Minutes Silence V Clapping

[Woodchip]

...Consequently clapping has emerged as a sort of 'second rate' tribute for people who haven't achieved enough to warrant a minute's silence.

Didn't Besty have a minutes applause? Of course he achieved nothing in his time did he (Liver damage aside).

 

[Brovion]

Didn't Besty have a minutes applause? Of course he achieved nothing in his time did he (Liver damage aside).

Precisely. I'd have him in the 'second rate' category. Good footballer who helped Man U win the European Cup. But he retired early and then he hardly dedicated the rest of his life to football did he? You could even argue that his lifestyle and the manner of his death meant he wasn't even worth the applause but I'll be generous and say he was.

As Lush said on the previous page there are simply too many tributes. I think there was even talk of applause at Withdean in memory of the bloke who used to be the groundsman at the Goldstone!

 

[hans kraay fan club]

As Lush said on the previous page there are simply too many tributes. I think there was even talk of applause at Withdean in memory of the bloke who used to be the groundsman at the Goldstone!

The bloke [Frankie Howerd] who gave FIFTY years of his life to the club as player and staff?

 

[Knotty]

Yes, there are probably too many of these, but is one minute's silence or clapping really so much of a problem even if you don't agree with it?

If it's for someone I respected, I'll do it. If it's for someone I didn't know, I'll still do it, so what? I won't get angry about it and it won't spoil my day.

Don't we all have more important things to worry about?

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

I think the clapping only works when it's spontaneous. At Man City (i think it was anyway) they were reading out a tribute to someone who used to play for them, and had recently passed away, as the readout was going on it was silent, then someone clapped, and the whole ground did, it was a really hair standing up on the back of neck moment, and then they did the minute silence. There was something that meant far more there than the normal thing that goes on now.

 

[beorhthelm]

clapping. theres a difference between remembering those that gave their lives and those that die through simple old age. It just doesnt seem right to mark the passing of a beloved player (or other entertainer) through silence, its too anonymous and doesnt reflect what you are remembering - all the joy they gave. Frankly theres too much of this rememberence stuff in anyway, its going to get to a point soon when its at every game.

 

[Spider]

Depends on the situation, but in general I prefer the silence because it seems much more respectful.

The problem is, when it's a 1960s Brighton star, only a small proportion of the supporters are going to have any idea who they're supposed to be remembering, so in situations like this I'd say clapping is probably okay - it doesn't have the pretense of 'silence'.