I would rather have had the minutes applause if there was to be one before the match so it means something rather than lost in the middle of the match.
Applause only started as people were not respecting the minutes silence, soon it will be wave a scarf or something as the applause won't be respected and so on.
It's like everything now, people have to make a big show out of something as it's part of the 'look at me' society we are in.
Not sure why the club can't just do an announcement before the start sending their condolences etc ? The minutes silence (and why a minutes applause if someone has died I do not know) has now been totally devalued to the point of being worthless now.
The grief bandwagon has gone into overdrive...
A few years ago if a fan died there was a note in the programme if they were lucky, now it seems a minutes silence/applause whatever happens for the spurious of reasons at times which of course then devaluates it. The club have a memorial garden, anyone wanting to pay their respects can simply...