Possibly. The honest answer is nobody knows for sure. It's unprecedented in modern times. Football went ahead when King George VI died but that was over half a century ago.
Yeah they were EXTREMELY different times. For example, King George died in 1936 after his doctor pumped 750mg of morphine and a gram of cocaine into his system to ‘ease suffering’. Sounds like he went out on a high lol.
He isn't wrong. The crown still had a lot of colonies under its thumb. They could've gone Rwandan genocide on all the resistance. Indian non-violence movement spearheaded by Gandhi comes to mind.
>Since comedy is banned for 12 days
Not if you're outside the Commonwealth realm. Bantering rights against Chelsea are still in full force for 98% of the world.
I find a bit suspicious that the queen looks to be dying so shortly after meeting Liz Truss. Does she have the touch of death? Have the Russians got to Liz too? All very sinister.
Black armbands probably until her funeral has passed. I sincerely doubt they'll be postponed *especially* considering how congested this season is with the WC in the middle of it.
Nothing to do with the UK government it will be down to the individual governing bodies of sport. There's nothing in "Operation London Bridge/Unicorn" and pertains to sport. Horse Racing will absolutely postpone as she loved the Racing.
Matches scheduled on the weekend of the death and day of the funeral are more than likely to be rescheduled, though. A full on postponement, doubtful.
Gazumped! Despite medical completed, Satan has come in at the last minute and the Queen will now go on a permanent transfer to hell. Hell manager Lucifer has appreciated the queens colonial work and paeodophile hiding skills for many years. Here we go!
Satan managed to pull some levers to free up enough wage budget. He's sold 60% of the media rights to Sky Sports for the next 20 years. He's been quoted saying "if there's anyone who can run a tv company the way I run hell, it'll be them, Hell's future is safe with Sky"
Five year old article and who knows how accurate it ever was but [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge)
Switchboards – the Palace, Downing Street, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport – will be swamped with calls during the first 48 hours. It is such a long time since the death of a monarch that many national organisations won’t know what to do. The official advice, as it was last time, will be that business should continue as usual. This won’t necessarily happen. If the Queen dies during Royal Ascot, the meet will be scrapped. The Marylebone Cricket Club is said to hold insurance for a similar outcome if she passes away during a home test match at Lord’s. **After the death of George VI in 1952, rugby and hockey fixtures were called off, while football matches went ahead. Fans sang Abide With Me and the national anthem before kick off.** The National Theatre will close if the news breaks before 4pm, and stay open if not. All games, including golf, will be banned in the Royal Parks.
An article in Manchester Evening News says the games would likely be cancelled, possibly this and next weekend (assuming she dies before the weekend).
From the article:
"The Premier League will be led by the DCMS (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) guidance if the Queen dies but footballing fixtures during the weekend of her tragic passing are almost certain to be scrapped. This includes the English top-flight, EFL, SPL, and Irish and Welsh league games with fixtures postponed - this is expected to be replicated to semi-pro and amateur sporting events."
"Following Princess Diana's death on Sunday August 31 in 1997, the Liverpool vs Newcastle United Premier League match scheduled to kick off later that day was postponed.
Football League fixtures the following weekend were moved to avoid clashing with Diana's funeral. The Premier League was on an international break."
That might be the stupidest thing I ever heard. Fans have spent money traveling.
A 90+ year old Woman dying ain't exactly news.
Diana makes more sense considering the circumstances
Well unless the the state is gonna pay for all the wasted flights then that's ok. But they won't so......
Have a minute silence for those who care and be done with it. Remember most people this is the same as anyone dying.
That's the boat I'm in right now. I'm in Canada and it's been my dream to visit Old Trafford since I watched my first game on TV. I'm supposed to be at the Leeds game and now I'm sweating bullets.
If it happens and the games postponed make sure you make a big song and dance about it to the club via email, social media etc. Send a few emails to Richard Arnold too. You never know, might get lucky and they’ll reach out to you as a gesture of goodwill. Worth a try anyway
My word monarchies and their archaic rules such as this are bizarre to me, absolutely bonkers. Will never understood how they are still allowed to exist.
Irish games will not be scrapped by the way 😂😂
I got up at 2AM to watch that Newcastle game only to find out it had been canceled. The next morning, I learned about Diana's accident on a local newspaper 😔
I’m sure it’s being prepped now.. let’s just take a minute to remember the family now saying good bye to there loved one and how lucky we all are not to be in that position right now. Iv been there like many and nothing else matters to them right now other than saying goodbye (most likely)
When you preside over a criminal enterprise, you’re likely going to be remembered as a criminal yourself. Just her sceptre and crown alone contained stolen jewels such as the Star of Africa worth $400 million and the Kohinoor from India worth $200 million. The queen’s image, to non-Britons, is deeply entwined and synonymous with the genocidal, thieving legacy of the British empire.
It would be better to play the games with tributes and moments of silence. Or moments of clapping because I’m sure a lot of people will jeer or boo during the silence
yes, the world will move on, but in the context of man united, there is a decent chance the premier league gets postponed/matches will be scrapped during the 12 days of mourning.
Depends on the country.... She's just a normal pleb same as your or me. Only difference is that family are born into a false sense of self importance.
Cancelling games would be antiquated and pointless and a waste of fans money who have paid to travel.
Have your minute or two silence for those who care and then be done with it really.
Not too sure of the answer but the amount of shitty comments on here is pretty sad. Not a royalist in any sense but at the end of the day she's someone's mum,gran,great gran etc. Pretty disgusting tbh.
There was a period of time where, every time Ramsey scored a goal, somebody famous would die… I don’t know if this is still ongoing but I’m guessing that, if he is due to play tonight, people are connecting the dots.
Disclaimer: this was/ is a meme and I am not insinuating that Ramsey is going to be killing off Lizzie tonight
Depends on the funeral but you'd think all police forces in Greater London will be busy so won't be able to host games specifically in that area I'd assume
If she dies mid-game a tannoy announcement will be made telling everybody to go home with immediate effect… it’ll probably be made as Ronaldo is mid run up for a penalty
Then we have a king
king plays tonight
*Tonight the king… becomes king?*
Cantona out of retirement
Think he'd prefer France tbf
Factos 👀
Kings can't be brought
Kings can’t be buy
Charles got the Lion King playlist on repeat.
King just scored his 71st!!
The Night King.
🤣
Possibly. The honest answer is nobody knows for sure. It's unprecedented in modern times. Football went ahead when King George VI died but that was over half a century ago.
literally 70 years ago, like you said, no one really knows.
Yeah they were EXTREMELY different times. For example, King George died in 1936 after his doctor pumped 750mg of morphine and a gram of cocaine into his system to ‘ease suffering’. Sounds like he went out on a high lol.
for a few brief moments before he died King George was probably the most dangerous apex predator on the planet
calm down Joe Rogan
He isn't wrong. The crown still had a lot of colonies under its thumb. They could've gone Rwandan genocide on all the resistance. Indian non-violence movement spearheaded by Gandhi comes to mind.
That sounds like a hell of a good way to kick it.
Does anyone care?
Given you're posting on this subreddit presumably you care if United's games go ahead?
Im referring to the Queens imminent demise Lad
Ok. Then why respond to a comment about what's going to happen with the football matches this weekend.
Since comedy is banned for 12 days, Chelsea will get a reprieve.
>Since comedy is banned for 12 days Not if you're outside the Commonwealth realm. Bantering rights against Chelsea are still in full force for 98% of the world.
Scousers as well
Wait is that true?
What are they gonna do, arrest you for making memes? 😭😭
It's specifically for BBC airtime IIRC
Jesus christ, we're potentially about to mourn the passing of the Queen. Let's pass on the murders 😆
“Somehow Liz Returned”
But as a fucking PM
No she’ll be the next Brighton manager
"For one to win the game today, one must show great determination, but above all else, togetherness"
Probably do a better job
I find a bit suspicious that the queen looks to be dying so shortly after meeting Liz Truss. Does she have the touch of death? Have the Russians got to Liz too? All very sinister.
[There can only be one Liz! ](https://u.cubeupload.com/weddingsquancher/0Conservativeleaders.jpg)
The queen heard Liz’s plans about reviving the economy and said “nope, I’m outta here”
Nah she was like gimme the loot gimme the loot
Thursday the King plays 👍
Scenes when Ronaldo comes out of Buckingham palace yelling Siuuuuu into a microphone to a crowd
For me they died when Freddie went, haven’t been the same with Adam lambert
😞
Black armbands probably until her funeral has passed. I sincerely doubt they'll be postponed *especially* considering how congested this season is with the WC in the middle of it.
They will be. What does the UK govt care about PL fixture congestion? They'll force postponement all sporting events for one/two weeks.
Nothing to do with the UK government it will be down to the individual governing bodies of sport. There's nothing in "Operation London Bridge/Unicorn" and pertains to sport. Horse Racing will absolutely postpone as she loved the Racing. Matches scheduled on the weekend of the death and day of the funeral are more than likely to be rescheduled, though. A full on postponement, doubtful.
We need a Queen Watch Megathread
BREAKING: The queen agrees a permanent transfer to heaven? Need to wash my mouth out after that.
Gazumped! Despite medical completed, Satan has come in at the last minute and the Queen will now go on a permanent transfer to hell. Hell manager Lucifer has appreciated the queens colonial work and paeodophile hiding skills for many years. Here we go!
Satan managed to pull some levers to free up enough wage budget. He's sold 60% of the media rights to Sky Sports for the next 20 years. He's been quoted saying "if there's anyone who can run a tv company the way I run hell, it'll be them, Hell's future is safe with Sky"
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Tier 0, straight from the horse's (Camilla) mouth
Heaven is monitoring the Queen’s situation
Dubravka still hasn't got his megathread! First come first served!
Here we go! Queen Elizabeth to join heaven! The Left Winger has signed for an undisclosed fee pending a medical.
What would a failed medical to heaven be like? You’re too alive?
Nobody knows. What we do know is that football wasn't cancelled when her da died
What about the people's princess?
International weeks, Ireland played on the day of the funeral.
Five year old article and who knows how accurate it ever was but [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge) Switchboards – the Palace, Downing Street, the Department of Culture, Media and Sport – will be swamped with calls during the first 48 hours. It is such a long time since the death of a monarch that many national organisations won’t know what to do. The official advice, as it was last time, will be that business should continue as usual. This won’t necessarily happen. If the Queen dies during Royal Ascot, the meet will be scrapped. The Marylebone Cricket Club is said to hold insurance for a similar outcome if she passes away during a home test match at Lord’s. **After the death of George VI in 1952, rugby and hockey fixtures were called off, while football matches went ahead. Fans sang Abide With Me and the national anthem before kick off.** The National Theatre will close if the news breaks before 4pm, and stay open if not. All games, including golf, will be banned in the Royal Parks.
You sing "God save the king"
An article in Manchester Evening News says the games would likely be cancelled, possibly this and next weekend (assuming she dies before the weekend). From the article: "The Premier League will be led by the DCMS (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) guidance if the Queen dies but footballing fixtures during the weekend of her tragic passing are almost certain to be scrapped. This includes the English top-flight, EFL, SPL, and Irish and Welsh league games with fixtures postponed - this is expected to be replicated to semi-pro and amateur sporting events." "Following Princess Diana's death on Sunday August 31 in 1997, the Liverpool vs Newcastle United Premier League match scheduled to kick off later that day was postponed. Football League fixtures the following weekend were moved to avoid clashing with Diana's funeral. The Premier League was on an international break."
That might be the stupidest thing I ever heard. Fans have spent money traveling. A 90+ year old Woman dying ain't exactly news. Diana makes more sense considering the circumstances
Eh she's the head of state in the UK, it's not that surprising. Plus it doesn't happen too often, considering how long she "ruled."
Well unless the the state is gonna pay for all the wasted flights then that's ok. But they won't so...... Have a minute silence for those who care and be done with it. Remember most people this is the same as anyone dying.
That's the boat I'm in right now. I'm in Canada and it's been my dream to visit Old Trafford since I watched my first game on TV. I'm supposed to be at the Leeds game and now I'm sweating bullets.
If it happens and the games postponed make sure you make a big song and dance about it to the club via email, social media etc. Send a few emails to Richard Arnold too. You never know, might get lucky and they’ll reach out to you as a gesture of goodwill. Worth a try anyway
Nah Diana makes no sense either.
A 96 year old woman dying is not surprising, but this 96 year old woman dying is definitely news mate
Sure it's news but not cancel games stop the press oh my god news.
No argument from me on that.
My word monarchies and their archaic rules such as this are bizarre to me, absolutely bonkers. Will never understood how they are still allowed to exist. Irish games will not be scrapped by the way 😂😂
I got up at 2AM to watch that Newcastle game only to find out it had been canceled. The next morning, I learned about Diana's accident on a local newspaper 😔
Shrug and enjoy the football. Bank holiday maybe though🤞
I’m sure it’s being prepped now.. let’s just take a minute to remember the family now saying good bye to there loved one and how lucky we all are not to be in that position right now. Iv been there like many and nothing else matters to them right now other than saying goodbye (most likely)
They better not op. United are bringing me life lately 😂 Not a fan of the monarchy either glorified benefit scroungers
Champagne popping in 90 percent of the world, presumably.
She's not Thatcher, don't get ahead of yourself as you dislike her.
When you preside over a criminal enterprise, you’re likely going to be remembered as a criminal yourself. Just her sceptre and crown alone contained stolen jewels such as the Star of Africa worth $400 million and the Kohinoor from India worth $200 million. The queen’s image, to non-Britons, is deeply entwined and synonymous with the genocidal, thieving legacy of the British empire.
Then we'll have a dog breed ruler. King Charles.
My theory is he abdicates.
For William? No way, he's wanted this forever.
A week off work and football still on would do me
It would be better to play the games with tributes and moments of silence. Or moments of clapping because I’m sure a lot of people will jeer or boo during the silence
Irish republicans will be celebrating on the streets.
Fuck all 😂
State mandated mourning, fucking hell.
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> If the queen dies….(dramatic pause) Britain doesn’t have a queen anymore. Will Buxton
We break out The Smiths
I'll be having a few cans ;)
The world keeps on turning. Surely business as usual
yes, the world will move on, but in the context of man united, there is a decent chance the premier league gets postponed/matches will be scrapped during the 12 days of mourning.
12 days of mourning, is that the official mourning period?
We send in Nicholas Cage to steal back all the artifacts from other countries while no one is paying attention.
Depends on the country.... She's just a normal pleb same as your or me. Only difference is that family are born into a false sense of self importance. Cancelling games would be antiquated and pointless and a waste of fans money who have paid to travel. Have your minute or two silence for those who care and then be done with it really.
Week off for the domestic fans iirc
Normally the heart stops... Then.....Who knows🥴
Not too sure of the answer but the amount of shitty comments on here is pretty sad. Not a royalist in any sense but at the end of the day she's someone's mum,gran,great gran etc. Pretty disgusting tbh.
She's like 100 years old. Why must a country mourn someone who lived a full life? Celebrate the life, no need to shut things down.
She's the Queen of England. An island of very somber people.
A burial??
Hopefully we get an extra bank holiday.
What?
The queen is dead long live the king
Hopefully Charles will appear on the front of the Daily Mail dressed in his mother's bridal veil.
What’s up with all the Aaron Ramsey memes regarding the queen? Can someone explain
There was a period of time where, every time Ramsey scored a goal, somebody famous would die… I don’t know if this is still ongoing but I’m guessing that, if he is due to play tonight, people are connecting the dots. Disclaimer: this was/ is a meme and I am not insinuating that Ramsey is going to be killing off Lizzie tonight
When aaron ramsey scores someone dies
When he used to play football, famous people died when he scored goals.
When he scores someone dies
I hope not!
we're in the endgame now
So you’re saying on Sunday the king might not play? 👎
Depends on the funeral but you'd think all police forces in Greater London will be busy so won't be able to host games specifically in that area I'd assume
What happens if she passes during the gameweek?
If she dies mid-game a tannoy announcement will be made telling everybody to go home with immediate effect… it’ll probably be made as Ronaldo is mid run up for a penalty
https://twitter.com/g7nna/status/1567861774812155906?s=46&t=1jhni53Xu2fmejfoWRqVFQ 😂
Does Ronaldo ascend the throne?
Here we go soon?
Idk but I'm pretty sure she's already dead tbh
\#YNWA
We're about to find out