Remembering the Fallen

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  1. Gally

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    Following on from the thread where people were having a moan that we hadn't worn our poppies last Saturday, I just wanted to post the following from the club's media manager. I think Jay and others had pretty much said most of this.

    As far as remembering the fallen is concerned, for me personally, there are never any half measures. Therefore, it was decided in September that our home match against Port Vale would be our designated fixture to wear poppies (and the shirts to be auctioned for the Royal British Legion) and commemorate the fallen with our programme and minute’s silence.

    Obviously back in September, we didn’t know we would be at home in the third round of the JPT and didn’t know where we would be for the FA Cup weekend. So we didn’t mess about and it was confirmed two months in advance.

    Another reason for this was that, due to my passion about the First World War in particular (I have been on three separate trips to the battlefields in France and have several family members buried out there), I wanted to dedicate a large proportion of our matchday programme to commemorating the fallen.

    I wouldn’t have done this for our 16-page programme against York (which, again we didn’t know we’d be playing in) and, obviously, we don’t produce programmes for away games!

    In addition to all of the above, this game presents a chance for our home supporters to pay their respects, too.

    Saturday’s game against Port Vale is closer to Armistice Day than last Saturday anyway!!!
     
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    I think that makes perfect sense. Thanks for posting Gally.
     
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    Fair points, cheers for that
     
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    Id rather not remember old rory thank you very much!
     
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    I can't believe they have to justify this.
     
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    I think the club always do a good job on the rememberance.

    I'm sure those criticising the poor show from the club can use this thread can apologise for their premature comments.
     
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    I think the point people were making was that we were the only club not wearing the poppy shirts the day before Remembrance Sunday.
    Home and away teams wore the shirts but we didn't. There was nothing stopping us wearing them last week like the rest of the football league and then at home this week. The JPT is a red herring.
    By the way, I wasn't one of those who criticised but could see their point of view.
     
    Simon De Montforte, Nov 13, 2015
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    Mido Well-Known Member

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    That's not true.
     
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    I think the club should have possibly communicated their reasons way before to avoid any critisism.
     
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    My Grandfather Wilfred Haxton took part in the Battle of the Somme.

    Horrendous waste of life for so little gain.

    RIP Brave Men and Animals!
     
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