Against a nation that has been at war since February the SFA will stage a Minute of Applause for the death of one 96-year-old lady.
There was some shock, horror reaction to the decision of St Mirren to hold a Minute of Applause for the visit of Celtic on Sunday but there has barely been any mainstream coverage of the SFA decision.
No explanation has been given for the decision to break with tradition, clubs across England held a Minute of Silence at their matches over the weekend.
We are playing against a war torn nation that has suffered great loss in the last year and we applaud a 96 year old woman who never wanted for anything in her privileged life. It’s a ludicrous thing to do. I now hope we get gubbed.
— Schrodinger’s Cat (@trebletrebleye1) September 20, 2022
SFA Chief Executive Ian Maxwell has avoided commenting on the decision with no coverage on the SFA website about how they will honour the memory of the late monarch.
A crowd of around 30,000 is expected for the Nations League match, in June Ukraine ended Scotland’s World Cup hopes with a win at Hampden.
Given the period of mourning will be over, given the fact most of the Scotland team (if not all) will have paid their respects over the past couple of weeks and – especially – given who the opposition are tomorrow, this seems a bit much… https://t.co/KVfohAD9BS
— Anthony Joseph (@AnthonyRJoseph) September 20, 2022
You couldn’t make it up. What has football to do with all of this?!