Postponment of Premier League fixtures due to the death of Her Majesty the Queen.

[DanEFC92]

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

I wouldnt boo, I just think people will.

It was ridiculous for football to be banned this weekend mate. I think the establishment have put pressure on. It's been highly disrespectful. I wont lower myself to their level by booing, but suspect people will.

I think to me banning football but letting other sports take place sent a clear message to what the establishment think of those of us in the "lower" classes

Football is the sport most associated with the working person, and it was taken away, whilst they still made us work

People can say the footballing authorities chose to do it all they want, but that's extremely naïve. They were pressured into this and the media was primed and ready to attack them if they had let games go ahead

 

[4737carlin]

I think to me banning football but letting other sports take place sent a clear message to what the establishment think of those of us in the "lower" classes

Football is the sport most associated with the working person, and it was taken away, whilst they still made us work

People can say the footballing authorities chose to do it all they want, but that's extremely naïve. They were pressured into this and the media was primed and ready to attack them if they had let games go ahead

Yeah but the problem is football is the sport we're people are far more likely to act in a shameful and disrespectful way.
Besides the policing of games is a major factor too, don't forget Britain has never seen an event even close to being on the scale of the Queen lying in state and her funeral, the security on this is off the scale.

 

[allen]

I think to me banning football but letting other sports take place sent a clear message to what the establishment think of those of us in the "lower" classes

Football is the sport most associated with the working person, and it was taken away, whilst they still made us work

People can say the footballing authorities chose to do it all they want, but that's extremely naïve. They were pressured into this and the media was primed and ready to attack them if they had let games go ahead

While I think you're right that there's an element of classism at play here, I think it's related to the FA and FL being scared of the reaction of the right wing press.

The problem is that a lot of Sun/Mail/Express-reading, flag-waving right-wingers are also football fans. Essentially, The En-ger-land fans that sing about German bombers and the like, which exist largely outside of Merseyside.

The FA are well aware that element of the fandom are primed to be whipped up into outrage by the right wing press at anything that might suggest a lack of proper deference to our 'betters'.

 

[Toffeelover]

I think to me banning football but letting other sports take place sent a clear message to what the establishment think of those of us in the "lower" classes

Football is the sport most associated with the working person, and it was taken away, whilst they still made us work

People can say the footballing authorities chose to do it all they want, but that's extremely naïve. They were pressured into this and the media was primed and ready to attack them if they had let games go ahead

I have been ab Evertonian all my life as were my Dad, and grandparents but we never saw ourselves as lower classes. We have all our lives been working class.

What is Rugby League associated with ?

And certain other sport e,g. Great Northern Run.

 

[Toffeelover]

While I think you're right that there's an element of classism at play here, I think it's related to the FA and FL being scared of the reaction of the right wing press.

The problem is that a lot of Sun/Mail/Express-reading, flag-waving right-wingers are also football fans. Essentially, The En-ger-land fans that sing about German bombers and the like, which exist largely outside of Merseyside.

The FA are well aware that element of the fandom are primed to be whipped up into outrage by the right wing press at anything that might suggest a lack of proper deference to our 'betters'.

Don't get that, Liverpool were blitzed for 8 nights non stop.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

My old junior school that

I was Park View mate.

 

[allen]

Don't get that, Liverpool were blitzed for 8 nights non stop.

Eh?

Liverpool was decimated by the Luftwaffe, and it was utterly dreadful.

But it's got nothing to do with football, and fans shouldn't sing about it in the 21st Century.

 

[Toffeelover]

Eh?

Liverpool was decimated by the Luftwaffe, and it was utterly dreadful.

But it's got nothing to do with football, and fans shouldn't sing about it in the 21st Century.

Then who are singing about German Bombers was that not the Luftwaffe ?

 

[allen]

Then who are singing about German Bombers was that not the Luftwaffe ?

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.

Google 10 German Bombers if you don't know what I'm talking about, either.

 

[Toffeelover]

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.

Google 10 German Bombers if you don't know what I'm talking about, either.

Oh I see what you are getting at now, beg pardon.

 

[allen]

Oh I see what you are getting at now, beg pardon.

No worries! Just using it as a way of highlighting the kind of near-caricature football fan the FA and FL probably had in their minds when they made their decision.

 

[Ring master]

The London prem games you will surely expect to be off, as Arsenal's game in the Europa league Thursday has been called off due to not enough police, this is Thursday

 

[Wat Tyler]

Wait, we are playing the national anthem at Goodison?

 

[Wat Tyler]

I think to me banning football but letting other sports take place sent a clear message to what the establishment think of those of us in the "lower" classes

Football is the sport most associated with the working person, and it was taken away, whilst they still made us work

People can say the footballing authorities chose to do it all they want, but that's extremely naïve. They were pressured into this and the media was primed and ready to attack them if they had let games go ahead

Good job they made the decision in a year that already isn’t jam packed with a World Cup right in the middle. Mark of respect though.