Cricket, golf, rugby and the like went ahead, but the football-loving riff-raff couldn’t be trusted to act with decorum during moments of silence for the queen
Shane Lowry apparently wasn't thinking of the queen in the wake of his win at Wentworth. Photograph: Warren Little/Getty ImagesTo be honest, it didn’t seem like the week could get any odder until Saturday night came around and TG4′s Seán Ó Finneadha was battling to be heard above Garth Brooks while commentating on the Shelbourne v Peamount game, Tolka Park being only the toss of a stetson from Croker.
It was, of course, a tricky one for BT, but they were as respectful as they could be before/during/after Manchester United’s Europa League game against Real Sociedad, sending their pundits home and filling the build-up with lots of random Champions League goals, then a black screen featuring a photo of the queen , swiftly followed by an ad for the channel which began with celebrating Liverpool fans. Which was unfortunate.
Piers Morgan had two very special guests on his Talk TV show to discuss the sporting postponing issue. “One is a knight of the realm, Sir Ian Botham, the other is ... Harry Redknapp,” he said. Lest ‘arry be a bit hurt by that introduction, Morgan added: “I can’t think of two greater Britons, frankly, to be joining me tonight than you two.” Sir Ian waved off the acclaim with a chuckle, ‘arry just said “pleja! “.
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