There will be many thinking this but possibly be wary of posting it. However will tomorrows game be on and when will a decision be made.

The EFL are discussing it this morning. I doubt she’d have wanted them to be postponed, but it really is a one off situation.

It looks odds on that sporting events including the football will resume as normal on Saturday.

Guidance released from the government on National Mourning on Friday stated as follows: "There is no obligation to cancel or postpone events and sporting fixtures, or close entertainment venues during the National Mourning period.

"This is at the discretion of individual organisations.

"As a mark of respect, organisations might wish to consider cancelling or postponing events or closing venues on the day of the State Funeral. They are under no obligation to do so and this is entirely at the discretion of individual organisations."

Most sporting orgs will take the hint and postpone events scheduled for the day of the State Funeral - a week Sunday or Monday.

[quote="Flying Hogans"]It looks odds on that sporting events including the football will resume as normal on Saturday.

Guidance released from the government on National Mourning on Friday stated as follows: "There is no obligation to cancel or postpone events and sporting fixtures, or close entertainment venues during the National Mourning period.

"This is at the discretion of individual organisations.

"As a mark of respect, organisations might wish to consider cancelling or postponing events or closing venues on the day of the State Funeral. They are under no obligation to do so and this is entirely at the discretion of individual organisations."

Does that mean the EFL are going to decide or leave it to the two clubs that are involved to decide for themselves. If pools or donny want to play or not the decision should be up to them and not what the EFL want. As fans its up to us as attendance is not compulsory anyway as mourning isn,t either.

In our case individual organisations means it's up to the EFL.

Cancelled. Premiership and EFL.

Game is off and so is every other fixture. Ah well, it will give us a bit longer to deal with injuries and allow more time for coaching and tactics.

Nothing to moan about.

Oh I dont know. Some folks on here could start an argument in an empty room.

Not sure it’s the right decision, the Queen was a very sporty person, there will be plenty of ante royalists kicking off on social media, I am not ante royalists though.

yes, and end up fighting with themselves.

Let them, they’d find something to whinge about anyway.

The horse racing is off on Saturday too. Remains to be seen what the golf, cricket and boxing do.

There's always the Italian Grand Prix and foreign footie for those desperate for a sporting fix

mr henceforth.."Oh I dont know. Some folks on here could start an argument in an empty room."

..yeah...and some dodie spitters on here would prefer an empty room tbh..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohDB5gbtaEQ

I think it’s the wrong decision, the Queen was a very sporty type person albeit more so the Horse Racing.
Would she be happy that her citizens have paid for tickets, made travel arrangements etc then because the rearranged games will be played in midweek which means fans can’t attend the games and unable to get refunds.
She was a great person but fans who are ante royalists won’t be thinking that after paying out for tickets/travel etc.

1952.."I think it’s the wrong decision...She was a great person but fans who are ante royalists won’t be thinking that after paying out for tickets/travel etc."

..may i gently suggest to you that this is not an appropriate time for discussion of this issue on here pal...the decision has been made out of respect for the queen...show some respect yourself..

I think there will be loads moaning more than normal because of the cancellations of the sporting events due to the passing away of our great Queen. Stuck indoors watching non stop documentaries about the queen or out getting p*****.
I have a feeling unfortunately it could be a busy W.E. for the Police for ante social behaviour among the younger population who will have very little respect.

Get a grip man.
They’re gonna miss a footy match, big deal, a game is re-arranged.
As for saying fans who are anti royalist will not be happy, well if they’re anti royalists they wouldn’t have been happy in the first place would they. Their problem.
It’s a one off for a unique event, get your priorities sorted.

Sport is entertainment so why not close all the entertainment venues, pubs, nightclubs etc. as a matter of respect,there would be a huge reaction if the government did that ?

All English, Welsh and Northern Irish football and professional Scottish football has been postponed this weekend as a mark of respect following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Ten Premier League and six Scottish Premiership fixtures were scheduled.

EFL games were due to take place on Friday and Saturday, with six Women's Super League fixtures - the first of the season - on Saturday and Sunday.

England's National League, FA Trophy and grassroots football is also off.

Play will resume in England's cricket Test against South Africa on Saturday and the Women's IT20 match between England and India will go ahead.

Golf's PGA Championship will restart on Saturday after play was halted on Thursday.

British horse racing will return on Sunday, with rugby union's Premiership season beginning on Saturday after two fixtures on Friday were postponed.

The world boxing title fight between Savannah Marshall and Claressa Shields has been postponed, with a provisional date of 15 October set for it to be rescheduled.

All British Boxing Board of Control tournaments have been postponed for the weekend.

Sunday's Great North Run will go ahead as planned, with organisers saying it is "an opportunity to come together and express our condolences while celebrating the life of our extraordinary Queen", and that the event would be "more subdued out of respect".

Make what you will of that.

It’s nowt to do with the government, this isn’t North Korea….and if it was North Korea you’d be smiling as you did what you were told or face the consequences.

These decisions are the choice of the individual sports bodies, that’s what they chose to do.
If bars want to open that’s up to them.
I can’t see the point myself, but it’s the governing bodies decision.

Apparently there is a lot of anger at the cancellation of the football according to the media. It was seen as an opportunity to unite fans in their grief for the Queen, quite a few articles on the net to read and in the press.
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was dissapointed myself that the game was off as i decided to pop up for my first live game of the season. doubt i,ll come up on a tuesday night as there always seems a problem in going home with pop up toadworks on the !9 and A1 on top of the headlights that seem brighter every new model they make. in my mind i,m treating it in the same way a weather cancellation would have been. my only gripe is having to follow the efl decisions and taking it out of the clubs hands themselves. if both pools and donny wanted the game to go ahead then it should have done and off if one or both didn,t want to play. then the fans themselves could decide what they wished to do. doubt the gate would have been affected anyway and some would have been glad to get out of the house especially if their other half was watching every minute of royal news they could get their eyes on. being a staunch republican the death of the queen does not bother me much. however i respect the wishes of others who do not think the way i do.

Man City are paying their casual stafff and giving the food to charity,
I doubt If Pools will pay the staff, a big loss to clubs like Pools, hospitality boxes which might not be rebooked, food ordered but now has to be thrown or given away, programmes printed etc. also it will be a midweek game there will be less travelling fans and probably home fans as well meaning a loss of revenue.
The really annoying part is the rugby is still going ahead.

It’s all down to the football bodies, no one else. Their shout, even down to kid’s games.

Bonkers decision either all on or all off whats different about football

Yep. I agree. Loads of other sports going on, why is football different? Probably to do with the sycophantic nature of the football establishment.

Look on the bright side…we never got beat and conceded no goals……

And our crocks have another 3 days to get over their injuries. Same goes for Crewe's crocks of course.

AND - it might have stopped raining by Tuesday night!

had a laugh yesterday morning when we were going out to the shops. anything to pass a saturday afternoon. we stopped on the way at a local park to give the dogs a chance for a piss. there were kids doing an organised training session and could not help myself. wasn,t in my usual unwashed state with old clothes on i use for dog walking but dressed up a bit. went up to one of the organisers i asked him if he got permission from the county fa for this and if not a fine could be on his way. he took it all in and blew the whistle to get the kids off. had to tell him for the kids sake that it was a piss take, but shows how people are easily conned nowadays as long as you look the part and act it.

MrA ….dressed in your top hat, morning suit and cape, silver topped cane and monocle, they’ll have mistaken you for an FA snoop.

no chance, local county fa types look like characters from the beano bash street kids. younger ones are cuthberts the older ones head teachers.