was in Munich 06/02/08.Am a red with me was ,City ,Munich,Derry,Forrest,Arsenal,etc respect to them all.

redlad77, middleton, manchester

I was watching on TV and there were no audible sounds that I could detect.. The referee blew the whistle to end the silence at Wembley. How did the FA signal to him so why gie them the blame. Personally I would rather have had applause - if it was good enough for Diana ....... There used to be one silence every year or so but I do think there are too many now Perhaps familiarity breeds contempt.

David Challinger, Preston,

If it's that irrelevant why do you feel the need to comment on it, just to say that it's unimportant to you? Don't remember it if you don't want to and respect the feelings of people who do.

Penn, London,

It's kind of funny how we talk about the 'kids' having no respect nowadays. I don't really care who feels this occasion of rememberance is not relevant to them or their football team (or whatever). Let's just get this straight, 50 years ago, Britain was a different place, we were still recovering from WW2, football was our release. There was no segregation then. We honour the memories of those whose impact was so significant within British football. Make no mistake, this was a tragedy. I realise that people are not trying to dishonour those who passed when they make their comments but, well, it's 60 seconds of reflection..... 1 minute. I am a 35 year old Manchester United fan. I'm not going to insults people's intelligence but I have to ask...... When we can't stay silent for 1 minute (even if we feel the occasion doesn't apply to us), to reflect on the loss of 23 lives, what does that say about us and our society? This is 2008, I'm ashamed at the lot of the 'spoilers'.

Edgar Samuel, Tenjin, China

With reference to the comments below, how is it inappropriate to hold a minutes silence at a football match to mark the the death of footballers in a tragic accident.
How is 60 seconds silence in 50 years 'relentless', out of 'scale' or a 'manipulation of our emotions'.


Jon, Manchester

Jon , Manchester,

I can't believe the ignorant comments on this page being displayed. One minute of peoples time is all that is being asked. Why is this such a big deal to some people - i have no idea. The biggest mistake people make concerning this disaster is that they only think it concerns Manchester United and the city of Manchester. It doesn't, England was robbed of great players that would of lead the country into a decade of fantastic football. Also, in Duncan Edwards, England had a player comparable to anyone in History! Respect was everything 50 years ago, people would do well to remember that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ryan, London,

There is something distasteful about the drive for a national remembrance of the Munich air crash. The city of Manchester and its two football clubs should certainly mark the day. The national media however should leave the rest of us out of it. This is not about being anti Manchester United, as some journalists would have it. It is simply a refusal to accept both the clubs and the medias manipulation of our emotions.

With the relentless hype, souvenir mentality, and over-romanticizing of this tragedy Manchester in its mawkishness is proving itself to be the original “self pity city”.

Paul S, Merseyside, UK

I cannot see that the silence was at all appropriate, anyway. The world is awash with disasters, many on a vastly larger scale. This was a smallish air crash that happens to involve a small number of footballers.

I am over fifty years old, but only three years old at the time of the crash. I expect the country to remember the great wars this far on, but the Munich air crash? With the greatest of respect for the families and friends of those who perished, the scale of this rememberance is a nonsense.

Paul G, Luton,

I totally agree with Alyson, that it HAS to be a full one minutes silence at least. There should be respect shown by everyone for those who lost their lives and what respective nations lost when disasters like Munich happened.
No doubt a few people might of had a drink before the game at Wembley, but I agree that these people would be 'hushed up' by fellow supporters. This involves the culture of football and so everyone who does not respect the footballing dead should do some reading on what the history of football actually is.
I condemn the FA for cutting the minutes silence, after all how many more occasions will we have again to show our respect 50 years after Munich? none.

Hursh, Cambridge,

The question here is not whether it is right to ignore the minute's silence, but whether there should have been a minute's silence at all.
This event happened 50 years ago. It is of significance to Manchester United, but sport is all about the present. I was a month or two old when the crash occurred, and now I am one of the older spectators at my club. We do not have days of remembrance for Diana, or Jock Stein, or David Rocastle. It is surely now time for this media-led self-indulgent piece of navel-gazing to stop.

jimmy, london, uj