Nigerians react to the cancellation of Premier League games following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II

“The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow,” Buckingham Palace said a statement on Thursday evening.

The Queen will also be given a full state funeral, as is traditional to mark the death of a monarch as the United Kingdom will now enter an official 12-day period of mourning.

Following her death, it has been confirmed that all political, sporting and comedy events have been cancelled for the foreseeable future.

All political, sporting and comedy events have been cancelled.

The United Kingdom and the Commonwealth has entered an extended period of mourning.

— Charlie Proctor (@MonarchyUK) September 8, 2022

Following Princess Diana’s death on Sunday, August 31 in 1997, the Liverpool vs Newcastle United Premier League match scheduled to kick off later that day was postponed.

Arsenal held a moment of silence at the start of the second half of their match vs Zurich following Queen Elizabeth II’s death.

Football League fixtures the following weekend were also moved to avoid clashing with Diana’s funeral, which was a possibility around that time as well and that is what is expected to happen this period also.

For now, it is uncertain when the sport will return following this tragic news but, everything in the foreseeable future is cancelled.

Mixed reactions from Nigerians have trailed the confirmation of this weekend’s fixture cancellation.

Here’s how some have reacted below:

No EPL for two weeks, una go fit cope?

— Favorite Recipe 🗯️ (@Pearls_imabibo) September 9, 2022

When SportyBet and investors heard No EPL for 2 weeks 😅 pic.twitter.com/ZAIRzpbV6N

— z ε K Ⓐ y-V!bes  (@zekaytweets) September 9, 2022

No EPL for 2 weeks means Graham Potter has those weeks to his advantage at Chelsea. It'll help him introduce some of his philosophies to the squad before the next game. We're going to miss PL ngl.

— 𝐏𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐂̧𝐀𝐓𝐄 (@Pulisicate) September 8, 2022

Premier League fans when they realize the Queen's death means no EPL games for two weeks and then comes international break.
It is really painful 😩😩😩😩 pic.twitter.com/1jV3jwb55j

— Mr. Moe (@1_osmosis) September 8, 2022

No EPL for two weeks means more time for Partey and Elneny to fully recover. Queen Elizabeth has done it for her darling Arsenal. 🙇 👑 😂 😆 😂 😆 😂 😆

— Ndubueze Prince Chiagoziem (@NdubuezePrince5) September 9, 2022

No EPL cause of Queen Elizabeth’s death?
Can’t they wear two black armbands with 5 minutes silence or something?

— Collins 🙃 (@_collins_a) September 8, 2022

No EPL for two weeks means more time for Partey and Elneny to fully recover. Queen Elizabeth has done it for her darling Arsenal. 🙇 👑 pic.twitter.com/fDPCyJNYSV

— CHIEF JUSTICE 🎤 (@ChidubemNJ) September 8, 2022

No EPL games for the next few weeks is the real tragedy here.

— uMalume Wakho (@ufeely__) September 8, 2022

No Epl for 2 weeks:

Queen Elizabeth 🤝 Arsenal pic.twitter.com/aAHx5GhqIn

— Communicator of Ilorin (@usman__haruna) September 8, 2022

Due to the Queen Elizabeth d*ath, there will be No EPL for two weeks. It will be the longest two week of my life.😭💙

— sophia (@90sSophie) September 8, 2022

If truly there will be no EPL games for the next two weeks, it will be to Chelsea's advantage. Graham Potter will have enough time to organize the squad.

Ngolo Kante should also be back by then. 😁

— Elvis Tunde ➐ (@Tunnykvng) September 9, 2022

No EPL for 2 weeks. So table go remain the same

Arsenal fans: pic.twitter.com/1t7CteAzjr

— Epl Pidgin (@EplPidgin) September 8, 2022

No EPL?😳

Chai this death pain me

— MBAH (@Mbahdeyforyou) September 8, 2022

No Epl for 2 weeks. Queen why didn’t you chill till international break. pic.twitter.com/nBvkj2e0N8

— PASTOR Timilehin😈💡 🇺🇸 🌴🥥 (@Meet_Timi) September 8, 2022