[Football] The Minute's Silence...

[GJN1]

Barely a game passes these days without a minute's silence before kick-off.

I think my favourite one was soon after Princess Diana's death at an England game when then manager Glenn Hoddle said it was "the best minute's silence I've ever heard."

It does make me think that the kit manufacturers are missing a trick though. They could bang out a kit with a pre-printed black armband on it. It would also help the players because I can't imagine it's comfy wearing them.

 

[HHGull]

Interesting at City this weekend - the first time I remember a minutes silence and minutes applause at the same match

 

[GJN1]

Interesting at City this weekend - the first time I remember a minutes silence and minutes applause at the same match

If they saved up all the minute's silences and applauses and did them all before the kick-off at the final game of the season, what would be more difficult? Keeping schtum or clapping for half an hour?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Nothing says solemn like a mascot doing a minute's silence...

 

[Lenny Rider]

Barely a game passes these days without a minute's silence before kick-off.

I think my favourite one was soon after Princess Diana's death at an England game when then manager Glenn Hoddle said it was "the best minute's silence I've ever heard."

It does make me think that the kit manufacturers are missing a trick though. They could bang out a kit with a pre-printed black armband on it. It would also help the players because I can't imagine it's comfy wearing them.

Tony Millard once gave a radio commentary on a minutes silence at Canvey Island.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

 

[GT49er]

Interesting at City this weekend - the first time I remember a minutes silence and minutes applause at the same match

Interesting - I thought the only reason the minutes applause was brought in was because a few scumbag prats couldn't be trusted to respect a minutes silence.

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Nothing says solemn like a mascot doing a minute's silence...

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It could be worse…

 

[LamieRobertson]

They’ve just a minutes booing at OT as the players walked off

 

[HHGull]

Interesting - I thought the only reason the minutes applause was brought in was because a few scumbag prats couldn't be trusted to respect a minutes silence.

Funny that…plenty of tossers shouting during the minutes silence

 

[1066familyman]

John Cage for pre match music please.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

It could be worse…
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I quite like the idea of a solemn Gully accompanying my coffin into Church when I die.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

My favourite minute's silence was the magnificent time at Withdean where, out of sight of the stands, the club's programme seller continued to bellow "PROO-GRAMS!!" at the top of his voice throughout the entire minute

 

[jimhigham]

Didn’t somebody break the silence ahead of the AEK Athens match? Sure I heard a vociferous SHAT AP YOU CAAAAAAANT from the North Stand.

Or did I dream it?

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Didn’t somebody break the silence ahead of the AEK Athens match? Sure I heard a vociferous SHAT AP YOU CAAAAAAANT from the North Stand.

Or did I dream it?

No you heard it, it made me chuckle

 

[Colonel Mustard]

Interesting at City this weekend - the first time I remember a minutes silence and minutes applause at the same match

I wondered what they’d have done had the news of Bobby Charlton's death been announced in the morning rather than at half time. As I’ve opined here before, these minute silences have got totally out of hand.

 

[Giraffe]

Tony Millard once gave a radio commentary on a minutes silence at Canvey Island.

I remember hearing that later as I was at the game. He said something like "I must not observe this as you cannot have silence on the radio"

 

[el punal]

I wondered what they’d have done had the news of Bobby Charlton's death been announced in the morning rather than at half time. As I’ve opined here before, these minute silences have got totally out of hand.

Second hand?

 

[monty uk]

Minute silence, then a minute of clapping then taking the knee.

Shown in full on MOTD - as a highlight. Seemed like the match would never start.

The Beeb commentator mentioned Gerry Ryan,, it would have been a nice touch if they had done so at Citeh. or did I miss that?

With all that plus extended added time we could find ourselves spending the whole night at a ground one day.

 

[el punal]

Extreme bad taste I know, but wouldn’t it be amusing if spectators had to do a minute’s rendition of ‘The Laughing Policeman’ rather than a minute’s silence or applause.