GordonD Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 25 minutes ago, RedRob72 said: I don't remember Poppy's on football shirts in the 70's, 80's even the 90's, serious question when did this become the norm for games before or on armistice day? In recent years the two-minutes' silence wasn't observed on the 11th itself (unless it was a Sunday) until the 1990s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I always thought that Christian Dailly looked a bit Muslim-y. Confirmed now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 2 minutes ago, resk said: I always thought that Christian Dailly looked a bit Muslim-y. Confirmed now. His parents must have been real b*****ds to give him that name then. Bet he got beaten up at school. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 1 hour ago, Hedgecutter said: Scotland to ditch the poppy just before the match and England to get a 6pt deduction as punishment. Shrewd move. And we still won't qualify. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 1 hour ago, Njord said: Lol, aye Vietnam was a War that we sent soldiers to, but were we 'at' War. I'm sure I vaguely remember the Falklands wasn't. I'll google it at lunch. "we" weren't involved in Vietnam. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I was at the game and basically yip Basically rip, surely? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 (edited) Hopefully everyone who has shouted long and hard on this in favour of having the poppies (the TA pages on Facebook is in meltdown) will do their bit and chip a tenner into the fund when they buy their poppy, rather than a quid or iron last year's. Edited November 3, 2016 by Hampden Diehard 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I don't remember Poppy's on football shirts in the 70's, 80's even the 90's, serious question when did this become the norm for games before or on armistice day? It would have been remarkably prescient if it had become the norm before armistice day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Njord Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 8 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: "we" weren't involved in Vietnam. "We" as in UK? Think we were. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 2 hours ago, RedRob72 said: I don't remember Poppy's on football shirts in the 70's, 80's even the 90's, serious question when did this become the norm for games before or on armistice day? I'm old enough to remember buses stopping for the duration of the two minutes, as did people in the street. That was back in the days before every issue possible becomes a reason to be an attention-seeking p***k, especially on social media. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmc Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I'm old enough to remember buses stopping for the duration of the two minutes, as did people in the street. That was back in the days before every issue possible becomes a reason to be an attention-seeking p***k, especially on social media. All started with the Diana hysteria. The people mewling about fifa banning the poppy are exactly the sort that were queuing outside the record shops so they could buy armfuls of that candle in the wind cd. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torpar Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 57 minutes ago, Njord said: "We" as in UK? Think we were. Although the British army wasn't involved, there was an estimated 2000 British soldiers who fought by resigning for the British army and enlisting with the Australian and New Zealand forces. The poppy is a great way honour those brave British men who went to war, like the British Free Corps, those rascals. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Man Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 48 minutes ago, dogmc said: All started with the Diana hysteria. The people mewling about fifa banning the poppy are exactly the sort that were queuing outside the record shops so they could buy armfuls of that candle in the wind cd. Princess Diana's funeral is the first and probably the last I will ever laugh out loud at. My mate and me were sitting watching it on the telly and when the hearse appeared through the gates into the public some women in the crowd shrieked a big "DIAAAAANNNNNNAAAAAAA" as if she had just lost her best mate. Stupid c**t. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 5 hours ago, GordonD said: A few years ago I saw a report about a famous person who was appearing on TV near Armistice Day and turned up at Television Centre without a poppy. There was a tray of them, plus collection tin, on the reception desk so he took one without paying anything, wore it while he was on camera, then replaced it in the tray when he left the building. No names but he was a former politician turned author. Jeffrey Archer? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 1 minute ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Jeffrey Archer? Couldn't have been him - it says politician and author. Archer was neither... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 It would have been remarkably prescient if it had become the norm before armistice day. Aye very good!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRob72 Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 Princess Diana's funeral is the first and probably the last I will ever laugh out loud at. My mate and me were sitting watching it on the telly and when the hearse appeared through the gates into the public some women in the crowd shrieked a big "DIAAAAANNNNNNAAAAAAA" as if she had just lost her best mate. Stupid c**t. The people who were wailing and crying were the same folk who were calling her a slag after all her affairs came to light I recall. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppino Impastato Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I wonder if we're also commemorating the hundreds of thousands we illegally killed in Iraq based on a pack of lies. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I dont' think people who weren't around or can't remember Diana dying will ever really appreciate how weird it was. Peter Sissons' broke down in tears on the news. I remember seeing footage of an HMV in London opening the day that Candle in the Wind went on sale and people were rushing in and buying armfuls of the single, dozens of CDs. The fact that the Queen wouldn't fly the flag at half mast, give an address to the nation or go and look at flowers was a national scandal. Every single town and city had at least one, sometimes more, public space completely filled with flowers and teddy bears. It was absolutely insane. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted November 3, 2016 Share Posted November 3, 2016 I don't remember Poppy's on football shirts in the 70's, 80's even the 90's, serious question when did this become the norm for games before or on armistice day? According to a tweet I read today, the English Premier League started doing it in 2009. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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