Steve Shovlar Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 (edited) It was stated tonight on BT Sport that this weekends football fixtures are likely to be cancelled with no sporting activities for the 10 days of mourning. This will clearly affect speedway as any other sport taking place. There should be an announcement tomorrow. Leicester v Poole on Saturday is now off. Edited September 8, 2022 by Steve Shovlar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaizer Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 Rightly so. God bless you ma'am 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Shovlar Posted September 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, Jaizer said: Rightly so. God bless you ma'am We agree on something. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa-colette Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 Edinburgh vs Redcar also off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGould Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 The only proper decision under the circumstances 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40-38 Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 Still playing the Champions League tonight though? How apparently disrespectful! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skidder1 Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 1 minute ago, 40-38 said: Still playing the Champions League tonight though? How apparently disrespectful! Yes but Uefa stated the announcement came too late to stop people attending so decided that tonight's games should carry on. The minutes silence at Old Trafford was impecably observed by the whole stadium. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wealdstone Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, 40-38 said: Still playing the Champions League tonight though? How apparently disrespectful! Can't expect the whole world to cancel everything 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric i Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 Completely disagree, massive over reaction IMO. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40-38 Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 1 minute ago, wealdstone said: Can't expect the whole world to cancel everything Oh I don't, I think it's bonkers tbh. The day of the funeral I can understand I suppose as it has to be a national "event". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa-colette Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 46 minutes ago, Skidder1 said: Yes but Uefa stated the announcement came too late to stop people attending so decided that tonight's games should carry on. The minutes silence at Old Trafford was impecably observed by the whole stadium. And at West Ham they started singing the national anthem whilst clapping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa-colette Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 53 minutes ago, 40-38 said: Still playing the Champions League tonight though? How apparently disrespectful! No, just you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topsoil Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 Total over reaction. Cancel everything the day of the funeral and a minutes silence is enough. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 11 minutes ago, topsoil said: Total over reaction. Cancel everything the day of the funeral and a minutes silence is enough. Totally agree. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket007 Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 No respect shown tonight by any of the 4 teams involved. Shameful. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panthers99 Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 8 hours ago, topsoil said: Total over reaction. Cancel everything the day of the funeral and a minutes silence is enough. Agreed. Sure even Liz would have wanted us to move on instead of cancelling everything for the next few days. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BV66 Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 Totally ridiculous to stop everything, life goes on, the day of the funeral is quite sufficient to have a respectful day of mourning. The Queen is Dead long Live the King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseq7 Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 It was well known that Bet Windsor was a huge fan of speedway. She even decreed that the Edinburgh team were named in her honour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HGould Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 Things need to be proportionate. The Queen loved some sports and attended many she probably didn't like but out of duty. Maybe a moratorium until midnight on Friday and then carry on as only when Sport is allowed to take place RESPECT be evidenced like it was last night. 12 days is too much, 2 days would be sufficient in my opinion and then let all Sports show their respects in the following week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnieg Posted September 9, 2022 Report Share Posted September 9, 2022 1 minute ago, HGould said: Things need to be proportionate. The Queen loved some sports and attended many she probably didn't like but out of duty. Maybe a moratorium until midnight on Friday and then carry on as only when Sport is allowed to take place RESPECT be evidenced like it was last night. 12 days is too much, 2 days would be sufficient in my opinion and then let all Sports show their respects in the following week. Agree entirely with the additional proviso that the day of the funeral should be a clear day. (Was the 19th due to be first of Premiership play-offs?) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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