Chill out and have a pint while you can.
Will Middlesbrough be off?
- Thread starter The Catcher in the Rye
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From official governement mourning guidance :
There is no obligation to cancel or postpone events and sporting fixtures...this is at the discretion of individual organisations. As a mark of respect, organisations might wish to consider cancelling or postponing events or closing venues on the day of the State Funeral. They are under no obligation to do so and this is entirely at the discretion of individual organisations. If fixtures are planned for the day of the State Funeral, organisations might want to adjust timings so they don't clash with the timing of the funeral.
There is no obligation to cancel or postpone events and sporting fixtures...this is at the discretion of individual organisations. As a mark of respect, organisations might wish to consider cancelling or postponing events or closing venues on the day of the State Funeral. They are under no obligation to do so and this is entirely at the discretion of individual organisations. If fixtures are planned for the day of the State Funeral, organisations might want to adjust timings so they don't clash with the timing of the funeral.
I am emphatically against cancelling sporting events.
What happened to the old adage “the Queen is dead long live the king“?
I much prefer that life goes on as normally as possible (with the exception of the funeral date) and people show their respect with a minutes silence or applause
As has been mentioned on other threads what about away supporters who have booked their travel and hotels.
What happened to the old adage “the Queen is dead long live the king“?
I much prefer that life goes on as normally as possible (with the exception of the funeral date) and people show their respect with a minutes silence or applause
As has been mentioned on other threads what about away supporters who have booked their travel and hotels.
poolseasider
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Answer the questions want do want closing and what do you want keeping open?
Over to you.
As I write this reply, I don't feel like shouting, foul, corner etc. Definitely not swearing. Just does not feel right. This weekend should be off.
Tangerine_Dream
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I think you’re probably in the minority here.
The collective volume of fans watching matches this weekend, all singing god save the queen at 2:58pm would be great.
Tell me which pubs you frequent and I'll arrange for them to be on the list.Answer the questions want do want closing and what do you want keeping open?
Over to you.
S
Scratcher67
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I totally agree CW, Someone might shout 'bugger' or 'blimey' and that would set me off weeping again. People should have some respect. It's only one day and we should close the whole country down as a mark of respect.
Is Charles immortal?
Dream. My overall view is that should all be off. But I know there is the other angle. Celebration of a wonderful person s life and life must go on. I will go along with whatever decisions are made.
Matesrates
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Doctors might as well close, you can’t get an appointment anyway
Tangerine_Dream
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Called off.
Murciaseasider
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Of course it will happen again. No-one is immortal - not even the Monarachy.
ElBurroSinNombre
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I think football is off on Saturday, Alan Nixon on Twitter
TwelveAngryMen
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Completely unnecessary when we will have postponements next weekend anyway
A bit of perspective required
A bit of perspective required
ElBurroSinNombre
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I think football will go ahead next weekend - funeral is on Monday
fcblackpool
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Don't think Millwall will do. London will be rammed and Police needed.
Pun_1
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Joke of a decision to call off the games. Was looking forward to going tomorrow being exiled. And especially looking forward to paying respects with the minute silence and singing the national anthem. Instead now, going to be at home suffocated watching the news no doubt.
So you think he'll live until he's 143 then?
SeasideKurt
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Perspective around people losing money? The queen was a people person. She won't want the world to stop for one day for her. There's 1000s of ways to remember her and stopping peoples livelyhoods isn't one. In fact, it's borderline ** ridiculous this decision has been made.
SouthernSeasider
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Apparently the EFL were following the PL's decision. The PL have called them off. Wonder if that's because they don't want the bad PR when Liverpool boo the minutes silence.
S
Scratcher67
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Quite right and proper.
Come Saturday I'll be sitting in a darkened room dressed up in a Pearly King outfit eating stale bread and weeping gently.
I suggest you all do the same.
Come Saturday I'll be sitting in a darkened room dressed up in a Pearly King outfit eating stale bread and weeping gently.
I suggest you all do the same.
How is it?
A mark of respect would be everyone getting together, observing a minutes silence and singing the national anthem. Sitting at home bored achieves nothing.
SeasideKurt
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Even the Government recommended to NOT call off sporting fixtures and they are usually a million miles off of peoples perspective. Atrocious.
Gary. Each of us have our different opinions. I can understand yours. Honestly I really can. I just don't feel like shouting and moaning at a football match right now. Does not feel right.
TangerineSeasider
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Wonder if Boro will bring the full allocation on a cold , wet and dismal Tuesday night mid January ?
Gods honest truth
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He been told a big fat no
Wizaard
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Its been called off because of the Daily Mail effect.
Ask yourself what would it look like in the Daily Mail and you won't go too far wrong in terms of gauging the nutter element of society.
They would undoubtedly spin it as thousands going out having a beer and being raucous at a time when they should be grieving.
Ask yourself what would it look like in the Daily Mail and you won't go too far wrong in terms of gauging the nutter element of society.
They would undoubtedly spin it as thousands going out having a beer and being raucous at a time when they should be grieving.
I think you may have a point. To put it another way (sort of) the level of respect for royalty these days in is not what it was in 1952. Not so many people will accept that the mourning has to drag on day after day. I certainly don't, and no doubt the raucous elements among football fans also don't. I would have let the matches take place tomorrow, turned off the piped music at the ground, arranged for black armbands and a minute's silence. That would have sufficed and the Queen as a "sporty" person would have understood.
SwannDangerous
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This has ruined my weekend, that's for sure...
Gods honest truth
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You and hundreds of thousands of sports fans ,fans loosing money on hotels trains etc, time of work, at a time when money is tight due to a bunch of faceless and nameless woke people cancelling.
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SwannDangerous
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And the rest of the money the royals have had off us, for merely being born. How much is the funeral going to cost the taxpayer I wonder??
You should be able to apply to be the next monarch of England. In this day and age its a totally farcical system.
Perfect time to abolish the royals if you ask me.
Wizaard
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Woke? The opposite of woke, I would suggest. Ironic, those whinging constantly about cancel culture, cancelling everything.
Gods honest truth
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Yes it will
1966_and_all_that
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But not very often.
Gods honest truth
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Let’s hope so
Loco
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Of course they will. Proper fans.
Adams Kebab
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Whenthepoolcomemarchingin
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The Queen dies after 70 years on the throne, it's not like some Z list celebrity dying it's our only monarch in most people's life time..
The lady should be Respected and games called off to Respect the passing of our great Queen.
Show our Respect as fans when the time is right, not 2 days after Her Majesty's passing.
Football will survive a call off this weekend.
The lady should be Respected and games called off to Respect the passing of our great Queen.
Show our Respect as fans when the time is right, not 2 days after Her Majesty's passing.
Football will survive a call off this weekend.
FlytoKavala
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Totally agree. Unfortunately, a large percentage of AVFTT posters are about as sensitive as a a rubber cosh.
Razzledazzle53
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The majority on here are against the postponements and this appears reflective of social media in general. We should be paying our respects and belting out 'god save the queen' along with 3k+ boro fans this afternoon as far as I'm concerned.
Adams Kebab
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I think respect would have been doing something as one in the grounds across the Country.
Instead of doing nothing.
The fact it’s even stretched to grassroots football is farcical.
Lots of others sports carrying on, is that disrespectful then?