Slick
Guru
I don't mind so much when its an old boy I've never really heard of who played for the team back in the day. Its a respectful nod to the past, and probably means a lot to whoever has been left behind.
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I don't mind so much when its an old boy I've never really heard of who played for the team back in the day. Its a respectful nod to the past, and probably means a lot to whoever has been left behind.
Slick
Guru
Loads and loads to be proud of, except our inability to leave the past where it belongs.
PaulSB
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Agree entirely which is why I'm happy to do so. At my club though we have these for people which have no apparent connection or it's for much larger scale things which I might not want to acknowledge.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Minute's silence on Remembrance Day (only one club in Scotland deliberately disrupt that) but I prefer a minute's applause. Especially the one's organised by the fans themselves. At a recent game after a young fan had dropped dead at the age of 24, on the 24th minute what felt like the entire stadium got to its feet and applauded whilst the young fans in "the choir" sang his name. It was actually quite moving.
AndyRM
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Oh I totally agree, it's so frustrating that there are elements in supports who think that sort of behaviour is acceptable. Makes football fans as a collective far too easy a target.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Yup. That's why we can't have nice things.
Because maybe the players playing football, want to mark their respect for the monarch and not be running around a football pitch kicking a bag of air…..sometimes there are things just more important to some than football. But you wont get that, because you want your football on……
not everyone share your lack of empathy.
The Crofted Crest
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FC Utrecht has a minute's silence before the first home game of the season, for everyone and anyone who might have died during the off-season. It's a very inclusive club!
AndyRM
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I've plenty of empathy, thanks. I just don't see how stopping certain sporting fixtures shows some kind of respect.
But they do…..so tuff really.
Smokin Joe
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I think they should have gone ahead. Fans would have been able to show their respect with a minutes silence, as they did impeccably at the cricket today.
And there are also practical reasons, the season is already very compressed because of the world cup break this winter.
And there are also practical reasons, the season is already very compressed because of the world cup break this winter.
But the cricket was postponed yesterday and the golf and the cycling and the horse racing…..so football followed suit over the weekend.
AndyRM
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Well, yeah, it's the prerogative of those in charge what to do. But shutting down football, right down to kids levels? Bizarre.
PaulSB
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Not just the football though. Shutting down all sport is ridiculous. The football will be shut down next weekend as well.
I have no lack of respect but now have a complete lack of interest. Haven't watched a mainstream TV channel since Friday morning.
But its not just football that was shutdown…..all sports have done it, as a mark of respect.
Why should football be treating it any different to any other sport that did the same???
