King Charles or West Brom?

[Glyn1]

So it's Saturday, 6 May: Charles is being crowned and the Swans are at home to West Brom with a chance of getting into the play-offs or even going up automatically* (*or being relegated, of course).

Do you pay your tenner to watch it on TV and listen to Wyndham and Trundle waffling away? Or do you decide to watch a day of history with a monarch's coronation that you may never witness again? And what will your family say to you?

And are the cheapskates holding it on a Saturday to avoid giving us a Bank Holiday?

By the way, I live in a hovel in west London and am prepared to let you have it for the weekend for any sum starting at £10,000. No time-wasters. Double for Cardiff fans.

 

[legoman]

P'raps the coronation will be in the morning so you could do both!

 

[J_B]

F*ck Charles.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Personally I'd choose to watch Bargain Hunt if it clashed with big ears coronation, didn't watch even one minute of the funeral either.

Hope this helps...

 

[Pegojack]

If the funeral was anything to go by, maybe the FA will postpone all the matches on that day. Can't be having the peasants enjoying themselves when his madge is being crowned. It's disrespectful, mun.

 

[jack_lord]

If the funeral was anything to go by, maybe the FA will postpone all the matches on that day. Can't be having the peasants enjoying themselves when his madge is being crowned. It's disrespectful, mun.

Yep, games will be played on the Sunday IMO. May day BH is the previous Monday so doubt we will see an extra one

 

[exiledclaseboy]

If the funeral was anything to go by, maybe the FA will postpone all the matches on that day. Can't be having the peasants enjoying themselves when his madge is being crowned. It's disrespectful, mun.

Yep, games will be played on the Sunday IMO. May day BH is the previous Monday so doubt we will see an extra one

They’ll probably move the early May bank holiday back a week.

 

[Neath_Jack]

More religious, outdated claptrap.

End the monarchy.

 

[jack_lord]

Yep, games will be played on the Sunday IMO. May day BH is the previous Monday so doubt we will see an extra one

They’ll probably move the early May bank holiday back a week.

Possibly have a Friday and Monday BH event

 

[exiledclaseboy]

They’ll probably move the early May bank holiday back a week.

Possibly have a Friday and Monday BH event

Nah they won’t do an extra one for the coronation.

 

[jack_lord]

Possibly have a Friday and Monday BH event

Nah they won’t do an extra one for the coronation.

Coronations are not usually held on a Saturday. If I were to suggest anything it would be to move the BH from May 1 to May 5. The royals don't want to be blamed for any further contraction of the economy a double BH may cause but it would kick start the season.

 

[exiledclaseboy]

Nah they won’t do an extra one for the coronation.

Coronations are not usually held on a Saturday. If I were to suggest anything it would be to move the BH from May 1 to May 5. The royals don't want to be blamed for any further contraction of the economy a double BH may cause but it would kick start the season.

Possible, we’ll see. To be fair though we haven’t had a coronation for 70 years so they’re not usually held on any day

 

[Longlostjack]

They could just show a repeat of the investiture - save a load of money and the Yanks would be none the wiser.

 

[DJack]

F*ck Charles.

That's Camilla's job surely!

 

[jack_lord]

Coronations are not usually held on a Saturday. If I were to suggest anything it would be to move the BH from May 1 to May 5. The royals don't want to be blamed for any further contraction of the economy a double BH may cause but it would kick start the season.

Possible, we’ll see. To be fair though we haven’t had a coronation for 70 years so they’re not usually held on any day

Edward VII was the last to have a coronation on a Saturday in 1902 and incredibly the one before that was Harold in 1066. "Modern" Coronations have mostly been mid week but before the start of the 17th century they were practically all on a Sunday right back to Harold.