Yeah, you're right. Why not go the whole hog and play 'Heroes' on the bugleBut I suppose the applause is better than having the 2 mins silence ruined by a few knobheads shouting out - as often seems to happen.
Absolutely - completely wrong. What were they thinking ... perhaps they weren’t.The new craze has now crept into the remembrance matches and the last post. Doesn't feel right to me. Applaud the passing of a footballer by all means but applauding fallen war heroes, wrong, oh so wrong.
Not seen anything to compare with how it’s done at the KP.Absolutely - completely wrong. What were they thinking ... perhaps they weren’t.
Not seen anything to the it’s done at the KP.
Give them something to hold up - then they can’t clap.
Micky - I agree with you. And when we were kids the 2 mins silence was always totally respected. No one would have dared to to make a noise during it.
But standards of behaviour have plummeted since then.
Happened at the Arsenal match last week - fairly certain it was from the away lot.Well it is pretty horrible when thickos start calling out during the 2 mins silence.
Them you get other people telling the miscreants to shut up and the whole thing is ruined.
A 2 minute applause stops all that.
Not an excuse really when the old veterans can hold the banners at dip for the whole timeOne problem Essington around me was a lot of us oldies were finding it a bit of a struggle holding their cards up for the Last Post (which must have been 3 minutes).
I know my arms were aching.
Another 2 minutes of holding the card overhead would have made it 5 minutes in all. Not possible for many.
So I think it came as a relief to be able to relax and cheer and put the cards down.
FFS Soho. Do you need to work on your upper body and arms. You can’t hold a paper card up for 5 minsOne problem Essington around me was a lot of us oldies were finding it a bit of a struggle holding their cards up for the Last Post (which must have been 3 minutes).
I know my arms were aching.
Another 2 minutes of holding the card overhead would have made it 5 minutes in all. Not possible for many.
So I think it came as a relief to be able to relax and cheer and put the cards down.
It's not a competition as to which club can put on the most ostentatious display or who is wearing the biggest poppy. It's about remembrance and different people remember in different ways, some privately and shouldn't be chided for not putting on a "show".I have to say that it’s remarkably well respected at the KP. I’m not sure whether it’s the Vichai effect when on that terrible day when we all got together as one for the Burnley match changed things but for me it doesn’t matter. What other clubs do doesn’t matter to me. It’s poor and embarrassing but it’s not my club. We do the whole thing so well. I particularly love the poppy tifo which we’ve done for years.
Exactly.It's not a competition as to which club can put on the most ostentatious display or who is wearing the biggest poppy. It's about remembrance and different people remember in different ways, some privately and shouldn't be chided for not putting on a "show".
I can't remember if we actually did it but a few years ago there was talk of landing a helicopter on the centre spot at the KP to deliver a wreath turning the whole thing into a bloody air show.
My parents' generation served in WW2 and taught us how to observe Remembrance Sunday in a more dignified and less attention seeking manner than seems to be the way now.
Whoever played last post at Leeds today was dodgy tooMind you the bugles were pretty wobbly.
One of them was well dodgy.
It's not a competition as to which club can put on the most ostentatious display or who is wearing the biggest poppy. It's about remembrance and different people remember in different ways, some privately and shouldn't be chided for not putting on a "show".
I can't remember if we actually did it but a few years ago there was talk of landing a helicopter on the centre spot at the KP to deliver a wreath turning the whole thing into a bloody air show.
My parents' generation served in WW2 and taught us how to observe Remembrance Sunday in a more dignified and less attention seeking manner than seems to be the way now.