Thirty-three thousand people completed a standing survey in two weeks

Sixty-nine per cent of fans surveyed said they would prefer to stand at games

Nearly half claimed they would attend more matches if standing was an option

A large-scale survey will on Friday reveal that 94 per cent of fans at Football League clubs want the option of standing at games, Sportsmail can reveal.

More than 33,000 completed the survey in less than two weeks, with an overwhelming majority calling for a choice between sitting and standing at stadiums and 69 per cent saying they would prefer to stand.

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Nearly half said they would attend more matches if standing was an option.

Ninety-four per cent of fans in a survey indicated they wanted the option of standing

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STANDING SURVEY 94 per cent of EFL fans believe clubs should be able to provide standing 69 per cent of fans would prefer to stand 47 per cent of fans would be more likely to attend games if they were allowed to stand 92 per cent of the survey's respondents were male

Standing is outlawed in the top two divisions, following the Taylor Report into the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.

Minister for Sport Tracey Crouch came under fire in April when she claimed only a ‘vocal minority’ backed standing, rejecting a request from West Bromwich Albion to run a pilot scheme.

That triggered a petition signed by more than 100,000 people and the issue will be debated in Parliament on June 25.

Peter Daykin of the Football Supporters’ Federation said: ‘Once again, football supporters have made it abundantly clear they want the choice between sitting and standing.’

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