Fans will be allowed to stand at the new Wembley for the first time from next season, after the government approved safe-standing areas at football grounds.
The sports minister, Nigel Huddleston, has confirmed that clubs are now able to apply for permanent safe-standing licences, and the national stadium is among those grounds where licences have been granted after successful trials. Huddleston said he hoped the new technology would help to prevent further disorder of the kind that has disrupted matches over the last year.
