Minutes applause during a game

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While watching Match of the Day, I noticed a game where the crowd held a minute of applause for a fan who had recently passed away.

It got me thinking—what happens if something significant occurs during that minute? A goal is the obvious example, but what about a penalty, a red card, or a serious foul?

Do you think players subconsciously ease off during a minute of applause? I can't recall any big incidents happening during one. Has anyone else noticed this or seen it happen?

[Sanguine]

While watching Match of the Day, I noticed a game where the crowd held a minute of applause for a fan who had recently passed away.

It got me thinking—what happens if something significant occurs during that minute? A goal is the obvious example, but what about a penalty, a red card, or a serious foul?

Do you think players subconsciously ease off during a minute of applause? I can't recall any big incidents happening during one. Has anyone else noticed this or seen it happen?

In April this year, Che Adams scored for Southampton during a minutes applause for fan Joe Godden, who had been killed in a hit and run.
Quite something.

https://x.com/simonrichards/status/1780320584892600756

[Winston Biscuit]

maybe I am heartless, but I really dislike the whole minute applause on a specific minute for fans who have died stuff

[Sutekh]

While watching Match of the Day, I noticed a game where the crowd held a minute of applause for a fan who had recently passed away.

It got me thinking—what happens if something significant occurs during that minute? A goal is the obvious example, but what about a penalty, a red card, or a serious foul?

Do you think players subconsciously ease off during a minute of applause? I can't recall any big incidents happening during one. Has anyone else noticed this or seen it happen?

Nothing. People will kick in to do whatever follows normally when there’s a goal, penalty, a red card or a serious foul.

Best thing would be the opposition scoring while all the home support is applauding.

Agree with the sentiment that it’s getting a bit silly with so many minute’s applauses breaking out. Rather diminishes their meaning and overall effect.

Remember when it used to be a minute’s silence for such things - can remember the expertise at some clubs for holding random 45 minutes of silence.

[Winston Biscuit]

iirc the minutes applause replacing a minutes silence was first done as a way of dealing with Celtic fans causing a fuss during certain silences

[Sanguine]

While watching Match of the Day, I noticed a game where the crowd held a minute of applause for a fan who had recently passed away.

It got me thinking—what happens if something significant occurs during that minute? A goal is the obvious example, but what about a penalty, a red card, or a serious foul?

Do you think players subconsciously ease off during a minute of applause? I can't recall any big incidents happening during one. Has anyone else noticed this or seen it happen?

Nothing. People will kick in to do whatever follows normally when there’s a goal, penalty, a red card or a serious foul.

Best thing would be the opposition scoring while all the home support is applauding.

Agree with the sentiment that it’s getting a bit silly with so many minute’s applauses breaking out. Rather diminishes their meaning and overall effect.

Remember when it used to be a minute’s silence for such things - can remember the expertise at some clubs for holding random 45 minutes of silence.

Remember these are to show support for those affected by whatever as occurred. They might be relatively meaningless to you, but I bet they sure as hell aren't to those they relate to. I don't think Joe Godden's family (see above) thought 'well, we don't really want a minutes applause, it won't mean anything because they did one for another fan last year'.

[Sanguine]

maybe I am heartless, but I really dislike the whole minute applause on a specific minute for fans who have died stuff

Not heartless, it's just not something to 'dislike' really, is it? Join in, don't join in. It's just applause. Doesn't negatively affect anyone.

[Dirk Gently]

maybe I am heartless, but I really dislike the whole minute applause on a specific minute for fans who have died stuff

Not heartless, it's just not something to 'dislike' really, is it? Join in, don't join in. It's just applause. Doesn't negatively affect anyone.

I think over recent years it's got a bit too pervasive - it used to be all about people in the game who had died, but now it seems to happen at almost every game, often for people with only have a tangential connection.

[Sanguine]

maybe I am heartless, but I really dislike the whole minute applause on a specific minute for fans who have died stuff

Not heartless, it's just not something to 'dislike' really, is it? Join in, don't join in. It's just applause. Doesn't negatively affect anyone.

I think over recent years it's got a bit too pervasive - it used to be all about people in the game who had died, but now it seems to happen at almost every game, often for people with only have a tangential connection.

Well, it will often be people who have died suddenly or tragically, or people with a long connection with the club.
I think it's a good thing. Football is still a community game in its fans' hearts, isn't it?

And as above - tell those affected it doesn't mean anything.

[6ft Kerplunk]

maybe I am heartless, but I really dislike the whole minute applause on a specific minute for fans who have died stuff

I do find myself almost hoping the opposition score just to see what happens.

[genome]

While watching Match of the Day, I noticed a game where the crowd held a minute of applause for a fan who had recently passed away.

It got me thinking—what happens if something significant occurs during that minute? A goal is the obvious example, but what about a penalty, a red card, or a serious foul?

Do you think players subconsciously ease off during a minute of applause? I can't recall any big incidents happening during one. Has anyone else noticed this or seen it happen?

In April this year, Che Adams scored for Southampton during a minutes applause for fan Joe Godden, who had been killed in a hit and run.
Quite something.

https://x.com/simonrichards/status/1780320584892600756

Imagine this happens, and then VAR disallows it

[BRO_BOT]

maybe I am heartless, but I really dislike the whole minute applause on a specific minute for fans who have died stuff

+1 not a fan of gestures at football. All seems a bit stodgy and mawkish (i.e. scousey)

[AthleticoSpizz]

Try saying that when it’s Sir Alex’s turn

(no placeholder post, but it will happen one day……..chins-up mate)

[Green]

maybe I am heartless, but I really dislike the whole minute applause on a specific minute for fans who have died stuff

+1 not a fan of gestures at football. All seems a bit stodgy and mawkish (i.e. scousey)

I blame the demise of the match day programme, which would've previously been the natural place for a tribute to a lifelong fan.

[Sanguine]

I find it really strange to have an issue with a public tribute to a fan of the club. Smacks of intolerance. 'My game is not the place for this.' A bit like the pricks who think that not being homophobic or racist is 'political'.

I mean, just don't join in. Read your phone. Whatever.

Most of these occur pre-game. Just stay in the concourse with your pint.

I'd be interested to hear if any families of those who have had such a tribute in their name have had a problem with it.

[Dirk Gently]

Ok, I'm going to go out on a controversial limb here, but maybe it's a generational thing.

I grew up with parents who'd been through the war and the attitude seemed to be "Your best friend might have just been blown to pieces by a Doodlebug, but you just make another cup of team and carry on. You keep your grief to yourself, British stiff-upper lip and all that..."

Whereas now there seems to be the complete opposite attitude of e- "We're grieving so we need to show the world just how much we're grieving, and the more people we can get to join in the more we're showing how sad we are..."

I'm aware that both attitudes are the extremes, and neither are healthy, but public displays of grief where the aim seems to be to involve as many people as possible just feel wrong and a bit forced to me.

Also, I think there are so many of these that they mean less - the round of applause for Sir Alex, for Gazza or for Gary Lineker is, IMO, devalued if every match has a tribute applause to someone or other, who 99% of the people clapping have never met or heard of.

[Sanguine]

Devalued to the family and friends of those subject to the tribute? Probably not. And that's what matters really. That's my point. If you find it a value-free performance, don't join in. I think it's nice that clubs have found a way to pay tribute not just to former players and managers, but fans too.

Also worth adding that some of these are arranged by fans - I linked to Southampton's goal during applause for fan Joe Godden, that tribute was approved by the club but instigated on a fans forum.

[genome]

I'm with Sangers on this one. Seems like being annoyed about something for the sake of being annoyed about something.

[Dirk Gently]

Not devalued to the family and friends of those subject to the tribute, no - but who are they? I have no knowledge of who I'm being asked to pay tribute to, which makes clapping along pretty much a tickbox thing - there's no sincerity involved because there's no knowledge or relationship. I simply can't see what comfort the friends and family get from having thousands of complete strangers clapping - or I can, but it's wholly artificial, to me. Perhaps it's just because I don't buy into the whole "football family" nonsense the football media peddle.

But to the family and friends of Sir Alex, Gazza or Gary Lineker - and, by extension, the countless football supporters who know and love/respect them - surely any tribute means a lot less if there's one every match? Once tributes are habitualised each one means less, so when there is one particularly relevant to football and the vast majority of football fans, how do you make that tribute special?

[Dirk Gently]

I'm with Sangers on this one. Seems like being annoyed about something for the sake of being annoyed about something.

Not annoyed. Just bemused (and a little bit sad) at how they're taking off and becoming so much more routine rather than being something special.