Club Tributes #togetherwithleicester...

[davieG]

Stoke / Middlesboro

 

#togetherwithleicester...
FOLLOWING LAST weekend’s tragic events players from Stoke City and Middlesbrough will show their solidarity with Leicester City and its supporters ahead of tomorrow’s game at the bet365 Stadium (kick-off 5.30pm).

The players will warm-up in specially commissioned t-shirts bearing the slogan #togetherwithLeicester and the badges of the Potters, Boro and Leicester.

The players will also wear black armbands throughout the game as a mark of respect for the five people who lost their lives in a helicopter accident at the King Power Stadium last Saturday following the Foxes' game against West Ham United.

Leicester City chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was among the victims, along with Nursara Suknamai, Kaveporn Punpare, Eric Swaffer and Izabela Roza Lechowic.

As part of the football family we continue to stand shoulder to shoulder with the family and friends of all those who lost their lives, along with the players, staff and supporters at Leicester City.

 

https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/a-show-of-solidarity

 

[davieG]

Blackpool and their ownership.

 

When tragedies happen in football the devastation and grief are widespread, the impact is long-lasting, the event forever imprinted in the psyche of a community.

So it will be for the family of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, for the players, staff and fans of Leicester City and for the whole of the city following the horrific accident last Saturday. Our collective sympathies are with that community for their loss.

It was against Leicester City that the Seasiders opened their campaign in August 2007, on returning to the second tier after an absence of 30 years.

Who remembers Keith Southern scoring that first Championship goal in our 1-0 win at the Walkers (now King Power) Stadium? Of course, Leicester were dropping just as Blackpool were rising.

Owned at the time by Milan Mandaric, the Foxes went through six managers (including caretakers) that season, ending up with Ian Holloway in charge and relegation.

The turnaround in their fortunes came when the club was bought by the King Power group in 2010 and Thai businessman Vichai Raksriaksorn became owner. Vichai founded the Thailand Polo Association and owned Belgian football club OH Leuven but Leicester City became the outstanding success story.

He was a devout Buddhist and seems to have set about making good karma wherever he could. The name Srivaddhanaprabha (meaning ‘the light of auspicious prosperity’) was bestowed on him in 2013 by the king of Thailand for his services to the Thai people.

Vichai not only poured his money and energies into the football club – effectively putting them on the world map when they won the Premier League in 2015/16 – he was also a major benefactor of the city’s hospital and university. He went out of his way to connect with the community.

He is on record as saying: “I came to the football industry with Leicester City because of my love for football, and the club and its fans have already repaid me several times over with their passion and loyalty.”

It is refreshing to find true humility combined with philanthropy in tandem with sporting ambition in this football world. Vichai appears to have been that very rare phenomenon, a football club owner about whom there is not a bad word to be said.

In the midst of Leicester’s grief, it may seem gratuitous to be drawing very obvious comparisons with Blackpool’s owners. However, this is not so much about knocking Owen Oyston as it is about pointing out the huge opportunity he and his family have missed.

Had they shown any ambition, imagination or sense of the place they occupied in the Blackpool community, 2010/11 could have been a massive springboard for them and us.

We could have established a permanent legacy in terms of status and infrastructure. The Oystons themselves could have forged a positive and lasting reputation for themselves as a family that did the right thing by the club and the community it serves.

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As bad karma continues to haunt them now, the fact that they failed to understand or even consider such an option will be perhaps the most shameful indictment of them.

Meanwhile, the EFL continue to impersonate Rip van Winkle. It is bad enough that we reach the anniversary of the High Court judgment next week without action from them. But they knew something was amiss as long ago as 2010/11, when the EPL ruled Owen to be not fit and proper to run a club in their League.

On Tuesday it will be a year to the day since Justice Marcus Smith handed down his 163-page report and judgment in the Belokon v Oyston litigation.

Blackpool FC played away to Gillingham that evening, but BST believes it is important to mark this “shabby anniversary” by highlighting the continuing plight of our football club and the failure of the football authorities to acknowledge or act upon this seismic ruling.

Blackpool fans, the club and the community have been let down on all sides and the Trust is determined to continue to highlight this fact until our situation is resolved.

BST has arranged for a professional photographer to take pictures of Blackpool fans holding a vigil outside the main entrance of Bloomfield Road on Tuesday evening.

The continued plight of our club has received some welcome exposure in various national newspapers this week and the purpose of Tuesday’s event is to capture an image which will highlight our plight and be shared with all paper and online media, with the football authorities and national fans’ groups.

Ideally we need 163 supporters to join us at 6.30pm outside the West Stand main entrance to hold up one page each of the judgment. There needs to be lots of tangerine on display – let’s make this a powerful image!

 

https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/sport/football/blackpool-fc/bst-column-blackpool-supporters-send-their-sympathies-to-leicester-city-1-9424730

[TheUltimateWinner]

Wolves will pay tribute to victims of the Leicester City helicopter crash at Molineux on Saturday night.

 

Wolves fans are asked to be in the stands by 7.30pm ahead of kick off against Tottenham Hotspur.

A blue floral wreath will be laid in the centre circle before the game and both sets of players will warm up in special shirts.

The tributes will also be in honour of Britain's war dead and all those who have lost their lives in conflict.

A special poppy mosaic will be on display in the Steve Bull Upper stand. A total of 4,272 poppies will be used - with each one representing someone from Wolverhampton who died in the First World War.

Veterans and serving armed forces will take to the pitch before the game where there will be a rendition if the Last Post and a period of silence.

The usual pre-game fireworks will be moved to half time. Kick off takes place at 7.45pm.

 

Laurie Dalrymple, Managing Director of Wolverhampton Wanderers, lays a wreath on the pitch to show support to Leicester City prior to the Premier League match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur at Molineux

 

[davieG]

Port Vale

 

 

 

 

 

 

4TH NOVEMBER 2018
PAYING RESPECTS: PORT VALE PLAYERS WEAR LEICESTER CITY THEMED SHIRTS AHEAD OF GAME
Rob Fielding Headlines

Port Vale players paid tribute to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Leicester City’s late chairman, ahead of Saturday’s game against Notts County.

Images courtesy of Vale fan Rob Morris

The City chairman tragically died along with four other people in a helicopter crash after their game last weekend.

Vale players took to the pitch in specially designed “Leicester City” t-shirts with the Foxes crest on the front and a message of sympathy which read “Our thoughts & prayers are with everyone at Leicester City” on the back.

There was also a minute’s silence ahead of the match.

Here are images of Port Vale’s tribute to Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha:

https://www.onevalefan.co.uk/2018/11/paying-respects-port-vale-players-wear-leicester-city-themed-shirts-ahead-of-game/

 

 

 

 

[davieG]

Spursy

 

 

[davieG]

Liverpool

 

[davieG]

Forest

 

 

Nottingham Forest's players have a minute's applause for the five people who died in the Leicester City helicopter crash

[davieG]

Everton

 

 

Everton chairman Bill Kenwright (left) and Everton Owner Farhad Moshiri lay a wreath for victims of the Leicester City helicopter crash including chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha during the Premier League match at Goodison Park

[davieG]

Arsenal

 

 

[urban.spaceman]

Always loathed Arsenal - not sure if I’ve mentioned that elsewhere - but those armbands are classy. Love it. 

[davieG]

https://mobile.twitter.com/LUFC/status/1059073365225410565/photo/2

[smr]

An impeccably observed one minute's silence at Chelsea. Well done to all.

[rico]

[Captain...]

Is anyone else starting to find this all a little weird.

 

A flag by some fans, a floral tribute amongst remembrance day activities, putting an image on the screen during the minutes silence for the remembrance day fixture. That's all good, black armbands are pretty standard these days and the foxes logo on the black armband for Arsenal is just about the right side of sentimentality for me.

 

I really don't get why Spurs, Stoke, Boro, Leeds, Port Vale felt the need to wear a specially commissioned t-shirt to warm up in.

 

I don't understand why our grief needs to be football's grief and why there is a clamouring to show the world. There have been some amazing tributes from players and people directly affected by Vichai, and the support from the footballing community on the day of the tragedy was amazing. I just feel that some of the tributes and a lot of the coverage now is bordering on crass.

 

Maybe it's just me.

[tylesta]

2 minutes ago, Captain... said:

Is anyone else starting to find this all a little weird.

 

A flag by some fans, a floral tribute amongst remembrance day activities, putting an image on the screen during the minutes silence for the remembrance day fixture. That's all good, black armbands are pretty standard these days and the foxes logo on the black armband for Arsenal is just about the right side of sentimentality for me.

 

I really don't get why Spurs, Stoke, Boro, Leeds, Port Vale felt the need to wear a specially commissioned t-shirt to warm up in.

 

I don't understand why our grief needs to be football's grief and why there is a clamouring to show the world. There have been some amazing tributes from players and people directly affected by Vichai, and the support from the footballing community on the day of the tragedy was amazing. I just feel that some of the tributes and a lot of the coverage now is bordering on crass.

 

Maybe it's just me.

its just teams showing support 

[surrifox]

I think that the shocking randomness of the accident, its proximity to the stadium and the loss of life involved had a profound effect on the wider football community . I think City would have responded in a supportive way if it had been another club - I don't think the displays of solidarity have been disproportionate but it doesn't make you a bad person for viewing it with some misgivings 

[Captain...]

2 minutes ago, surrifox said:

I think that the shocking randomness of the accident, its proximity to the stadium and the loss of life involved had a profound effect on the wider football community . I think City would have responded in a supportive way if it had been another club - I don't think the displays of solidarity have been disproportionate but it doesn't make you a bad person for viewing it with some misgivings 

Of course, it is shocking and football is a huge passion for many people, I think it is just those t-shirts, they feel and look like a marketing exercise.

[HighPeakFox]

From a psychological point of view, this sort of trauma taps into personal loss for many. That does not negate the truth of those feelings, but it helps explain strength of reaction when a profound loss happens. Vichai represented something wonderful and miraculous for many, and it is bringing humanity to the fore, so I'm in no rush to return to hateful indifference. 

[MPH]

32 minutes ago, Captain... said:

Is anyone else starting to find this all a little weird.

 

A flag by some fans, a floral tribute amongst remembrance day activities, putting an image on the screen during the minutes silence for the remembrance day fixture. That's all good, black armbands are pretty standard these days and the foxes logo on the black armband for Arsenal is just about the right side of sentimentality for me.

 

I really don't get why Spurs, Stoke, Boro, Leeds, Port Vale felt the need to wear a specially commissioned t-shirt to warm up in.

 

I don't understand why our grief needs to be football's grief and why there is a clamouring to show the world. There have been some amazing tributes from players and people directly affected by Vichai, and the support from the footballing community on the day of the tragedy was amazing. I just feel that some of the tributes and a lot of the coverage now is bordering on crass.

 

Maybe it's just me.

Miserable bugger!

[chrisfox]

On 04/11/2018 at 11:08, urban.spaceman said:

Always loathed Arsenal - not sure if I’ve mentioned that elsewhere - but those armbands are classy. Love it. 

I noticed that the Arsenal Ladies team were also wearing the same armbands in their match at the weekend.

[shen]

1 hour ago, Captain... said:

Is anyone else starting to find this all a little weird.

 

A flag by some fans, a floral tribute amongst remembrance day activities, putting an image on the screen during the minutes silence for the remembrance day fixture. That's all good, black armbands are pretty standard these days and the foxes logo on the black armband for Arsenal is just about the right side of sentimentality for me.

 

I really don't get why Spurs, Stoke, Boro, Leeds, Port Vale felt the need to wear a specially commissioned t-shirt to warm up in.

 

I don't understand why our grief needs to be football's grief and why there is a clamouring to show the world. There have been some amazing tributes from players and people directly affected by Vichai, and the support from the footballing community on the day of the tragedy was amazing. I just feel that some of the tributes and a lot of the coverage now is bordering on crass.

 

Maybe it's just me.

It's not just you.

I do feel that it's like a public viewing excercise, i.e. "if they're doing it, we have to do it too or people will think we don't care".

The huge media attention with regards to the grieving certainly doesn't feel right.

Is it necessary to see every man and his dog 'pay respects' or even a full blown picture of a grieving mother in Thailand?

Would there have been a similar reaction if i.e. Man City's or Newcastle's owner was killed in a car accident or of a heart attack?

 

It's not a big deal (the commissioned t-shirt and hundreds of commiserating club statements) for me, but Vichai has gone from a mostly unknown outside of Leicester and Thailand to an icon in the space of days, mainly I suspect, because of the traumatic way he passed away.

[David Lowe]

The other clubs are doing something to show their support during our difficult time, I don't have a problem with it. I cant see how it can be thought of as a 'marketing exercise'. I thank them all for what they have done.

[Monk]

Christ - this is amazing really. I’m sure it’ll be back to the usual rivalries soon but I’ve never seen anything like it.  

[FoyleFox]

 

[Out Foxed]

really nice to have all that support.