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Post by rocky on Apr 10, 2021 9:36:16 GMT
Not really pro or anti the royal family, but is it just me that thinks it’s strange having a minutes silence for him? Not quite sure what his death has to do with football
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Post by unknownquantity on Apr 10, 2021 12:19:30 GMT
I think that some sporting events are having two minutes silence. I also think that sometimes a minutes silence are held at football matches for victims of natural disasters and the like that have no direct link to football. Taking into account everything he did for the service of the country from the start of the second world war until his death I personally support the idea of a minutes silence.
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Post by unknownquantity on Apr 10, 2021 22:31:58 GMT
It is likely that matches scheduled to start at 3pm next Saturday will be moved to a different time in the weekend to avoid clashing with Prince Philip's funeral, in a similar way to what happened in 1997 when Princess Diana's funeral was held on a Saturday.
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Post by blueandwhite on Apr 11, 2021 15:25:59 GMT
Think it’s nonsense tbh. Keep non football stuff out of football.
Appreciate what Phillip and millions of others did in the war. It’s only right that that’s remembered with silence on armistice day.
Actually found the recent death of a national league captain far more poignant and relevant so for me personally I marked that yesterday rather than an elderly gentleman dying.
As for Prince Diana’s “accidental” death, probably best not to go down that route...
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Post by unknownquantity on Apr 17, 2021 6:32:15 GMT
Although I personally think that there are some world issues that are best kept separate from football and can understand people feeling that newspapers and TV have been dominated by Prince Philip I do think it is right that sports people have their opportunity to pay their respects to him today with cricket matches having a break in proceedings to enable them to do so.
Since the death of his father in law more than 69 years ago he has been a great support to the queen who has been one of the longest serving monarchs in world history and has himself performed more than 22000 royal engagements in his role as Prince Consort.
The Duke of Edinburgh award that he set up in 1956 now operates in 144 countries and since its' inception over 6 million young people in the United Kingdom have taken part in the scheme and there are other things that he helped set up that have a worldwide following.
I believe that most if not all national League clubs had a minute's silence for Lee Collins and I think they respect Yeovil's decision to cancel three games in the aftermath of his death. I personally think football clubs are fairly good at arranging a minutes silence both for servants of their own club and those in the wider footballing community.
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Post by blueandwhite on Apr 17, 2021 22:22:50 GMT
Since the death of his father in law more than 69 years ago he has been a great support to the queen who has been one of the longest serving monarchs in world history and has himself performed more than 22000 royal engagements in his role as Prince Consort.
The Duke of Edinburgh award that he set up in 1956 now operates in 144 countries and since its' inception over 6 million young people in the United Kingdom have taken part in the scheme and there are other things that he helped set up that have a worldwide following.
all very interesting, but what does this have to do with conference football?
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Post by goderz3 on Apr 18, 2021 7:01:52 GMT
I don't see it as any association to anything. From my part is showing respect and sympathy,just like we did for all the people that have recently died from covid 19, after all it's only a minute, not much to ask.
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Post by unknownquantity on Apr 21, 2021 20:13:34 GMT
I think people will always have different views on issues like these. For me my interest in sport goes far beyond my association with Eastleigh and the people I most admire are those who give selfless devotion to the cause over a number of years and so many people have in recent days put him very much into this category.
Prince Philip had a great interest in so many sports including football. He was in fact a past president of the \football Association and there are several iconic pictures of him shaking hands with players and managers before F A Cup finals and international matches and I am sure that if plans for the European Super League which would in my view have affected National League clubs he would have been very vigorous and pro-active in his opposition. At both Wembley and St Georges Park flags were at half mast in recognition.
In my view with the number of people who have either benefitted from the worldwide initiatives he has introduced, met him on one of the over 20000 official engagements he has attended, or been able to appreciate the tremendous involvement he has had in a wide range of sports that it is not unreasonable to have a minutes silence in acknowledgement of his great contribution to public life.
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