Colin Sheridan: Football again does the wrong thing for the wrong reasons

Football, so often guilty of doing the wrong or morally dubious thing for capital gain, chose to do the wrong thing 'out of respect' to an institution they owed nothing

SILENCE: Manchester United take part in a minutes silence following the announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II prior to the UEFA Europa League Group E match at Old Trafford, Manchester. Pic: PA

When the terrible news that an entire schedule of football was postponed in England this past weekend due to the unexpected (!) passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the cynic in me had to ask, who stood to benefit most? 

Was it Trent Alexander Arnold, the beleaguered Liverpool right back, whose performance on Wednesday night in the Champions League against Napoli was so extraordinarily bad, the only possible reprieve from the universal scorn was an event so grand it captured the attention of a grieving nation?