadiumLandoreSwanseaSA1 2FA Swansea City Association Football Club
The Energy Check County GroundCounty RoadSwindonSN1 2ED Swindon Town Football Club
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium782 High RoadTottenhamLondonN17 0BX Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
Prenton ParkPrenton Road WestBirkenheadCH42 9PY Tranmere Rovers Football Club
Banks’s StadiumBescot CrescentWalsallWS1 4SA Walsall Football Club
Vicarage Road StadiumVicarage RoadWatfordWD18 0ER Watford Football Club
The HawthornsWest BromwichWest MidlandsB71 4LF West Bromwich Albion Football Club
London StadiumQueen Elizabeth Olympic ParkLondonE20 2ST West Ham United Football Club
DW StadiumLoire DriveWiganWN5 0UZ Wigan Athletic Football Club
Molineux StadiumWaterloo RoadWolverhamptonWV1 4QR Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club
Principality StadiumWestgate StreetCardiffCF10 1NS –
Wembley StadiumWembleyLondonHA9 0WS –
SCHEDULE 3
Revocations
Article 3
1 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 1994.
2 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 1995.
3 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 1996.
4 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 1997.
5 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 1998.
6 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 1999.
7 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2000.
8 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2001.
9 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2002.
10 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2003.
11 
The Football Spectators (Seating) (No.2) Order 2003.
12 
Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2004.
13 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2005.
14 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2006.
15 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2007.
16 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2008.
17 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2010.
18 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2011.
19 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2012.
20 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2013.
21 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2016.
22 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2020.
23 
The Football Spectators (Seating) Order 2021.