SW game off - rearranged Tuesday 4 October

[Garland Greene]

If they can cancel Prem games even though they have the world cup break, i reckon they will call off EFL as well.

 

[The Pasty Kid]

Just announced as cancelled

 

[PL2 3DQ]

Confirmed. Game off.

There's no mention of other games so presumably Oxford and Pompey games go ahead.

 

[taunton pilgrim]

Game off.

 

[PutneyPete]

Further to discussions on Friday morning it has been determined that all EFL fixtures from 9-10 September will be postponed as a mark of respect by the National Sport to the passing of HRH Queen Elizabeth II.
EFL statement

 

[Argyleloyal]

Games are off

 

[Brussels Bureaucrat]

Can't say that I agree with this decision, but they can't risk offending those determined to be offended I guess.

Hope the Wednesday fans get their travel and accommodation refunded.

 

[PL2 3DQ]

So now people can go shopping, off to the cinema or pop into a restaurant.
Closure should be across the board as a proper way to show respect.

 

[The Pasty Kid]

So now people can go shopping, off to the cinema or pop into a restaurant.
Closure should be across the board as a proper way to show respect.

I'd agree if had been enforced, but the EFL made the decision for themselves

 

[Stuart Bloye]

Yes. Let's Lockdown again for 10 days. Brilliant Idea 🙄

Yes, but don’t you agree that it makes little sense that you can still do all this but cannot attend a football match?

 

[Brussels Bureaucrat]

So now people can go shopping, off to the cinema or pop into a restaurant.
Closure should be across the board as a proper way to show respect.

How is it 'respectful' to cancel people's shifts in those cinemas or restaurants at a few hours' notice? Presumably there will be thousands of people getting married tomorrow as well, is it disrespectful for those to go ahead as well?

I completely understand that we as a country should pay our respects to the Queen - i am by no means a republican, and this is a real moment of history - but we absolutely must not lose our sense of perspective either. People still have real lives to live, and bills to pay.

 

[The Pasty Kid]

How is it 'respectful' to cancel people's shifts in those cinemas or restaurants at a few hours' notice? Presumably there will be thousands of people getting married tomorrow as well, is it disrespectful for those to go ahead as well?

I completely understand that we as a country should pay our respects to the Queen - i am by no means a republican, and this is a real moment of history - but we absolutely must not lose our sense of perspective either. People still have real lives to live, and bills to pay.

Yes, I mean the football matches will go ahead at some point, but lost trading elsewhere is harder to recover

 

[up the line]

So now people can go shopping, off to the cinema or pop into a restaurant.
Closure should be across the board as a proper way to show respect.

Exactly.
If it's too sad to watch football then it's too sad to work, to go to the pub, the cinema, to go shopping, to shop online.
I'm looking out of the window and people are actually going about their lives out there.
Am I wrong for thinking of going to the pub or should I be ensconced in my front room for the foreseeable?

 

[WoodsyGreen]

Bit of a strange decision, particularly when the funeral is rumoured to be taking place next Saturday, which means another weekend of fixtures will have to be postponed for that too.

 

[PL2 3DQ]

EFL Statement | Death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II | Plymouth Argyle - PAFC

www.pafc.co.uk