How difficult?

[broughtonblue]

It is really easy! Listen to the pre match announcement, on yesterday's occasion it was a minutes applause for Vichai which will start and end when the referee blows his whistle, and on the 66 minute a minutes applause for Bobby Charlton.

What actually happened was applause started as soon as the announcement began, (which happens in every stadium most times) meaning the tribute for Vichai lasted about 20 seconds after the announcement, and on 66 minutes the Vichai song was sung. 

3 things to do, but was obviously more difficult than it seemed!

[Finnegan]

It's done. Why do people get so worked up by this stuff. 

[lcfcsnow]

9 minutes ago, broughtonblue said:

It is really easy! Listen to the pre match announcement, on yesterday's occasion it was a minutes applause for Vichai which will start and end when the referee blows his whistle, and on the 66 minute a minutes applause for Bobby Charlton.

I already knew but it really didn't help that the announcer at the stadium spoke for the majority of the applause, could barely make out what he was saying.

[CosbehFox]

The fact it spontaneously occurred made it more heartfelt in the occasion 

[AKCJ]

Didn't the tribute for Bobby Charlton start in the 67th minute as well  

[AKCJ]

11 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

It's done. Why do people get so worked up by this stuff. 

As I said in the Stadium Atmosphere thread.

 

People seemingly have to find ways to get worked up over the football and are coming up with ever increasingly daft ways to do it given the football is so good at the moment.

[The Doctor]

1 minute ago, AKCJ said:

Didn't the tribute for Bobby Charlton start in the 67th minute as well  

Started when the clock hit 66 minutes which is technically the 67th minute but that's proper splitting hairs

[ElusiveEd]

4 minutes ago, The Doctor said:

Started when the clock hit 66 minutes which is technically the 67th minute but that's proper splitting hairs

Quite an apt comment when you consider the Charlton comb over hairstyles. 

Edited 25 October 2023 by ElusiveEd

[RoboFox]

There's 35,000 people inside the stadium, many of which would have trouble following the most basic of instructions. 

 

I think it went pretty well considering. 

[Gamble92]

The biggest farce was when we used to say we will do a minute's silence after the horn for Remembrance Day and both home and away fans would think like most grounds it finishes after the horn stops playing. 

 

Led to both sets of fans going mad at each other about how disrespectful we are. Was chaos. Glad they don't do it like that any more.

[Jack1993]

Well I'm a bit thick and I didn't listen at the start so when it all started I was frantically wondering how old Vichai would've been this year and had simultaneously completely forgot about Bobby Charlton, it seemed about right to sing about Vichai... I imagine I'm not the only one 

[AKCJ]

Not sure why they didn't just put a picture of Bobby Charlton on the big screens on the 66th minute. Would have made more sense.

[Langston]

1 minute ago, AKCJ said:

Not sure why they didn't just put a picture of Bobby Charlton on the big screens on the 66th minute. Would have made more sense.

 

Don't need stuff on the screen while the game is taking place in my opinion. I don't really get the need to have the feed of the games / replays on them either tbh.

[Mike the Metal Ed]

Given he didn't play for either club, more than happy for a Vichai takeover of the forced minute of grieving for Bobby Charlton (as great as he was) tbh.

[FoyleFox]

1 hour ago, Jack1993 said:

Well I'm a bit thick and I didn't listen at the start so when it all started I was frantically wondering how old Vichai would've been this year and had simultaneously completely forgot about Bobby Charlton, it seemed about right to sing about Vichai... I imagine I'm not the only one 

Glad I wasn't the only one doing that calculation. Couldn't hear the announcement, so had assumed the 66th minute applause was also for The Boss. Both fine fellows and absolute gentlemen, and I'm sure they wouldn't mind shared appreciation.

 

 

[fuchsntf]

2 hours ago, Finnegan said:

It's done. Why do people get so worked up by this stuff. 

Holding to a quality of life, that we British used to do in our stride.. 

A feeling of achievement & satisfaction, that when a job is to be done.. Don't balls it up, when it's a question of simple education, & within one's capabilities... 

 

Why..!! Don't we fans, also hold our club management & players to that same account..?? 

Or ones kins folk, 

I thought it was pathetic, that in that respectfull period individuals give thought on the passed Chairman, friend or relation.. Someone on a tannoy was jabbering away.. Also ditto the other way  around.. One abides their time.. 

 

Poor souls and shell of a body, if one can't see it..!! 

We have an open forum.. In the old days a quiet word would have been dropped, so today gets blown out of proportion.. 

It's hard keeping up the British bull dog spirit and sense of self on simple etiquette

[Fox92]

Surprised we haven't started blaming the away fans, that's what usually happens when there's some murmurings during a silence.

[Qwerty]

It doesn't really matter does it.  At the end of the day, we all clapped and we all took a moment to think about Vichai and Bobby, paid our respects, acknowledged them, and got on with the game.  You can't expect to organise 32,000 people by making one statement in a noisy stadium. 

[Matt]

I wouldn't say I get worked up about it but I do sit there and just think "How thick are you?!"

 

Hey, Remembrance Day is approaching....let's see how people deal with the minutes silence/Last Post, that always confuses people, without fail.