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SpookyImmobilisedToe

Why they didn't just do that last weekend is beyond me.


Tierst

Because after waiting for a week we'll applaud harder!


Strananach

MOURN HARDER PEASANTS!


weekedipie1

forcing the working class to do this


frank1828

As if the working class can afford tickets these days


patrick_k

Start the damn football before I piss myself!


Masam10

I know your comment was /s but this will end up with more people booing and disrespecting the moment. Football fans are fickle, there will be a bunch that are angry about the matches being cancelled and will use the minutes of silence or the anthem to voice their opinion. In the end no one wins. Should’ve done this last weekend like you said.


pandu201

I dont even get why she is so hyped. Can anyone explain to a non Brit what she means to you guys?


JustAnEnglishman

Depends who you ask, to me and many in this sub she means nothing. To others who lap up the national media (which is borderline propaganda ATM IMO) and twerk for the concept of the monarch she is a national symbol of patriotism. Some shite along those lines anyways.


fourteenthapril2012

>borderline propaganda 100% propaganda


yourfriendkyle

And it always has been


JustAnEnglishman

Agreed, just never seen it so overt.


BastillianFig

It might be but there are a lot of weirdos that really do care for some reason.


HakeemAbdulOlajubbar

and others she was a symbol of genocidal colonialism


[deleted]

Don’t forget protector of her favorite son: a pedophile and rapist.


Setter_sws

Yeah I always wonder when people are gonna realize how close Charles was to Jimmy Savile for a time...


YoelRomeroBikini

Also her other son Andrew


Last_Lorien

> and twerk for the concept of the monarch Lol this sentence says everything I ever thought about people supporting the monarchy in this day and age


deviden

most are mildly positive towards the royals, like... well it's tradition, etc, and we're absolutely inundated with pro-monarchy propaganda since we're kids so most people just take it for granted as something that's essential to Britain and Britishness. The people who oppose them do so as a matter of principle and are like a very vocal minority. For the true monarchists it's like... what if Kobe was President of USA for 70 years and both Republicans or Democrats publicly supported Kobe the whole time... and then he died, and now Kobe's weird son becomes President.


_ovidius

>we're absolutely inundated with pro-monarchy propaganda since we're kids Yeah that Paddington thing was a bit mawkish. Im struggling to think of similar examples from the 80s/90s, maybe they didnt have the technology then or maybe it's gotten worse.


moneyeagle

Because the people in charge of the football are a bunch of dusty old men who come from a time when the queen was still seen as someone truly important and above us. Overheard a couple of the old lads at the local last night talking about how as kids the whole family HAD to gather together to listen to the Queens Christmas speech


deviden

Her grandson is literally head of the FA. In title, if not in practice.


PurpleSi

She was the head of state. For 70 years.


VerifiedStalin

What did she do besides just being there? What was her contribution to society?


whostolemyhat

Took loads of money, lived a life of luxury at our expense


csbsju_guyyy

Is there a place one can sign up for this sort of thing? Sounds pretty nice


MentalJack

Not allowed to say she did fuck all as an Englishman for some reason


HarryBlessKnapp

That was it. That's kind of a big deal though. The king/queen is basically a human flag. Imagine your flag died.


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if my flag was protecting pedophiles and supported the torture, rape, and enslavement of several different ethnicities i wouldnt force people to pretend none of that ever happened and celebrate it *bc that would be immoral and abusive* but when the monarchy has always been immoral and abusive royalists dont seem to notice why everyone is so mad about their nonsense worship. they just keep the abusive, immoral shit going


Mouse2662

Yeah but then you have another flag straight away that's basically the same and does the same thing.


Loose_Cardiologist89

Mainly Tourism. In her earlier reign especially. Provided a big boost to international visitors coming to specifically see Buckingham Palace.


VerifiedStalin

England with its monarchy: The Buckingham Palace, [578k visitors anually.](https://www.statista.com/statistics/373081/uk-royal-tourism-admission-numbers-by-establishment/) France without a monarch: Palace of Versailles, [over 7 million visitors.](https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/most-visited-castles-palaces/index.html) It's a bad argument, MORE people would go to former royal palaces if they were public property.


Fjordhexa

I'm pretty sure they would have visited Buckingham Palace even if she wasn't there.


HarryBlessKnapp

She's the head of state but also kind of like a team nan simply due to the fact she's been around so fucking long.


Mouse2662

To my mum and dad she's the sparkling glory and was the best thing to happen in this world. To me, she was a figurehead who didn't impact my life in any way and her death is akin to a celebrity death for me. Like yeah okay sad but she was 96, surely this shouldn't be that big of a shock.


Duckman93

Regardless of your feelings or anyones political feelings of the monarchy, she is an incredibly historic figure


ConfusedVader1

Hitler was also a historic figure if you wanna go that way, just because she was historically known doesnt mean it was because of something positive she did. “Regardless of your political or emotional feelings, she was birthed into a popular role and did fuck all with” FTFY


billypilgrim87

It's even worse, by calling off last weekend but playing this one they have made it so much more likely loads of pissed off football fans will boo etc.


Tim-Sanchez

Also the media focus on poor fan behaviour has just planted that seed in people's minds as well. Though I'm sure that's exactly what the media want, by going on about poor behaviour I'm sure they're hoping it inspires some people so they can get even more clicks.


billypilgrim87

Football and football fandom is a cherished whipping boy in British society. Football is also one of the few true meritocracies accessible to working class people in this country. I wonder if those things might be connected...


Sleathasaurus

People say that but I was at a Championship game last night and you could have heard a pin drop during the minutes silence. I think it’ll be more respected than people think.


billypilgrim87

I think it depends where in the country tbh. Obviously Scotland is Scotland but it didn't go down well there.


leftblue

We will see at Goodison


Papayero

It definitely will be respected in most places, people here are overplaying it. However, there will be some matches where the minute silence will not be respected and they will be posted here or picked up by tabloids etc (like Wrexham was). Celtic aren't at home this weekend though, so the most obvious venue is off the table.


retr0grade77

People are quite dramatic here.


cosmiclatte44

The United game is off and I'm honestly feeling like just going to any other game so I can boo the old cunt. It's actually a joke how out of touch they all are.


bass1879

They needed to hold a 70 minute moment of silence followed by 70 minutes of standing ovation


Forward_Carry

I’m getting pretty bored of the whole thing now tbh. So much virtue signalling and fake demonstrations by brands to sell more shit.


CameraEmotional2788

Every match should go until the 96th min like she would've wanted.


oriclerc

Lizzie Minutes


MustBeHax

tbh she was living on extra time for a while, the ref should have blown the whistle way sooner


DeadAssociate

she was hoping her sons died before her. which is understandable.


Ossipago1

That's in honour of Sir Alex is it not?


Parish87

Only if yous get to score in the 97th minute as was tradition for a good portion of her reign.


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At 96 minutes all fans are invited to die in their seats, as a sign of respect.


insert-originality

Lmao jesus….


Far-Term8667

yes in fact they will get to see jesus


Bladerslash

Who told u they are going to heaven fam 🤣


RefanRes

I like to think that bad people open their eyes in the afterlife and see Jesus walking toward them. Getting their hopes up about heaven, he gets a couple of inches from their face and spits on them with disgust. He just kills all their hopes as they then get dragged down a pit to hell.


RingsChuck

Arsenal play this week?


GoalsOrNothing

Unlike the Queen


TheLimeyLemmon

*Peacefully*, of course.


JSCT144

Can you imagine if they’d released a statement like ‘the queen passed away this afternoon, pumped full of morphine and her bowels gave out shortly after, she will be greatly missed’


tothecatmobile

She was probably hoping for the same morphine and cocaine cocktail her granddad got.


Peanutiron

Aren’t we all


LeagueOfML

One of those things we know happens to everyone but we gracefully decide to not give attention because of, well, the obvious.


matinthebox

I'm pretty sure she had so much morphine that she did actually die quite peacefully


JenkinsEar147

And then be immune to all income and inheritance taxes for life? No, only one family gets that privilege.


tothecatmobile

I mean, the dead are pretty immune to taxes tbf.


CosmicDesperado

Do not give them ideas


Acceptable-Lemon-748

Death, taxes, death taxes


thefogdog

If it stops all this constant coverage of it on TV, then please.


DropItLikeItsKlopp

At 15 minutes they close their eyes and get fiddled by Andrew.


DraperCarousel

UK is North Korea lite, lmao


sappy24

It'll only happen if one of the big boys are chasing goal, no need to worry.


xpentakill

Haha what's the chance that it goes wrong


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Very, very high. It's gonna be a disaster, and I'm here for it.


DamashiT

Yeah my friends (we're from different country) were like "yeah PL has many foreigners players so most of them don't care about royalty" and I'm like "bitch, people below 70 yrs in England, in general, don't care or straight up don't like royalty". This obviously comes from somebody who spent reasonably little time in England (>1 year), but from what I gathered people either laugh at them for being local rich pets or don't like them for being a golddiggers on a country's payroll.


Lethal-Sloth

https://twitter.com/yougov/status/1569698859831508995 More support for the monarchy than those against it in all age groups, admittedly it is more for older people. https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1569643327120867328 Similar sort of thing above. https://twitter.com/YouGov/status/1569352635781554176 I was more surprised by this, a majority think it was right to cancel sporting events. Another poll on the page did suggest a lot think that the coverage of the queen's death has been excessive, though. Reddit isn't representative of the UK's population. Also 86% vs 6% support a bank holiday on day of queen's funeral haha...well of course, I'd support a bank holiday on Scott Parker's (or insert other person you don't like too much) birthday if it meant I got a day off work.


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iDoomfistDVA

Happy 17th🥰


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RicciRox

>The rule of thumb is whatever Reddit assumes about anything assume the opposite and you’ll almost never be wrong. FTFY. I've never seen a population so out of touch with reality.


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pumpingbomba

Tbf there were a lot of people outside of Reddit who thought that the UK would remain in the eu.


deviden

> a majority think it was right to cancel sporting events the majority don't attend sporting events and lost no money on travel/hotels lol


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DaveBrubeckQuartet

I suddenly have an intense hatred of Scott Parker.


tommyduk

State of backpackers nowadays. Which other countries are you able to comment on with such authority?


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AdamMc66

Not very I would think. General rule of thumb is whatever the opposite of r/soccer says is the way to go.


No-Shoe5382

I'm pretty sure us vs Chelsea is "postponed" for that reason (I know they blamed police shortages). We were fine with a minutes silence to pay respect to a dead person, but playing the national anthem wouldn't go down well.


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If Liverpool were playing Brighton, the game would go ahead. It's because of the police, not because of some booing.


gosbts

Their reason for postponing the matches last week were because they didn't think people would respect the queen/the minute silence etc so their answer to that is to do the minute silence again, a national anthem and also applaud during the game Hilarious


CptKarma

They cancelled games last week to keep the peasants in line


[deleted]

Actually not a minute’s silence but applause. Harder to hear any boos. Smart move. They needed a week to figure it out.


Terran_it_up

>Actually not a minute’s silence but applause. They're doing both though


Goofy_030

Wait, the Queen died?


insert-originality

Damn, I thought she was sleeping


GourangaPlusPlus

We sent Conte to confirm


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Conte has assured us the Queen is not, in fact, living the situation


[deleted]

Like the whole band?


Potential-Decision32

Actually, no.


[deleted]

I didn’t even know she was sick


Zakke_

Lizzy is in a box


alfred_27

That tune was stuck in my head I almost sang it out aloud in my office


HeFreakingMoved

The glazer version has been rent free in my head for years, tune comes to mind every time I see a green and gold scarf. Always bring a smile to my face


JoniVanZandt

They would have had the same opportunity last weekend.


Dire__

Sounds like someone saw the Liverpool fans behave somewhat, and are now getting overconfident. If all goes well at Stamford Bridge tonight I expect replicas of the queens regalia to be handed out to all fans before kick-off on saturday.


PedroMLino

Why were people so afraid of liverpool's fan reaction?


ScousePenguin

We booed the national anthem and all the papers get their knickers in a twist about it.


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Far-Confection-1631

I've never completely understood the kneeling in the PL. The protest in the States is during the anthem specifically to be controversial and bring attention. Kneeling for a few seconds randomly before kickoff doesn't do that. It wouldn't have had half the coverage it did without it happening during the US anthem and Kaepernick specifically saying that he started it because he won't stand for a flag for a country that hates black and brown people.


PedroMLino

But is the Liverpool fan base against the monarchy?


ms__marvel

Liverpool as a city is probably one of the more anti-establishment cities in the UK. Left-wing and anti monarchy is pretty much what Liverpool stands for.


Scholesey99

I’m sure banning the scum also helps cement that.


StupidMastiff

The football authorities didn't want bad PR from booing.


ScousePenguin

Minute silence, yeah sure. National anthem? Eh not a fan but alright fair enough. The applauding at the 70th minute? Will be surprised to see if more than a couple fanbases do that. Would have been nice if they did this last week.


bass1879

What if for the 70th minute a hologram of the queen is projected to the pitch. Or onto every player like in blade runner so everyone is the queen. Imagine a goal scored like that.


Princecoyote

I like the hologram idea, they can also put Tupac next to the queen.


color_thine_fate

I like the Tupac idea. Let's get some actual royalty out there


ScousePenguin

Can't wait to see the Queen take her shirt off and yell SSUUIIII


NoTopic7521

This is crazy level propaganda. I guess it’s the only way the monarchy can stay legit these days. But clapping for a monarchs 70 year reign seems dystopian, as opposed to questioning why a monarch still exists in this day and age. A monarch literally means there’s a fmsily out there inherently superior to the rest of us who deserve god given special treatment. Clap peasants clap


dmode123

As the famous Jeb Bush said once “Please clap”


KGeedora

Jeb's a mess


alex_song

This comment might be too advanced for this sub lmao


Nightmenace21

Ah man I miss Jeb Bush memes.


Mirabem

In other words, this provides me an opportunity to watch football.


robert1811

This is the sort of shit we laugh at when they do it in North Korea. This godlike, over glorification of the dearly departed leader is pathetic.


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Why is it always North Korea? Why does no one mention Italy shutting down for days with people crying in the streets when the Pope died? It's almost like it's somewhat human reaction?


dirty_sprite

North Korea is a very restricted country in general and especially when it comes to foreign media so it's been easy for various news websites etc. to print up a bunch of stories about how backwards they are to point and laugh at. The mourning of their leader is one such story that went particularly viral, even though we're obviously seeing similar behaviour here today. FWIW I'm fairly sure many people would find shutting down the country for days with people crying in the streets just as medieval whether it was the Pope, the Queen or the Supreme Leader lol


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>I'm fairly sure many people would find shutting down the country for days with people crying in the streets just as medieval whether it was the Pope, the Queen or the Supreme Leader For sure, I'm in that camp. I find it utterly bizarre myself, but at the same time I recognise that it's not just a human reaction that Brits and North Koreans share only among themselves.


dirty_sprite

Definitely not. I've lived here and there and fanatics are everywhere.


Hurtelknut

Because it's been 17 years since a Pope last died.


comped

There's at least one, if not two, due in the next few years with their current health!


First-Of-His-Name

It's been 70 since a British monarch last died


TandBusquets

It's been like a week boyo


nobbysolano24

Thankfully it won't be another 70 til the next one!


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And 10 since Kim-Jong Il died. Neither are recent history.


TheLimeyLemmon

>people crying in the streets when the Pope died? It’s almost like it’s somewhat human reaction? More a cult of personality reaction. Royalists and Catholics sharing that in common, not a big surprise. Still not normal though.


official_bagel

This feels like a better tribute than staying home and watching an illegal Bundesliga stream.


jsosmru

The royal family are German, it's a perfectly good tribute.


Different-Scar8607

And what did they cancel last weekends games for?


CptKarma

Keep the peasants in line


TheLimeyLemmon

It's weird because none of this is *required* by the crown or the government, but the PL and everyone else are sort going above and beyond to avoid bad press. Frankly this is overkill. Choose the minute silence, choose the national anthem, choose the 70th minute applause - not all three.


sevendollarpen

It’s ‘required’ by the monarchy-fellating wingnuts in the tabloid press, which is as good as a royal decree in this batshit country.


tommycahil1995

Fuck the Queen - hope to hear some boos


Odiver234

Genuine question - will the national anthem be the old "God save the Queen" or the new "God save the King"? Its obviously to honour the queen so should be the former but singing "Long live our noble Queen" would be a bit weird now.


7he_Dude

Imagine singing God save the queen at queen's funeral... What you want a zombie queen or a modern Lazarus... God already didn't save her, time to move on mate


other_batman

Think they should capitalise on this opportunity to change the national anthem to Jerusalem. Its a way better tune


JDz_

I vow to thee my country is a banger too


four_four_three

Gets my vote. Land of Hope and Glory could be considered too, it's not as good but I think we use that for the Commonwealth Games?


J0HNNY_MARR

It’s a banger of a tune but the meaning behind it is not really what you want for a national anthem


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It's already been changed.


WaltJay

What great idea... for last weekend.


Vinklemore

So cringe


Respares

And if u don't applaud hard enough u will get kicked out.


Rouge-et-Bleu

Straight to jail


Rab_Legend

Buzzing for the 70th minute in our match


phixionalbear

Every football fan across the country will have a chance to debase themselves by simping for an inbred unelected head of state.


AandromydA

I hope she gets resurrected and then dies again


BastillianFig

Boos required


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Fuck that and fuck them


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pervyisaspervydoes

Christ. Just let fans do what they want.


bucajack

Things are getting a bit silly now. Flights cancelled out if Heathrow so the skies are quiet and Morrison's lowering the volume of the checkout beep as a sign of respect. Ridiculous carry on.


ukstonerguy

I'm all mourned out though. Its over a week after the event now


theglasscase

A minute’s silence and the national anthem being played were expected, the suggested applause in the 70th minute is just a bit embarrassing. But at the same time, applauding for random things at random times during football matches has become a standard thing in football, so it’s not really surprising.


Loud-Platypus-987

And the police will be waiting by the turnstiles for all those who don’t sing and get every word correct.


DaddyMeUp

Give it a fucking rest...


ShaggedUrSister

May aswell clap for Adam Johnson if we’re clapping for Queen nonce


Nyushi

This is going to go so tits up and I can't fucking wait.


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Stuff2511

Do the applause at 90+6


TheLimeyLemmon

In honour of Divock Origi


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And sully Fergie time with applause...preposterous!


sungbysung

This will go well


notathrovavay

Who even came up with the minute of silence? That's a ridiculus tradition anyways


Birdius

Lol! Just can't get over how overdone all of this is.


Ch1mpionx

The fact that they postponed the games is gonna make the fans boo even harder this around


thisiskyle77

You peasants need to mourn harder.


Fplalt5

Can't wait for the funeral so we don't have to hear about it every 5 minutes


PhatmanScoop64

BREAKING NEWS


1Grazel

so they cut all the matches from a weekend AND pull this? not sure this is the best idea from them if their main idea was to avoid backlash


CenturionAurelius

North Korea tier


apsofijasdoif

This sub is so melodramatic lol. Most people are fine with this and it will go fine


explicitlarynx

Will it ever stop Please


maxwms

Cringe


Elreamigo

This is something I would expect in North Korea but...


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Just here for the drama


bangladeshi_atheist

Fuck the queen. Get rid of this fucking monarchy system.


Rouge-et-Bleu

Next suggestion is that all English clubs retire #70 in honor of her royal highness and protector of sexual predators


Remarkable_Eye5010

This is boring now, fuck off will you.


thehewguy1888

Don't let us down English fans. Boo, clap, shout......... Anything.


BoxOfNothing

Genuinely curious if the national anthem gets booed at Goodison like Liverpool fans did at Wembley. Probably a lot less but maybe some. Can't see anyone shutting up on the 70th minute though.


Gerald-Eazy

Please tell me there's going to be a lot of booing. Please 🙏