During Kelvin Thomas' tenure as Chairman , quite an extensive study was carried out re Safe standing ( at the breeze block).... including involving Brookes Students to incorporate said study into part of their course work.... FSF ( as was at the time) came to meeting with KT and several OUFC supporters.... at a pre season open day a small section of railseats was on display, there were several photos of ( then) OUFC players, notably Beano, on the small section of rail seating.... OUFC really could have been at the vanguard of pioneering the introduction of railseats/ safe standing.... sadly when OLSlippery took control of OUFC, it was claimed there were no records / information, (or if there was it had been 'lost') regarding studies etc for safe standing etc ...... a bit of a shame that was IMO
sadly a few seasons later , again under Ol' Slippery's tenure, 'open season' was declared on the Ultras seemingly, instigated/ driven by a certain Mr Mixter, - who also was behind the short-lived OxRails experiment-, apparently with the backing of Ol' Slippery ... which even more of a shame IMO