The last time a monarch died there was football and Liverpool played this team

Football fans and Liverpool fans will be left wanting to see action this weekend as the Premier League fixtures have been suspended due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II. It will resume until the weekend of Saturday 17 September and Sunday 18 September as part of mourning the departure of the head of the United Kingdom.

Liverpool were due to face Wolverhampton at Anfield on Saturday in a game where they would be looking to return to winning ways after a difficult run of fixtures. In the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park they could only draw against Everton goalless but at the start of the Champions League group stage they lost 4-1 to Napoli at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium. 

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Faced with this suspension in English football, the Reds will have to concentrate on Tuesday's home game. They host Ajax of the Netherlands on matchday 2 of the Champions League group stage in a game in which they must win to avoid complicating their qualification to the last 16 of the best club competition in the world.

The last time a monarch died was in 1952 when King George VI died. On that occasion English football was not suspended and Liverpool had a match against Derby County three days later. The matchday programme dedicated a lengthy message to the then leader of the United Kingdom who also handed over to his daughter to become Queen Elizabeth to begin her term of office. 

<strong>What message was dedicated to King George VI?</strong>

‘The passing of King George has evoked worldside tribute to his memory. This afternoon on every football ground where a match is played under the jurisdisction of the Football asociation a simple but sincere tribute Will be paid to the memory of our late, beloved Patron. In the minds of us all at this hour must dwell a tender thought for the Queen´s Mother and the Royal Family’.