End of minute silences for non football events

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

At last!
The FA / PL have decided not to continue holding a minute silence for global events unrelated to football - apart from Remembrance Day.
Clubs, however, can decide to hold a tribute to events happening in / around their own locality.
Should a leading monarch pass away, the government will decide what sporting clubs should do.
This is long over due.

English football agrees to ditch match tributes for unrelated global events

English football has agreed it will no longer hold minute’s silences or other forms of commemoration for events that do not directly relate to the game

www.theguardian.com

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

It had reached the point where you couldn't find a game that didn't have some tribute, message or minute. Another thing we can bin as well is the 'fair play handshake - hypocrites' charter.

 

[Nethermoor]

And for more localised stuff i always feel a 30 second/1 minute applause is better.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

And for more localised stuff i always feel a 30 second/1 minute applause is better.

You can’t applaud the recent synagogue attack in Broughton

 

[MCFC1993]

Remembrance day and a one-off special remembrance near Xmas to remember the losses connected to the club is enough for me.

 

[The Salford lad.]

Seems everyone was turning in to scousers, who can ever forget the candle lit vigil for what turned out to be a chicken carcass.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Seems everyone was turning in to scousers, who can ever forget the candle lit vigil for what turned out to be a chicken carcass.

 

[mexico1970]

Black armbands need to be permanently part of Premier League shirts these days, sometimes it's hard to tell what your being silent or clapping for.

 

[mexico1970]

You can’t applaud the recent synagogue attack in Broughton

Arguable by some on here.

 

[malg]

Does this include that taking the knee bollocks?

 

[Theblueguy]

Does this include that taking the knee bollocks?

Hopefully

 

[citizen_maine]

Does this include that taking the knee bollocks?

Taking a knee to the bollocks is never a good thing

 

[jimharri]

Does this include that taking the knee bollocks?

It was a noble gesture in the beginning. But, for me, it's lost its impact due to the length of time it's been going on. I get the feeling that a lot of people are like "ho hum" about the gesture now. And see it for being precisely that; a gesture, something that has had limited impact. What has it actually achieved, bar the raising of public awareness of the campaign. Has the daily life of the average black/non white person significantly improved due to footballers taking the knee? I feel like we need something new now, to breathe new life into the BLM campaign.

 

[mexico1970]

It was a noble gesture in the beginning. But, for me, it's lost its impact due to the length of time it's been going on. I get the feeling that a lot of people are like "ho hum" about the gesture now. And see it for being precisely that; a gesture, something that has had limited impact. What has it actually achieved, bar the raising of public awareness of the campaign. Has the daily life of the average black/non white person significantly improved due to footballers taking the knee? I feel like we need something new now, to breathe new life into the BLM campaign.

It started out as support for black lives matter until eventually the scam was found out and many of the leaders were found guilty of fraud and subsequently jailed or shot in their own back gardens.

 

[Francis Crawford]

What they going to do at anfield ?,I swear I’ve never been on that ground where they haven’t had a minutes silence for something or other?

 

[Theblueguy]

It was a noble gesture in the beginning. But, for me, it's lost its impact due to the length of time it's been going on. I get the feeling that a lot of people are like "ho hum" about the gesture now. And see it for being precisely that; a gesture, something that has had limited impact. What has it actually achieved, bar the raising of public awareness of the campaign. Has the daily life of the average black/non white person significantly improved due to footballers taking the knee? I feel like we need something new now, to breathe new life into the BLM campaign.

I don't believe we need to breathe any new life into that political movement.

 

[jimharri]

I don't believe we need to breathe any new life into that political movement.

That's your opinion. Which I respect.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Does this include that taking the knee bollocks?

According to the link I posted in the OP, player led issues such as taking the knee can continue

 

[.db.]

And for more localised stuff i always feel a 30 second/1 minute applause is better.

Depends what for. If it’s a club legend who dies at 90, yes an applause is suitable.

But nobody is going to applaud something like Salmen Abedi blowing up 22 people at the Arena. That’s a completely unsuitable thing to do.

 

[paulchapo]

A minutes silence just doesn't work anymore because nobody can keep quiet for a minute. There is always some halfwit that finds it hilarious to shout something while it's going on. Then others shout at them to shut up, the silence is over and the ref usually blows his whistle and cuts it short. Then we have all the late pissed up arrivals shouting and laughing on the concourse that kills it too. A minutes applause works better if we have to have anything at all. It's a shame because one minute of silent reflection and respect isn't too much to ask.