No Minutes Silence

[Baron Pepperpot]

BBC Sport - Margaret Thatcher: No silence from football and cricket


I'm sure the folk of Middlesbrough will be most upset that they couldn't pay their respects....

 

[BBassic]

Very sensible move in my view.

Enforcing a silence for an individual as divisive as Thatcher could have turned quite nasty with some people not observing the silence irking the sensibilities of others who do wish to pay their respect.

I personally would not have kept silent and I know that would annoy some of the people around me at the Amex.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

That would be interesting at Anfield.

 

[Arthritic Toe]

You could have 2 minutes. The first one a traditional minutes silence, the second one a minutes whooping and dancing for joy. You could join in whichever one you felt was appropriate.

 

[The Spanish]

bet there is one for mandela.

 

[crodonilson]

A minutes applause would suffice.

 

[Billy the Fish]

I personally would not have kept silent and I know that would annoy some of the people around me at the Amex.

Bullshit.

You would crap your pants the second someone bigger than you told you to shut up and show some respect.

 

[BBassic]

Bullshit.

You would crap your pants the second someone bigger than you told you to shut up and show some respect.

Forgive me but who do you think you are to claim to know how I would react in any given situation?

 

[trueblue]

bet there is one for mandela.

I doubt it. But wouldn't worry me if there was - he didn't try to destroy football.

 

[clippedgull]

I don't think there should ever be a forced silence or applause at any mass event unless the event is specifically for that person (funeral, wedding etc).

By all means show respect if the individual wants to but in your own way, not enforced. It's just fake.

 

[essbee]

They won't notice any difference in the North Stand next Saturday

from
a fellow supporter in the WSU

 

[Pogue Mahone]

bet there is one for mandela.

As if...

 

[Pogue Mahone]

A minutes applause would suffice.

So people can choose why they're clapping?

 

[catfish]

She hated football anyway.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

They could just include "Ding dong, the witch is dead" in the pre-match playlist, at each ground?

 

[PWA]

I remember somebody had Benny Hill go off at Peterborough Away in Apr 02.
Tough to remain straight-faced under those conditions.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

They could just include "Ding dong, the witch is dead" in the pre-match playlist, at each ground?

That Pete Wylie track would get the crowd reved up; it's a real stomper of a tune.

 

[daveinprague]

Its guaranteed to encourage booing in many parts of the country, and that would not give it any dignity. Im not sorry she has gone by any stretch, but at the end of the day, she was a British leader, and to have her boo'd up and down the country in the media glare would be a bit crass, and embarrassing when shown around the world. Ill be honest, and say I celebrated last night.

 

[severnside gull]

Very sensible move in my view.

Enforcing a silence for an individual as divisive as Thatcher could have turned quite nasty with some people not observing the silence irking the sensibilities of others who do wish to pay their respect.

I personally would not have kept silent and I know that would annoy some of the people around me at the Amex.

Agree entirely. I would have to go back to the concourse and voice my feelings away from those who wish to celebrate her legacy - something I would find impossible to do.

 

[happypig]

Whelan/Madjeski now want one : BBC Sport - Margaret Thatcher: Football chairmen call for minutes silence

Whelan said he could not understand why large sections of the population, especially in the north of England, did not want to mark her death.

That alone shows how out of touch he is.