Terry Newton did cheat but he was still a family man who made a mistake and paid for it with his life in the end. Two young girls no longer have a dad and if people cant just keep quiet for 1 minute then it just shows what a shocking community we live in.

It will have had absolutely no bearing on the vast majority of the supporters who were in the ground at the time as I doubt many younger supporters will have seen those players or remember them, they are simply names. Most people in rugby league will have seen Terry Newton play and as we are regarded as a 'community' based sport it should be held impeccably.



One or two morons may try to spoil it but in a capacity Old Trafford they'd be very brave or very stupid to try.

anyone disrespecting a minutes silence should be ejected from the ground IMO. Its not actually that hard to do.....all that needs to happen is that the decent fans should point at the people making the noise and the stewards should eject them.



Whoever the person the silence is for, anyone making noise in a minutes silence is scum and deserves to be treated as such!

I don't think an applause is appropriate though. Not under the circumstances.

i have already heard a saints fan openly admit that they will shout, cheer, talk and generally make noise throughout the silence.

I think the silence will be observed very well. I think there will then be the roar for your team that comes at the end of a silence. I then think there will be an attempt at Saints usual chant about Terry involving the words is, Terry, w***er, a , Newton. And I also think that somewhere, somehow, Terry will have a wry smile on his face knowing that even though he has passed on, he is still able to wind up the opposition.

Look the odd moron may shout out but that doesn't taint the majority of fans who will observe it



Put it the other way why should a few morons stop the majority showing their respect were not doing it to look good on tv either so i dont really care about image on tv

I was at the 40th Munich anniversary game when Bolton played Man Utd and that too was observed impeccably (regrettably, I'd say Bolton fans have five times the 'minority' that would abuse such situations).



I think everyone should show a little more faith in humanity and more specifically the rugby league community - it's times like these that our sport shows it's true strength and spirit, and I have no doubt that, for sixty seconds, 76,000 people at Old Trafford and however many thousands watching on TV will pause and silently think of this tragic loss, before the players of each side show the ultimate tribute and come up with a cracker of a game in Terry's memory.

Don't be daft. I'm a City supporter but if you think that cuts any ice then you'd be severely mistaken. The reason it was impeccably observed was not because City fans felt affected by it but because it was common decency. If such nuggets can display such decency then I'd expect the same from everyone on Saturday.

that i will second, well said

Yeah? Well, you are pretty stupid then!

A minute's applause is wholly inappropriate for a tragic death.



There are times for an applause and there are times for silence.



You applaud when some old past player who has had a good innings passes on. You do not applaud for untimely deaths of young people, air tragedies and stadium disasters.



Silence is the only appropriate way to do this and if one or two disrespect it, that's unfortunate and those people should be dealt with an appropriate fashion.