The Poppy

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

all celtic players were wearing poppies, which ones do u think weren't?

man united and liverpool arent having poppies on their shirts this weekend i read during the week

I only caught the end of the Celtic match - McManus definitely didn't have one on and I'd be fairly sure McGeady didn't either.

There were definetely some Celtic players with it and some not. United didn't today. Certainly it seems to be in vogue.

Had to laugh at Don King last night with his American, Russian and German flags and a big poppy on him. Shameless! 

[Olaf]

all celtic players were wearing poppies, which ones do u think weren't?

man united and liverpool arent having poppies on their shirts this weekend i read during the week

I only caught the end of the Celtic match - McManus definitely didn't have one on and I'd be fairly sure McGeady didn't either.

Yeah thats what i thought, along with Samaras. Anyone know did the players have their own choice on this?

Not that it should  be of any consequence to anybody but themselves (and certainly not to me) but both McGeady and Samaras did.

[Rav67]

Is there some sort of new cult of the poppy going on in the uk, fail to wear one and you'll be an outcast.

Its the way of it on TV but I was dandering about the town today and I reckon about 10-15% had a poppy on. At work its higher, maybe 25-30% I would say have one on.  Have to say I'm glad its not the majority wearing one or I would feel a bit uncomfortable.

[saffron sam2]

all celtic players were wearing poppies, which ones do u think weren't?

man united and liverpool arent having poppies on their shirts this weekend i read during the week

I only caught the end of the Celtic match - McManus definitely didn't have one on and I'd be fairly sure McGeady didn't either.

Yeah thats what i thought, along with Samaras. Anyone know did the players have their own choice on this?

Not that it should  be of any consequence to anybody but themselves (and certainly not to me) but both McGeady and Samaras did.

The photo at the bottom of this link should clear things up.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1226121/Falkirk-3-Celtic-3-SPL-basement-club-stun-Tony-Mowbrays-giants.html

[lynchbhoy]

Is there some sort of new cult of the poppy going on in the uk, fail to wear one and you'll be an outcast.

def is going that way  !

there seems to be a huge push to now all of a sudden go into overdrive to 'remember'  - as there were no poppies on soccer/sports team jerseys up until the last year or so.
no team wore poppies as it was not as big a deal in years before - usually some old laying of a wreath at a cenotaph attended by soldiers and ex-servicemen and that was it - the general public didnt really get bothered, maybe buy a poppy but no one wore them - at least in the 70's or 80's when I lived in england!

maybe its the recent guilt of trying to whip up a frenzy to support their soldiers and thus paper over the elephant in the room that is that no one wants the british army to be in iraq/afghanistan/north of Ireland etc

it has been given a huge push and this is now a 'tradition' that really didnt exist in practice before- apart from in the north of Ireland where it was used as a badge of unionism/loyalism and another excuse to parade around towns/nationalist areas to annoy the natives !

[Orior]

About 10:30am yesterday I saw about 30 people gathering on the bottom of the Newtownards Road, preparing themselves to march into the city for the remembrance service.

About half of them were drinking beer. Very solemn indeed.

[High Wide and Handsome]

to be honest i dont really have any ill feelings towards the whole remberence/poopy sunday. think people who give there lives for their country, no matter contry it is should be remebered.

however if i had one gripe with it, it would be that it is very much seen as a british instiution. what about all the irish men who were sent to the slaughter. should we not have some sort of remberence for them? the poppy doesnt exactly cover it.

[maddog]

Is there some sort of new cult of the poppy going on in the uk, fail to wear one and you'll be an outcast.

Its the way of it on TV but I was dandering about the town today and I reckon about 10-15% had a poppy on. At work its higher, maybe 25-30% I would say have one on.  Have to say I'm glad its not the majority wearing one or I would feel a bit uncomfortable.

In our office here in Birmingham (currently about 50 people) ive seen 2 poppys so far, and its never been mentioned or talked about.

[red hander]

Is there some sort of new cult of the poppy going on in the uk, fail to wear one and you'll be an outcast.

Yep, it's called 'Poppy Fascism', which is bloody ironic when you think about WWII 

[Gabriel_Hurl]

It was generally the commonwealth nations that adopted the poppy. Canada, Australia et al

In fact the Canadian have the poppy on the quarter from 2008.

since 2004 actually

[ziggysego]

Is there some sort of new cult of the poppy going on in the uk, fail to wear one and you'll be an outcast.

Its the way of it on TV but I was dandering about the town today and I reckon about 10-15% had a poppy on. At work its higher, maybe 25-30% I would say have one on.  Have to say I'm glad its not the majority wearing one or I would feel a bit uncomfortable.

I was in London at the weekend and was surprised to see very little people wearing Poppys. In fact, the majority were workers, ie people 'asked' to wear them for work.

[Hardy]

I was in London at the weekend and was surprised to see very little people wearing Poppys.

[ziggysego]

I was in London at the weekend and was surprised to see very little people wearing Poppys.

feck off

[Hardy]

I know you have your own perspective on it Zig.

[Tony Baloney]

Is there some sort of new cult of the poppy going on in the uk, fail to wear one and you'll be an outcast.

Its the way of it on TV but I was dandering about the town today and I reckon about 10-15% had a poppy on. At work its higher, maybe 25-30% I would say have one on.  Have to say I'm glad its not the majority wearing one or I would feel a bit uncomfortable.

I was in London at the weekend and was surprised to see very little people wearing Poppys. In fact, the majority were workers, ie people 'asked' to wear them for work.

Busy weekend asking all those people if their work made them wear a poppy. I'm assuming that's what you did, otherwise how would you know?