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Remembrance poppy premier league4/8/2023 The point so often ignored is that the second world war, in particular, was fought to allow people the choice in this and many other matters. He appeared to be under the delusion that fanning a non-argument somehow proved his point, as opposed to being disrespectful in itself.Īfter all, isn't frothing yourself into demented indignation at the Blackburn squad's lack of a poppy the very definition of having way too much time to indulge in fatuous rows? It's redolent of that long-running, now mercifully expired argument about footballers not singing the national anthem in a manner acceptable to whichever Middle Englander wasn't really watching the game anyway. Having pointed out that the X Factor contestants were wearing them – as though that were the most meaningful comparison – Ferrari solicited his listeners to phone in and have their say on Strictly's act of near-treason. "An absolute disgrace," spluttered a caller to Nick Ferrari on London's LBC radio of the failure of the Strictly Come Dancing contestants to pin a poppy to their sequins last Saturday night (although all the judges were wearing them). Indeed, I am wearing a poppy as I sit typing this, and will replace it as soon as I lose it, and indeed the next 12 that go the same way before Remembrance Sunday.īut why must the build-up to Remembrance Day be characterised by these incredibly cheapening, confected rows? What does that sort of focus say? Thank you for fighting for our freedom to ring talk-radio programmes and explain why this is "typical Man United"? We sell poppies around the ground and all our officials wear them and we work with armed forces charities in a lot of other ways throughout the year." Is hanging too good for them? Doubtless we shall find out.īefore we proceed any further I should make clear that I am an ardent supporter of the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal. They are Blackburn, Bolton, Liverpool, Manchester United and Stoke, and while some have declined to explain their decision, a Manchester United spokesman has stated: "We don't think it's particularly necessary. At the time of writing 15 Premier League clubs have applied for special dispensation to embroider a poppy on their shirts for games between now and Remembrance Sunday, while – far more thrillingly for the Mail – five clubs have not. In case you are not familiar with what we would be encouraged to refer to as "the growing row", the facts are these. ![]() ![]() But then, based on that taxonomy, where else was it ever going to end up? With a tedious inevitability, the Daily Mail's campaign to divide the whole of Britain into people who wear poppies and people who are subhuman scumbags has reached the Premier League.
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