The passing of Queen Elizabeth II has resulted within the Premier League suspending the weekend’s fixtures, however it’s not the primary time a Liverpool match has been referred to as off after a Royal dying.
On Friday, the choice was made to postpone the weekend’s matches as a present of “respect” for the Queen, who served the UK for 70 years.
The Premier League made the autonomous choice, one we’ve got not seen for a while in soccer on the subject of deaths within the royal household.
It isn’t unprecedented however it’s new for an entire technology of supporters and gamers.
The final monarch to go earlier than the Queen was King George VI, however what occurred to soccer again in 1952 after which when Princess Diana died in 1997?
Did soccer cease after the King died?
The reply isn’t any.
King George VI handed away on February 6, 1952, a Wednesday, and 4 video games went forward that night as a part of the fourth spherical of the FA Cup.
That included Middlesbrough, Doncaster, Brentford, Luton, Sheffield United, West Ham, Gateshead and West Brom, with tributes coming earlier than kickoff for the King.
It isn’t dissimilar from each Man United and West Ham enjoying their European video games on English soil on Thursday night, simply hours after affirmation of the Queen’s dying.
However whereas the Premier League has chosen to postpone this weekend’s video games, again in 1952 the First Division went forward as scheduled.
For Liverpool, that meant travelling to Derby simply three days after King George VI handed away, with Don Welsh main the membership in a 1-1 draw.
Tributes have been paid and a observe in Derby’s matchday programme learn: “The passing of King George has evoked worldwide tribute to his reminiscence.
“This afternoon on each soccer floor the place a match is performed underneath the jurisdiction of the Soccer Affiliation a easy however honest tribute might be paid to the reminiscence of our late, beloved Patron.
“Within the minds of us all at this hour should dwell a young thought for the Queen’s Mom and the Royal Household.”
Fairly the distinction to current day.
As for the King’s funeral, it got here on a Friday however video games within the First Division went forward as regular the following day on February 16, 1952.
What occurred after Princess Diana’s dying?
It was the fifth matchday of the 1997/98 season when information of Princess Diana’s dying was introduced, with solely Liverpool and Newcastle scheduled to play on Sunday, August 31, 1997.
There have been eight fixtures performed on the Saturday earlier and Liverpool vs. Newcastle was anticipated to comply with at 4pm on Sunday, however was postponed solely hours earlier than kickoff in mild of the information.
It was a delayed motion despite the fact that Diana’s dying was confirmed within the early hours of the morning, however Sky did go on to conduct a 45-minute broadcast from Anfield.
The sport was rescheduled for January 20, 1998, with Michael Owen scoring the one objective of the sport to inflict defeat on Kenny Dalglish‘s Newcastle.
There was one other fixture that had not been performed after information of Princess Diana passing away got here to mild, however Bolton vs. Everton went forward as scheduled on Monday, September 1, 1997 – with a minute’s silence previous kickoff.
So we’ve seen two completely different reactions in soccer after a royal dying, however the Queen’s passing has set a special precedent.
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