Villa - Postponed

[Big Dave]

3 minutes ago, Bert said:

Funeral is rumoured to be the Monday. 

I’ve seen rumours it’s on the Saturday - 9 days after death, with the Monday also being a bank holiday.

Edited 8 September 2022 by Big Dave

[FoxesWalk]

Looks like it will be called off 

 

[st albans fox]

Just now, Big Dave said:

I’ve seen rumours it’s on the Saturday - 9 days after death.

Supposed to be 10 days of morning (according to the protocols) 

[st albans fox]

Surely we are better off having this postponed ?

 

we can’t be in a worse place than we are now when it’s rearranged for ?? 

[Big Dave]

1 minute ago, st albans fox said:

Supposed to be 10 days of morning (according to the protocols) 

But does the 10 days include the day after the funeral?

[Guest itude]

Rodgers lives...again

[Big Dave]

2 minutes ago, FoxesWalk said:

Looks like it will be called off 

 

It’s only the journos opinion.

[KrefelderFox666]

Just now, st albans fox said:

Surely we are better off having this postponed ?

 

we can’t be in a worse place than we are now when it’s rearranged for ?? 

But where do you fit the games in? The fixture calendar is literally full thanks to this bullsh1t WC.

[Skid_1884]

51 minutes ago, sdb said:

Why postpone games? Like, literally, what is the actual point? Next week would be weird enough but this weekend? Just gesturing isn't it really? Are people actually just wanting to sit in at home crying with family? And if so, do they also want everyone else doing the same?

It’s called a mark of respect. Each to their own if they want to cry about it.

 

The majority of people won’t be moaning on their extra bank holiday.

[harpendenfox]

4 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Supposed to be 10 days of morning (according to the protocols) 

what's happening to the afternoons?

[Corky]

The Premier League gets enough negative publicity as it is, I can't see them playing during a spell of mourning.

[Hitesh]

2 minutes ago, KrefelderFox666 said:

But where do you fit the games in? The fixture calendar is literally full thanks to this bullsh1t WC.

And given the funeral next Sunday (most likely) there will be potentially 2 rounds to reschedule. Carnage 

[CosbehFox]

10 days of mourning. But pop along to work tomorrow and do your shift to mourn there please 

[FoxesWalk]

3 minutes ago, Big Dave said:

It’s only the journos opinion.

Yep, seems pretty common place opinion. The prem was called off when Diana died apparently, so why not for the queen? 

[foxinsox]

Last time a monarch died football carried on:

 

 

[SheppyFox]

55 minutes ago, sdb said:

Why postpone games? Like, literally, what is the actual point? Next week would be weird enough but this weekend? Just gesturing isn't it really? Are people actually just wanting to sit in at home crying with family? And if so, do they also want everyone else doing the same?

I like, literally agree with you. I actually do, literally.

[FoxesWalk]

Just now, foxinsox said:

Last time a monarch died football carried on:

 

 

Henry winter said that when Diana died it was called off. I was too young to remember tbh, but I’m sure he is right. 

[BeaumontFox]

4 minutes ago, Big Dave said:

It’s only the journos opinion.

It’s an educated guess, not a random opinion

[Big Dave]

1 minute ago, FoxesWalk said:

Yep, seems pretty common place opinion. The prem was called off when Diana died apparently, so why not for the queen? 

Was it? Thought they were just played the day before and the day after?  Could be wrong - it was a long time ago.

[FoxesWalk]

Just now, Big Dave said:

Was it? Thought they were just played the day before and the day after?  Could be wrong - it was a long time ago.

Yeah I cant remember, Henry Winter said it, I assume he checked it before saying so. 

[CosbehFox]

2 minutes ago, FoxesWalk said:

Henry winter said that when Diana died it was called off. I was too young to remember tbh, but I’m sure he is right. 

Diana was a Sunday though - they only had to call off a single game in the Premier League that weekend as 9 games had been played on the Saturday. 
 

Famously Football Italia had one of their biggest ever audiences as it was the only available live sport to watch in the UK

Edited 8 September 2022 by Cardiff_Fox

[foxinsox]

1 minute ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Diana was a Sunday though - they only had to call off a single game in the Premier League that weekend as 9 games had been played on the Saturday 

Fairly sure it was a Saturday as I was working.

 

The funeral that is, the death was in the early hours of Sunday 

Edited 8 September 2022 by foxinsox

[TJQuik]

18 minutes ago, glasgowfox said:

Or ignorance.

He's actually less ignorant because he's not fussed by this absurd theatre mate

[FoxesWalk]

1 minute ago, Cardiff_Fox said:

Diana was a Sunday though - they only had to call off a single game in the Premier League that weekend as 9 games had been played on the Saturday 

Thanks, I couldn’t remember. We will find out in the morning, but the consensus seems to be this weekend and next weekend will both be off. Could obviously be wrong. Will be a scheduling nightmare with the World Cup if they do get called off… 

[CosbehFox]

Looking a bit deeper with Diana - the week after was her funeral but it was an international break. The surviving games of the week in the second tier were played on the Sunday. 
 

So you’d say this week off - next week on but no clash with the funeral