Minutes Silence

[extonposh]

Hi Urchins

Just wondering if your club was having a rememberance silence on sunday? We had one at London Road on sat which, as usual, was impecably observed.

Footy grounds seem to really bring it home, the silence then the roar afterwards......

[Bitch]

Good point 'Extonposh'

 

I believe the kick off time of 2pm is due to it clashing with Rememberance Sunday.

 

Personally i like to observe the minute's silence at the correct time to remember the servicemen and women that gave thier lives for us. And to reflect on the injured and heroic that still serve us today...

[Darter]

Hi extonposh, I think we should mark the day with the minute's silence. If you read the histories of some non-league clubs, you'll see how they were decimated by the First World War. Football is a working man's game, and it was the working men who died for their country.

[Bitch]

Originally Posted By: Darter

Hi extonposh, I think we should mark the day with the minute's silence. If you read the histories of some non-league clubs, you'll see how they were decimated by the First World War. Football is a working man's game, and it was the working men who died for their country.

Very good point Sal. Many footy clubs from all leagues and from all over the land were decimated because of the wars 1 & 2.

And to quote from the archives...

It was decided that the Football League should begin on 26th August. More than 600,000 people watched these games. On Friday, 1st September, 1939, Adolf Hitler ordered the invasion of Poland. The football that Saturday went ahead as Neville Chamberlain did not declare war on Germany until Sunday, 3rd September. The government immediately imposed a ban on the assembly of crowds and as a result the Football League competition was brought to an end. Blackpool, who had won all three games so far that season, was top of the First Division table at the time.

On 14th September, the government gave permission for football clubs to play friendly matches. In the interests of public safety, the number of spectators allowed to see these games was limited to 8,000. These arrangements were later revised, and clubs were allowed gates of 15,000 from tickets purchased on the day of the game through the turnstiles.

The government imposed a fifty mile travelling limit and the Football League divided all the clubs into seven regional areas where games could take place. London clubs arranged for their regional competition to begin on the last Saturday in October. One group was composed of Arsenal, Brentford, Charlton, Chelsea, Fulham, Millwall, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United. The other group included Aldershot, Brighton, Clapton Orient, Crystal Palace, Leyton Orient, QPR, Reading, Southend and Watford.

Some of the players had already joined the armed forces. West Ham United decided that this was unfair on those players who were unavailable for selection. The club decided to pay all their players thirty shillings a week whether or not they played. Shortly afterwards, the Management Committee of the Football League passed a resolution instructing all clubs to follow West Ham's example.

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWfootball.htm

[Baron of Black Fen]

I personally think it is right and proper that we have a minutes silence. It does make you think back to what happened before.

[Hornchurch "O"]

Don't think there's one planned.

People tend to do their own thing at 11 0'clock.

[and1inthetree]

i'll go along with whatever the club feels is right on this one, any silence will be impeccably observed.

 

except for a minute's applause, that's just tacky.

 

 

[Miss.A.F.C.Hornchurch]

yep think there should be a mins silence!

[JAY]

got to be 1 surely

[Baron of Black Fen]

I thought the correct time for the minutes silence is at 11.00am on the 11th November. We play on the 9th, Rememberance Sunday, and traditionally football has always had a minutes silence on the weekend before.

[and1inthetree]

bob, anything which will make you shut the fck up for one minute gets my vote

[Fat Tom Daley]

And Also Hornchurch Was A Home To A Famous Airfield Which Shot Down The Most German Aircraft During The Battle Of Britain .

 

A Minute Silence would be right !!!

[Baron of Black Fen]

I didn't know that UY.

 

B*llcks Treeboy.