Spurs fans to have minute's applause at Saturday's game

[Falastur]

Was browsing twitter briefly and happened to see this tweet:

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I just thought that after the Stiliyan Petrov debacle a couple of seasons back it might help to make people aware that the Spurs fans seem to be intending to hold a minute's applause on the 24th minute for a fan who passed away in the last few days. I've seen in the Cellar there is talk of us having our own minute's applause for a City fan - hopefully the two will complement each other.

 

[Bill]

Let them do their thing and we'll do ours.

 

[Ed68]

Let them do their thing and we'll do ours.

I can't see why we can't support each other during those minutes?

 

[ell]

Sensitive subject so I've got to word this carefully.

We could probably find a reason to have a minutes applause for the whole 90, I don't want us to become like the scousers, a bit of a grief contest. A minutes applause for both before kick off is fine, but personally I go to the game to take my mind off all thats wrong with the world.

 

[Manchester33]

I'm sick of minutes of applause.

What happened to a minutes silence before the game?
Sad to hear about the guy who died. But people die every day, we can't do a minutes applause for all of them.

 

[Corky]

I'm sick of minutes of applause.

What happened to a minutes silence before the game?
Sad to hear about the guy who died. But people die every day, we can't do a minutes applause for all of them.

They are always done in the wrong minute, like villa fans applauding in he 20th minute as Petrov played in number 19.

 

[blueinsa]

Incredibly sad time for friends and families when a loved one passes away but it's all getting a little bit ridiculous when sporting events are almost hijacked on a weekly basis to commemorate the fact.

The thought of a football crown standing to applaud the life of someone they never met or knew and let's be honest here, don't really care about is ridiculous.

I expect to get lambasted for holding that view but we are becoming a nation of professional mourners because it's become almost fashionable.

 

[Lucky Toma]

Incredibly sad time for friends and families when a loved one passes away but it's all getting a little bit ridiculous when sporting events are almost hijacked on a weekly basis to commemorate the fact.

The thought of a football crown standing to applaud the life of someone they never met or knew and let's be honest here, don't really care about is ridiculous.

I expect to get lambasted for holding that view but we are becoming a nation of professional mourners because it's become almost fashionable.

No lambasting from me. In an ideal world every single individual who passes away deserves such a tribute but in reality the proliferation of these silences/applauses only cheapens the act.

Getting to the stage now where I often see a black armband in a game not involving City and have to ask what or who it is for.

 

[mancityvstoke]

who died?

edit

Ok just read the Alan Henning thread.


Thought we'd already done that?

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Incredibly sad time for friends and families when a loved one passes away but it's all getting a little bit ridiculous when sporting events are almost hijacked on a weekly basis to commemorate the fact.

The thought of a football crown standing to applaud the life of someone they never met or knew and let's be honest here, don't really care about is ridiculous.

I expect to get lambasted for holding that view but we are becoming a nation of professional mourners because it's become almost fashionable.

The show of 'grief' is in inverse proportion to how well the person was known!

If people want to celebrate a person's life part way through a football match, away from their home ground, it's their choice, but it has nothing to do with me!