CONFIRMED Is Saturday's game cancelled? - MATCH OFF

[Varkanoid]

All grassroots football including kids called off too. This means AFC Newbury under-11s trip tricky early morning away trip to Reading on Sunday is postponed. (My 10yo is the keeper.) So I get a lie in. Bring it on! Or rather off.

Yet Grassroots training is still on. Just matches are off.

 

[SwitchBLADE Smiles]

Bonkers decision. Josh Windass of all people has summed this up quite nicely for me.

Edit: Also shout out to Hal who now misses his last possible home game before heading overseas.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

My late old fella was staunch Irish republican. But even he would recognise when to leave his prejudices at the door and give respect where it is due. Must be a generational thing eh?

 

[Rodley]

 

[CaptainMorgans]

Swansea should be fine. Preston police issues might mean it's off...

The funeral is likely to be held on the Monday so I don't see any more fixtures being at risk after Rotherham.

 

[BlairBlade]

Royalty is born into the limelight they have no say in it.

That is not true.
They have contributed to this unpleasant royal spectacle of a soap opera.
They can’t help being royal but they can help being totally dysfunctional.

 

[Stevo]

.........has this been going on

 

[Flumps]

Ahh shut up and deal with it you child.

 

[Cherry Street]

How long will this over reaction last and when can we have our game back. Will Swansea and Preston games go as well. Absolute joke of a decision.

If only you had the wherewithal to understand why what you said is so stupid.

 

[Gimli]

We've eradicated polio since then

To be honest I don't fully know. I think the floodgates of public grief were opened with the death of Princess Diana and this is a result of that. I just hope we're much more dignified about it this time round. The scenes in 1997 were fucking repellent in my opinion.

‘Goodbye, England’s Rose…’

 

[WORKSOPBLADE]

All cricket back on tomorrow!! How can there be a sport differentiator??

 

[Big Hitter]

Head of the state dies after 70 minutes service
Football fans kick off about cancelling 1 football game a couple of days later

I feel the overreaction is on one side here.

Do you mean 70 years.?

 

[Katzenjammer]

‘Goodbye, England’s Rose…’

 

[Bladesthorpe]

If only you had the wherewithal to understand why what you said is so stupid.

I understand perfectly, if you want to carry on doffing your cap that's your perogative. Try to understand the Queens death means absolutely nothing to a hell of a lot of people, hard for you to digest but true.

 

[Bayingblade]

Still time for football to change its mind and do the right thing???

 

[Cherry Street]

I understand perfectly, if you want to carry on doffing your cap that's your perogative. Try to understand the Queens death means absolutely nothing to a hell of a lot of people, hard for you to digest but true.

It clearly means a lot to you given the number of times you've posted about it. Try to feel some empathy for the people around you who are in mourning and for your country. It might do you some good.

 

[dc_blade]

I'd guess the decision to postpone professional football has been made with an eye to avoiding embarrassing scenes at the grounds. I don't know how likely it was that there'd be booing, the wrong kind of chanting/singing, fighting amongst fans, etc, but the possibility is definitely greater than zero. Last thing the suits at the FA/Premier League/EFL want is a week's worth of Daily Mail headlines along the lines of "Football's Shame as Nation Mourns."

The postponement of kids' football is harder to explain.

 

[nickwr37]

All cricket back on tomorrow!! How can there be a sport differentiator??

Totally agree and love to watch cricket so barring rain then my viewing sorted! My view is blanket sports postponements by law or all to continue, as I believe HM would have wanted.
This makes ludicrous reading too as to the organisational decision making that has taken place....

Home nations postpone football following Queen's death

All English, Welsh and Northern Irish football and professional Scottish football is postponed this weekend as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[HarryHaslam]

I'd guess the decision to postpone professional football has been made with an eye to avoiding embarrassing scenes at the grounds. I don't know how likely it was that there'd be booing, the wrong kind of chanting/singing, fighting amongst fans, etc, but the possibility is definitely greater than zero. Last thing the suits at the FA/Premier League/EFL want is a week's worth of Daily Mail headlines along the lines of "Football's Shame as Nation Mourns."

The postponement of kids' football is harder to explain.

Highly likely seeing as though it has already happened at the Hearts game yesterday. Seen a few different videos, plenty of “fuck the Queen” shouts on the minutes silence and then plenty of booing once GSTQ started.

 

[secretchief]

Test cricket can't be postponed. It gets cancelled.

How in the everlasting fuck is RUGBY still going ahead?

 

[HarryHaslam]

England test match back on tomorrow

 

[dc_blade]

Highly likely seeing as though it has already happened at the Hearts game yesterday. Seen a few different videos, plenty of “fuck the Queen” shouts on the minutes silence and then plenty of booing once GSTQ started.

Yeah. And even if there aren't the same political divisions around the questions of nation and governance in England as there are in Scotland, there's still the potential for something to go off.

 

[Bladesthorpe]

It clearly means a lot to you given the number of times you've posted about it. Try to feel some empathy for the people around you who are in mourning and for your country. It might do you some good.

I feel for her close family obviously but the rest of the bandwagon mourners nah.

 

[Berkshire Blade]

Seems football is out of line with the vast majority of other sports.

Hopefully policing issues are not a factor next weekend.

A mistake to call this weekend off but they'll learn from it I guess. Only another 20 or so years til the next dead monarch.

 

[Stretch]

Until we have all cried ourselves to ash, because mourning is now compulsory, and any enjoyment will be limited by those who aren't themselves inconvenienced.

Now get back to work.

 

[FinBlade]

Are british peopel really mourning the queen and/or being fan of the royaltees?
Genuine question as I've never understood such a thing.

 

[BiggerBladeThanThou]

We dealt with the lockdown/covid charade, we can deal with this. Bring on Swansea.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Athletico v Real on ITV4 this weekend LIVE.

 

[Greystones Blade]

Oh the irony......

Well the Rovrum game will now be covered by SU live TV broadcast in the UK.

 

[Brownieblade]

4 inches in summer, 3 in Autumn and one in winter if I haven’t got the heating on