Something very wrong with doffing your cap, knuckling your forehead and bending knee to a family of freeloaders.
>There is no obligation to cancel or postpone events and sporting fixtures, or close entertainment venues during the National Mourning period. This is at the discretion of individual organisations. As a mark of respect, organisations might wish to consider cancelling or postponing events or closing venues on the day of the State Funeral. They are under no obligation to do so and this is entirely at the discretion of individual organisations.
Why are organisations so intent on overinterpreting and going miles beyond what the official guidance states? It’s unneeded, falsely generated outrage.
I’ve got to say, whoever was doing their Twitter posts was a genius…
But seriously, why should they get any hassle over it? It didn’t negatively affect anyone except those searching for a reason to be offended.
> However, on Saturday morning, Sheffield International FC tweeted a picture with the caption: “Silly billies. Everyone’s turned up in their match kit”.
>A few minutes later, another image showed them shaking hands with their opponents: “Oh wow! Byron House have arrived! Fancy seeing them here!” the club tweeted.
I’m sorry but this takes the piss, I’d take the punishment and put it on my shirt. Wear it with pride.
Funny how Sky, with their lack of cameras to cover both football and grief fest, are trying to make this a big deal…
I hope that the rest of the teams in the league kick up a stink if these two teams get punished for it.
I’m glad that with each and every story, the tide of public opinion turns just that little bit more so that we can get back to calling the royals a bunch of inbred, rapist-protecting scroungers.
This national mourning competition has gone on long enough.
They be tying up the swings in the park next.
Overblown death cultish twaddle. Yes we are mainly sad to see the Head of State die but this enforced mourning stuff is getting out of hand.
It’s an outrage! Playing football on a day when football was not to be played! They should be sent straight to a work camp in the North and be forced to swear allegiance to glorious leader Charles under threat of firing squad!
No, fuck off, this is dumb.
They aren’t impeding people who want to mourn and even I’m sick of the depressio Radio etc.
Life goes on.
Remember when Kim jong what’s his face died in NK and everyone was forced to cry, we ain’t far behind with this enforced mourning bs
Playing rugby is OK but a game of Sunday league is despicable? Normal. Island.
Everyone must participate in the coordinated national mourning. And we laugh at North Korea
The gesture politics being forced into sport in recent times is ridiculous…
This may actually *be* “political correctness gone mad!”
Does the club have a bank account? I’d like to donate a few quid for their Christmas piss-up. That Facebook post was such welcome sanity on that weekend of utter fawning bullshit.
I will happily contribute to a gofund me to pay any fines. Better than giving more money so they can indulge Andrew’s noncey habits.
People who are mourning need to accept that not everyone mourns their way.
I played D&D on Sunday and we did not even mention the Queen because her death had no impact on our game.
The queen dies so the entire country has to come to a halt fuck off
>It switched to a training session, adding: “If that gets cancelled we’ll have a game of rugby seeing as that’s deemed respectful enough.”
Based
Reading this from outside of the UK and hoping it’s a joke??
I think we all need to dial down our language on stuff like this. Surely nobody actually thinks this is “despicable”. It’s……cheeky. If you think it’s wrong then I guess you could go so far as saying it’s mischievous. It is not despicable.
The way the royalists are handling this is absurd and borderline fascist.
They could have mourned in peace, without inconveniencing anyone. Those who chose not to, could have let them do so in peace.
Instead, the royalists aren’t happy unless everyone’s life is interrupted to an alarming degree, just to appease their need to demonstrate how utterly subservient they are to people they perceive to be superior to themselves.
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Nothing wrong with what they did.
Something very wrong with doffing your cap, knuckling your forehead and bending knee to a family of freeloaders.
>There is no obligation to cancel or postpone events and sporting fixtures, or close entertainment venues during the National Mourning period. This is at the discretion of individual organisations. As a mark of respect, organisations might wish to consider cancelling or postponing events or closing venues on the day of the State Funeral. They are under no obligation to do so and this is entirely at the discretion of individual organisations.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-demise-of-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii-national-mourning-guidance/the-demise-of-her-majesty-queen-elizabeth-ii-national-mourning-guidance#major-events-entertainment-and-sports
Why are organisations so intent on overinterpreting and going miles beyond what the official guidance states? It’s unneeded, falsely generated outrage.
I’ve got to say, whoever was doing their Twitter posts was a genius…
But seriously, why should they get any hassle over it? It didn’t negatively affect anyone except those searching for a reason to be offended.
> However, on Saturday morning, Sheffield International FC tweeted a picture with the caption: “Silly billies. Everyone’s turned up in their match kit”.
>A few minutes later, another image showed them shaking hands with their opponents: “Oh wow! Byron House have arrived! Fancy seeing them here!” the club tweeted.
I’m sorry but this takes the piss, I’d take the punishment and put it on my shirt. Wear it with pride.
Funny how Sky, with their lack of cameras to cover both football and grief fest, are trying to make this a big deal…
I hope that the rest of the teams in the league kick up a stink if these two teams get punished for it.
I’m glad that with each and every story, the tide of public opinion turns just that little bit more so that we can get back to calling the royals a bunch of inbred, rapist-protecting scroungers.
This national mourning competition has gone on long enough.
They be tying up the swings in the park next.
Overblown death cultish twaddle. Yes we are mainly sad to see the Head of State die but this enforced mourning stuff is getting out of hand.
It’s an outrage! Playing football on a day when football was not to be played! They should be sent straight to a work camp in the North and be forced to swear allegiance to glorious leader Charles under threat of firing squad!
No, fuck off, this is dumb.
They aren’t impeding people who want to mourn and even I’m sick of the depressio Radio etc.
Life goes on.
Remember when Kim jong what’s his face died in NK and everyone was forced to cry, we ain’t far behind with this enforced mourning bs
Playing rugby is OK but a game of Sunday league is despicable? Normal. Island.
Everyone must participate in the coordinated national mourning. And we laugh at North Korea
The gesture politics being forced into sport in recent times is ridiculous…
This may actually *be* “political correctness gone mad!”
Does the club have a bank account? I’d like to donate a few quid for their Christmas piss-up. That Facebook post was such welcome sanity on that weekend of utter fawning bullshit.
I will happily contribute to a gofund me to pay any fines. Better than giving more money so they can indulge Andrew’s noncey habits.
People who are mourning need to accept that not everyone mourns their way.
I played D&D on Sunday and we did not even mention the Queen because her death had no impact on our game.
The queen dies so the entire country has to come to a halt fuck off
>It switched to a training session, adding: “If that gets cancelled we’ll have a game of rugby seeing as that’s deemed respectful enough.”
Based
Reading this from outside of the UK and hoping it’s a joke??
I think we all need to dial down our language on stuff like this. Surely nobody actually thinks this is “despicable”. It’s……cheeky. If you think it’s wrong then I guess you could go so far as saying it’s mischievous. It is not despicable.
The way the royalists are handling this is absurd and borderline fascist.
They could have mourned in peace, without inconveniencing anyone. Those who chose not to, could have let them do so in peace.
Instead, the royalists aren’t happy unless everyone’s life is interrupted to an alarming degree, just to appease their need to demonstrate how utterly subservient they are to people they perceive to be superior to themselves.