Spurs (H) - Postponed due to the passing of the Queen (pg67)

[Txiki Txiki Bang Bang]

Right decision but sorry for the fans travelling etc

Hmmm

 

[freshie]

Right decision but sorry for the fans travelling etc

It’s a ridiculous decision

 

[chesterbells]

It's not because every indication is that this is not what the Queen herself would have wanted.

It's a very poor decision.

Thousands of people would have been able to show their respect in a way they probably would not otherwise have been able to.

The practicalities are also absurd calling games off at this late stage and then having to rearrange them.

Completely agree.

 

[Cricket Blue]

Cancel the international break and play it then

More chance of winning the lottery than that happening

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

Absolute joke I fucking hate this pathetic spineless country of boot lickers

 

[inchy14]

Cancel the international break and play it then

Haha haha haha.

I agree but you think the FA would want to lose revenue..

 

[nu774ll]

Fucking Ridiculous. Would have been a better tribute to her playing the game with the national anthem before hand. Bet they don't stop people working out of respect.

Apart from at Liverpool games where they would have still booed the national anthem.

They've even had to turn off comments on the Instagram post about the Queens passing.

 

[UUJblue]

Why couldn't she wait until the international break.

stay classy..idiot

 

[freshie]

Gets even worse. The funeral is on the Monday after

 

[M18CTID]

Any idea what happens with the Dortmund game and next weekend's matches? Assuming the Queen's funeral is on Monday 19th, will we see cancellations next weekend too? I'm thinking that those games will go ahead and this decision is because this weekend's matches are only a couple of days after she died and the football authorities want to be seen to be "doing the right thing"

Edit: Looks like next weekend's are off too ffs!

 

[chesterbells]

Cancel the international break and play it then

Great idea!

 

[Luck95]

Gets even worse

Lunacy. Forced mourning

 

[colin's bell helmet]

Ridiculous.... Has everyone not gone in work today as a mark of respect? Royal Mail staff have gone IN work when they should be on strike as a mark of respect!

 

[Northerndave]

I'm lucky in that it only affects going to a rearranged game, but others will have travel and hotel expenses, flights too I imagine with no means of getting refunds.

What happens if you sold your tickets on the Exchange? Does this mean you can't get into the rearranged fixture?

This weekend should have gone ahead, are they also going to cancel next weekend as it will still be in the period of mourning?

Oh and if it's so important to the country why are we not getting a bank holiday to mourn properly?

 

[SSL2]

Load of bollocks

 

[chesterbells]

Gets even worse. The funeral is on the Monday after

Ok so cancel next weekend but leave this weekend intact.

 

[kaz7]

A lot of it will be down to policing but come on , losing the head of state, head of the church and commander in chief is huge event and is history being made, football. doesnt matter

 

[freshie]

 

[youngbob]

But of course we'll all be expected to carry on going in to work.

No leisure time for us plebs.

 

[domalino]

They're damned if they do and damned if they don't really.

Sadly in this country we have one load of nutters who seem to be actively gleeful that a 96 year old woman has died and calling for street parties and a socialist revolution, and another load of nutters who seem intent on covering every surface with flags and insisting on everyone dressing in black and mourning for the next month..

They literally wouldn't have been dammned if they went ahead though.

The offical guidance said they could and the number of people who think everyone should sit in solemn contemplation for 90 minutes on Saturday instead of watching or going to football is likely countable on 2 hands.