Chelsea-Liverpool, United-Leeds, Brighton-Palace all off, rest of the games on (pg 128)

Ric said:
Has it actually been confirmed yet that next weekend’s fixtures will also be postponed, or is there still a chance they could go ahead?
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Can't see them going ahead, to be honest. When they postponed this round of games, over a week before the funeral, the chance of games going ahead two days before the funeral is remote.
 
Jam Tomorrow said:
Whilst I don’t agree with all your sentiments (oh and I am an ex serviceman) so hardly a raving commie, I just cannot see justification for cancelling all football games when a plethora of other sporting events are carrying on. Either the etiquette is Sports are stood down for the duration of the state mourning period, or they aren’t.
Football seems to have been singled out for special treatment.
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It sounds from your post that football has somehow had its arm twisted, which patently isn't the case and I don't think that was what you intended to say.
I think the footballing powers that be have tried to prove themselves, to quote a maxim, more loyal than the king and in doing so have gone way beyond what was appropriate.
 
Legal Alien said:
She was The Queen mate, who's been on the throne the past 70 years!

You may not like her or what she stood for, but millions do, so it is what it is.
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That would only make sense if the whole of sport and entertainment events in the UK were suspended and we know they're not.
Why does the suspension of football alone go to express the grief and sorrow of the Queen's death when everything else is carrying on more or less as nornal.
 
oakiecokie said:
As I understand it, all sport restarts on Monday so the following weekend including Sunday games will be OK.
However if the funeral is as we expected a week on Monday, then any planned games for that day/night will be cancelled.
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Funeral probably Monday, possibly Sunday

Simple.. play every game next weekend on Saturday

Make them all a big occasion where football can pay its own tribute to her
 
Alan Harper's Tash said:
The public should be given the choice as to whether they give up a weekend of football.

People can and do comprehend it’s a big moment in our country’s history. You can still go to a football match when you are in mourning and recognise that fact.

It doesn’t seem to be bigger than any other sport. Maybe we overestimate how big football is.

People in 100 years time will learn about this little 10 day period for 10 minutes in a history lesson.

There will have been at least 2 more coronations by then.
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I think the age of the deceased generally goes a long way to determining what level of grief is expressed.
The Queen, and I do have the greatest of respect and admiration for her, with respect was 96 and not 36(as in the case of Diana.
In my opinion, the greater tribute would have been to see people paying their respects and tributes while going about their normal lives uninterrupted in the country she has helped to shape.
 
jimharri said:
Can't see them going ahead, to be honest. When they postponed this round of games, over a week before the funeral, the chance of games going ahead two days before the funeral is remote.
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Apparently they're saying that they want them to go ahead but policing issues next weekend, especially in London, could prohibit this. Apparently the geniuses running our sport have now worked out that missing two weekends in this already unusual season could be highly problematic. So we'll probably end up with some games being played and not others which is going to disadvantage some teams. Clowns.
 
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