City lead where Premier League didn't over fixture postponements
Manchester City could not do anything about their Premier League or Women's Super League games being postponed this weekend, but their response to the decision on Friday was excellent.
Within three hours of the call, the club had decided that they would pay all casual workers that were meant to be on duty for either the men's or the women's matches in full for the shift they were meant to work, while all perishable food that was set to go to waste would be donated to local organisations. Quickly, anyone who had been worrying about a loss of income at short notice was reassured that they will not lose out because of a late (and disputed) decision that was out of their hands.
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Contrast that to the Premier League itself, which took a whopping 20 hours after the death of the Queen — leaving clubs to make their own decisions about whether to hold scheduled press conferences and media activities or not — before declaring just short of Friday lunchtime that the whole matchday would be postponed. No recognition was made of any supporters or workers who would lose out financially from this, never mind any effort made to compensate them for this.
Sinclair issues apology over Queen tweet
Trevor Sinclair has apologised for any offence caused by a tweet he wrote following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday evening.
The Queen passed away on Thursday at the age of 96 after a 70-year reign. As the United Kingdom entered a period of mourning The FA, Premier League and Football League decided to postpone all football fixtures this weekend out of respect.
Allegedly reacting to the news of the Queen's death, former City player Sinclair posted on Twitter: "Racism was outlawed in England in the 60s & it's been allowed to thrive so why should black & brown mourn!! #queen." That post has since been deleted.
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