All English League games off this weekend as a mark of respect to HRH.

[mkowlthesexynewversion]

Far touchline a bit waterlogged in comparison

[Owling_Wolf]

3 hours ago, mkowlthesexynewversion said:

For those missing the Plymouth match thread. Been a cracking day for it, the re-arranged game it's bound to be a wet and windy Tuesday night

Nailed on!  

[Owling_Wolf]

Hopefully next Saturday's fixtures go ahead as the state funeral is the Monday following. Surely they won't cancel them because of the four days of Laying in State first. 

[Andyben]

Tru.

If I wanted to watch an immobile leader of the country I'd go and watch Maguire at Old Trafford 

[Owling_Wolf]

How to do things properly, In my opinion...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/62862295

[Tylluan]

Football shit itself after elements of the crowd at Shamrock Rovers Europa Conference game sang derogatory chants. 

 

[Andyben]

Yup. 

Should have sent in the Black n Tans

[Reesh]

32 minutes ago, Tylluan said:

Football shit itself after elements of the crowd at Shamrock Rovers Europa Conference game sang derogatory chants. 

 

Some of the shite on social media by the Paddies has been a disgrace, should blow the ***** back to the 1800s

[Chelters]

10 hours ago, Reesh said:

Some of the shite on social media by the Paddies has been a disgrace, should blow the ***** back to the 1800s

Thing is though the vast majority of them probably don’t actually care either way, just the usual ‘look at how edgy I am’ stuff. 

[mkowlthesexynewversion]

Anyone else see on twitter that whilst all football down to grassroots level was cancelled, one team had managed to fit in a game, yep Eton College

Doff my cap 

[mkowlthesexynewversion]

Out of interest given today is an anniversary date for other reasons, did football continue the weekend after ? 

More whether there were concerns about terrorism 

Trying to recall 🤔

[HoylandOwl]

I don’t want to sound disrespectful, but I’m sick of turning on anything on Sky Sports now and them asking anyone who’ll listen about their thoughts on the passing of the queen.

 

[Tylluan]

41 minutes ago, HoylandOwl said:

I don’t want to sound disrespectful, but I’m sick of turning on anything on Sky Sports now and them asking anyone who’ll listen about their thoughts on the passing of the queen.

 

Literally just said to the Mrs thank God for streaming services and the chance to watch something other than the public being interviewed just for filling in time 

[Tylluan]

1 hour ago, mkowlthesexynewversion said:

Out of interest given today is an anniversary date for other reasons, did football continue the weekend after ? 

More whether there were concerns about terrorism 

Trying to recall 🤔

I remember crawling out of someone's bed to go play Sunday league, switching the TV on and thinking the Queen mum had gone, not Diana. Then the day just seemed normal after that. 

But I was in Blackpool on her funeral weekend and nothing was open. Even the pleasure beach closed til 5pm

[mkowlthesexynewversion]

3 hours ago, holmesfield_owl said:

We drew 1-1 with Wimbledon 4 days later

Thanks for the answer. 

[Winco]

2 hours ago, Tylluan said:

Literally just said to the Mrs thank God for streaming services and the chance to watch something other than the public being interviewed just for filling in time 

The queen would’ve probably wanted the country not to make a massive fuss tbf .

stopping sporting events costing people money when the country is fucked anyway would’ve been the last thing she wanted.

[JBO]

2 hours ago, Tylluan said:

I remember crawling out of someone's bed to go play Sunday league, switching the TV on and thinking the Queen mum had gone, not Diana. Then the day just seemed normal after that. 

But I was in Blackpool on her funeral weekend and nothing was open. Even the pleasure beach closed til 5pm

Think you're mixing up what today is the anniversary of

[Winco]

12 minutes ago, JBO said:

Think you're mixing up what today is the anniversary of

Yeah the attack on a building were they was investigating the loss of $2 trillion dollars By the US government.

[Tylluan]

2 hours ago, JBO said:

Think you're mixing up what today is the anniversary of

I'm 54 and senile. It all blurs into one these days

[Owling_Wolf]

3 hours ago, Tylluan said:

I'm 54 and senile. It all blurs into one these days

What does?   

[mkowlthesexynewversion]

National league back on. Given other sports are ongoing absolute zero reason for football not to.

No games scheduled for next Monday anyhow, as international week follows next weekends fixtures.

Let's have some semblance of normality please. I will speak for a minority perhaps, but with the news and these days social media feeds full on about death, mourning etc etc, a reminder not all of us want to share grief, have it to a fashion enforced on us. That our coping mechanism is to carry on.

 

[Otto_Man]

EFL back on from Tuesday 

[HoylandOwl]

our game is on tomorrow... AS the EFL have said games will restart...

[Otto_Man]

Echo....

[Owling_Wolf]

5 hours ago, Otto_Man said:

Echo....

Echo...

[KrolMong]

Odd that Man Utd v Leeds is off. I could potentially understand some London games being off due to police conflicts, yet only Chelsea v Liverpool is off. Bizarre that Brighton v Palace is off too.

[LiamOwl]

There’s a “national police response”, so assume the impact might be felt nationwide. 
 

Brighton Palace has been off a while apparently because of the rail strikes. Although they’re now cancelled it will remain postponed. 
 

It feels a little convenient that Chelsea Liverpool is off after talk that a factor in the whole weekend’s postponements was fears that some fans wouldn’t be respectful.
 

 

 

 

After all, you know what those Chelsea fans can be like. 

[Otto_Man]

10 hours ago, Neville Facking Bartos said:

Brighton vs Palace was off prior to the Queen’s death, train services apparently 

Isn't that a derby too and gets a bit tasty? Lots of handbags and all that I presume 

[Paul from Wisewood]

Is it fuck a derby, the stripey Nigel’s might try to claim it is to justify their pointless existence though

[Hirstys 12th Pint]

38 minutes ago, Paul from Wisewood said:

Is it fuck a derby, the stripey Nigel’s might try to claim it is to justify their pointless existence though

The two are 45 miles apart.  Wednesday and Bradford are closer.  

Joke to call it a derby.  Is it not more of a rivalry stemming back to a match in 70s or 80s.  Also Gus Poyet taking a 💩 in the Palace changing room.

[Tylluan]

Isn't it something to do with Alan Mullery as well?

[HoylandOwl]

It’s not even a rivalry. I don’t think if you asked anyone outside of the UK if they thought that game was a derby/rivalry they’d say no. 
 

And they’d be right

[HoylandOwl]

Hmmmm.. Not shocked.

 

[mkowlthesexynewversion]

Tbh how do you control half a dozen ***** who want to be edgy

[Reesh]

Class it as part of Ireland and blow the fuckers back to the 1800s

[mkowlthesexynewversion]

16 minutes ago, Reesh said:

Class it as part of Ireland and blow the fuckers forward to the 1800s

Corrected

[owl71]

For the sake of fucking balance, these are the official words of our national anthem…

https://www.royal.uk/national-anthem

…nowhere does the phrase “no surrender” appear in there.  Some of our fans on Tuesday night seemed to think it did.  

[mkowlthesexynewversion]

Will my head be placed upon the South Stand railings if I don't join in the rousing rendition of the national anthem - asking for an atheist / non royalist erm friend 

[mkowlthesexynewversion]

I am confused that no one is calling for a windfall tax on the floristry industry 🤔

[Paul from Wisewood]

1 hour ago, mkowlthesexynewversion said:

Will my head be placed upon the South Stand railings if I don't join in the rousing rendition of the national anthem - asking for an atheist / non royalist erm friend 

Pull your tartan blanket up a bit higher and no one will be able to tell

[Reesh]

1 hour ago, mkowlthesexynewversion said:

Will my head be placed upon the South Stand railings if I don't join in the rousing rendition of the national anthem - asking for an atheist / non royalist erm friend 

Aren't you in Corporate!

[Andyben]

19 minutes ago, Reesh said:

Aren't you in Corporate!

No, he's incontinent 

[Otto_Man]

Abroad at this time of the year?

[Andyben]

Probably in his belvoed 'La Republique'

 

stinkin of pish

[Owling_Wolf]

5 hours ago, mkowlthesexynewversion said:

Will my head be placed upon the South Stand railings if I don't join in the rousing rendition of the national anthem - asking for an atheist / non royalist erm friend 

If it was, few would notice it not moving in that stand.  

[mkowlthesexynewversion]

6 hours ago, Andyben said:

No, he's incontinent 

I literally can't take the piss 

[mkowlthesexynewversion]

2 hours ago, Andyben said:

Probably in his belvoed 'La Republique'

 

stinkin of pish

Absolutely getting away from this fucking nonsense 

The next monarch should be a Muslim or Jew - be done and dusted in 48 hours 

[Owling_Wolf]

2 hours ago, mkowlthesexynewversion said:

Absolutely getting away from this fucking nonsense 

The next monarch should be a Muslim or Jew - be done and dusted in 48 hours 

Not nearly!   I was living in Saudi where all we expats were eagerly looking forwards to the 1982 World Cup. Then King Khalid died and we got about a week of solemn music and a royal test card instead. (Only one national channel.) 

Our mate who'd bought the only directional t.v. aerial in town suddenly found he'd got lots of extra friends to watch Bahraini coverage for the first few days of the footie, before normal service was resumed after the funeral.  Definitely a lot longer than 48 hours.