Minutes silence for Thatcher

A minutes silence at Anfield? Good luck is all I'll say.

Wigan chairman Dave Whelan and Reading chairman John Madjeski have called for football teams to hold a minutes silence for Thatcher this weekend.
In my opinion this must not happen. Ignore what she did, but sport and politics should not mix. Holding a silence would be making a huge political point.

I am against anyone celebrating her death but people should not be forced to respect her, especially someone with very tenuous links to football.
She is possibly the most divisive PM ever and a minutes silence would certainly not be observed fully.
I've never disrespected a minutes silence before but I certainly would take exception if it were to happen.
Furthermore, none of Wilson, Heath or Callaghan received a minutes silence. Why should she?

It seems a bit silly to me, the average footballer and football fan probably couldn't tell you much about her.

That said, I do love how modern fans of the game will talk about how she hated the fans and forget the endemic violence that marred football in her era.

Not really.

A minute of silence is often done to remember a person that was important to the club holding. And given that Thatcher was a great (note great not good, i.e. says nothing about your politica views of her) British leader of recent times I actually think it's appropriate for Premier League games to have one for her.

I disagree. In addition to being a political figure, an elected representative is also a civic figure who represents everyone they serve. When a local MP opens a new supermarket, that is not a political act, they are there in their civic role.

Margaret Thatcher is more than Thatcherism and the Tory Party, she was a significant leader of this country. For that, she should gain the respect due to her office representing the people. I would stand for a minute's silence for any Prime Minister whether Labour or Tory, even if I disagreed with their politics.

That said, I'm not enormously bothered either way. Minute's silences at football matches are more often interrupted than not these days, which is utterly sickening and depressing, but ultimately it's what we're living with.