You'll Never Walk Alone will be played before K.O today....

[blindedbythelights]

Is this the lamest, most cringe worthy gimmick Reading FC have pulled to date

[leicsRoyal]

I certainly wouldn't call it a fitting tribute but a mark of respect, yes.

[RobRoyal]

We're not the only ones, are we?

[Royal Rother]

Completely unnecessary.

[Fluff]

Pretty sure this was done at Stoke yesterday.

[No Fixed Abode]

I might be wrong - but I very much doubt they played it at Old Trafford yesterday.

Anyway - the club shouldn't play it. A mark of respect by putting something on the scoreboard would suffice.

[JayRoyal]

I might be wrong - but I very much doubt they played it at Old Trafford yesterday.

Anyway - the club shouldn't play it. A mark of respect by putting something on the scoreboard would suffice.

Playing it at Old Trafford would cause more problems than it would be worth though. Imagine the response.

[winchester_royal]

I thought it was thoroughly fitting, and the very least that the club should do to remember the 96 people who went to a football match one day and never came home. Most emotional I've felt during any tribute, and definitely put the shit performance that followed in perspective.

Very sad indeed that 65% have responded negatively. Perhaps they would like to think how they would want their loved ones respected should such a tragedy befall them. Pathetic.

[paultheroyal]

Reading fans in embarrassing themselves shocker

[Green]

Very sad indeed that 65% have responded negatively. Perhaps they would like to think how they would want their loved ones respected should such a tragedy befall them. Pathetic.

I wouldn't give two shits if a football club on the other side of country played an anthem if that's what you're getting at.

Probably spin off thread material but I'd go for a nice bunch of flowers at the crematorium.

[CayeneMatt]

Maybe a minutes silence, or a minutes applause.

The 3-4 minute applause went on too long and tbh i had my arms folded at the end.

[cmonurz]

Having a problem with this or other tributes is utterly pathetic.

[winchester_royal]

Very sad indeed that 65% have responded negatively. Perhaps they would like to think how they would want their loved ones respected should such a tragedy befall them. Pathetic.

I wouldn't give two shits if a football club on the other side of country played an anthem if that's what you're getting at.

Probably spin off thread material but I'd go for a nice bunch of flowers at the crematorium.

A number of Liverpool fans have let me know that the gesture has been appreciated on Merseyside, and at the very least it is a sign of respect that puts things in perspective for our younger fans.

But yes, I'm sure you're right, it was a thoroughly meaningless gesture. Just like the minute's silence on Remembrance Day is because lets be honest, nobody who lost a loved one in WW1 really gives a shit whether we stand there like gormless idiots in a soulless stadium anyway, right?

[Green]

I don't think that's remotely comparable.

[winchester_royal]

I don't think that's remotely comparable.

Why not? Both are meant as tributes to those that have died. Both are designed to ensure we don't forget those who perished. Both are partaken in to give the younger generation a greater perspective on life. Will either bring back those who were lost? No. Will either give comfort to those who have lost? Hopefully, but probably not. Is the argument over whether either are justified pathetic? Yes, very.

[Green]

I don't think that's remotely comparable.

Why not? Both are meant as tributes to those that have died. Both are designed to ensure we don't forget those who perished. Both are partaken in to give the younger generation a greater perspective on life. Will either bring back those who were lost? No. Will either give comfort to those who have lost? Hopefully, but probably not. Is the argument over whether either are justified pathetic? Yes, very.

Bad things happen in the world every single day - it's not the job of Reading FC to organise memorials and silences for them.

[winchester_royal]

I don't think that's remotely comparable.

Why not? Both are meant as tributes to those that have died. Both are designed to ensure we don't forget those who perished. Both are partaken in to give the younger generation a greater perspective on life. Will either bring back those who were lost? No. Will either give comfort to those who have lost? Hopefully, but probably not. Is the argument over whether either are justified pathetic? Yes, very.

Bad things happen in the world every single day - it's not the job of Reading FC to organise memorials and silences for them.

96 people don't die at an English football ground everyday

It's not RFC's job, of course, but it's a nice gesture that I'm sure will at the very least be welcomed be the families of the 96.

If everyone took your attitude then charity would not exist.

[Alexander Litvinenko]

Just the fact that it's made Reading FC and its supporters an awful lots of friends and got us all masses of positive comment is enough.

[Green]

If everyone took your attitude then charity would not exist.

OK I think you've gone too far there, again. Because I don't agree with you I must be someone who doesn't give to charity and doesn't respect our first world war veterans.

Pathetic? Yes I think so.

[cmonurz]

Tbf Green, he made some decent points to counter your assertion that the two tributes are totally different, and you ignored them.