OI - 3.05 didn't harm anyone but we have since decided it shouldn't happen. Similarly, not stopping games for Iftar wouldn't have harmed anyone, but we've decided that one will stick?

Some fans got cross about that break, some fans get cross about other things. Has anyone actually been harmed by the break for Iftar? The 3.05 Good Friday kick-off was weird as 3pm UK time doesn't correspond to the time Jesus supposedly died but beyond that it didn't actually do us a lot of harm.

Keep religion and politics out of football. I lost a lot of respect for the Muslim players who refuse to wear rainbow laces, etc etc - should we be tolerant of intolerance, works both ways I guess

a4e - no, no criticism on either side. This is just good, healthy conversationa and debate. And even if I was offended by something, that's on me!

Does anyone have definite news on when todays women's game kicks off. On the website its 2pm. In the Bradford programme and a recent email it says 3pm!

NickD - I agree with you that in general terms football doesn’t need to be interrupted by religion. However, I personally wouldn’t want Muslims to be put off the idea of becoming professional players just because the sport might not accommodate one specific moment in time each year. Moving all kick off times to the hours of darkness during Ramadan might generate more negative comments from people asking “why is one religion dictating what time our football games kick off!”, and in all honesty, I feel that would be a more legitimate complaint. I’m perfectly happy to see players taking on water during games, and if a short break of play encourages us to support Muslims being represented in sport here, then I approve of it. Only my opinion, and definitely no criticism of you here at all Nick 😌

I remember the half time marching bands at Plough lane back in the sixties. Better than some music we have to listen to at todays New Plough lane

a4e - I think the problem people have is the "it's just". It's just a few players for a short period of time ... it's just ditching rainbow laces and armbands ... it's just Man Utd not wearing LGBT jackets ... these are all about religion dictating what the sport does, and I'm sorry, querying whether we want that or not doesn't fall into any catergory of intolerance on the side of the people saying, "this isn't okay", especially when we consider our fanbase has had one instance in history of religion affecting our game (Good Friday 2009) and, I was part of this, the opposition was loud and angry to the point that such a move has never been repeated. We can't pick and choose our ethics, morals, and beliefs depending on which sections of society are involved. FWIW, if we are now saying that religion should be accommodated (and don't forget, religious messaging is prohibited in the Premier League), then I would fully support no football on Good Friday at all. I have always argued the opposite but if the rules have changed, then they should be applied consistently.

In all honesty it’s just a few players being given a brief opportunity to take on fluids - nobody complains about a players having a water break when the weather is really hot, and this particular example is just about showing respect towards one section of our community, and it takes less time than the average VAR review… Yes, there are those who don’t like that we have Muslims living in Britain, and they may choose to claim that they aren’t racist or that they’ve got Muslim friends or whatever, but if someone says “no religious symbolism in sport please”, then some might argue that a player shouldn’t cross themselves with the sign of the crucifix as they enter the field of play or after scoring a goal or something… What we surely don’t need interrupting play is teams having to walk off the field after racist comments have been shouted at black players (4 examples reported just last weekend I believe), and we also don’t need American football style half time shows with singers and god knows what else… 🤪 Someone didn’t like the “no room for hate in sport” message last weekend - well I’d argue that it’s very clear we do need that message to be continually put out because there’s very obviously still a lot of hate around, especially racism and homophobia. Let's try to be a bit less intolerant towards those whose skin colour or chosen faith isn’t the same as your own - it really isn’t that hard if you try (that’s not aimed at you, NickD, it’s a gentle suggestion for anyone to whom it may apply…).

Agree you must be at a disadvanraged if you have fasted before taking part in any sport.

I think it's fair and legitimate to question whether we want religious practices to interfere with the sport.

Well tv delayed it by 150 minutes by changing from original 3pm kick off guffaw x 2 :-)

Delay the game by 30 minutes to save delaying the game by a couple of minutes. Guffaw.

I don't see how you play at the level expected nowadays of professional footballers if you haven't eaten or had a drink for over 10 hours before a match.

I get it and don't care , they could of kicked off at 6pm or a later time if it's that important.

Spit, you really don't get it, do you? Most folk have control of their bodily functions and would ensure that their bladders and bowels were under control. Muslims take in no fluids or food between sunrise and sunset. Today that was 06:59 and 17:41ish. Is it too much to ask that they get a couple of minutes to take in some water and a few dates?

Man city scored in 2nd minute of injury time.

Can we all (I mean all not just Wimbledon fans) stop singing “it’s all gone quiet over there”? It’s a god awful chant and usually precedes conceding a goal. Stick to “you’re not singing anymore” like normal people.

How long was the break in the Leeds game? Significantly longer than a keeper pretending he was injured to allow for a team talk?

Another point towards safety innit. Feels like it would take a (not so) pretty dramatic turn in fortunes for us to go down from here but then the trauma of the Robbo season and JJ's first season still lingers so until we reach 52 points I will still worry.

Score some, concede some, we've got enough to survive the season so keep it coming JJ. You Dons.

Wouldn't want to be in dubai airport at the moment

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I'm quite happy this didn't kick off two-week's ago as I was flying back from Auckland via Dubai

Would have been lovely to have got a third today while we were on top but have to accept that Mansfield had their own chances as well after our period of pressure.