Are there any Christian players that do not play on Sundays or Easter weekend?Any Jewish players that will not play on Fridays?The way sky fuck about with the fixtures there must be other players effected by their religious beliefs clashing with football.
I remember Johnathan Edwards refusing to jump once. I think.
FOOTBALLER Simon Burgher could have been exchanging passes with Stan Collymore and Dwight Yorke in the Premiership. He could be wining and dining in the second city's finest restaurants and driving round in an open top sports car on a mammoth salary. But the 31-year-old turned his back on a superstar lifestyle at Villa Park to follow God. The former Exeter City and Bromsgrove Rovers midfielder is a devout Seventh Day Adventist - which means Saturday is his day of rest. He played for the Vauxhall Conference club for eight years without ever featuring in Saturday matches. His midweek displays were so impressive that boyhood heroes Villa came knocking on his door wanting him to sign a professional contract. But as that meant playing at weekends he turned them down flat and he now plies his trade for minnows Rover Sports in the Wolverhampton Sunday League. And he may even have to quit them if a proposed take-over of Saturday club Wednesfield takes place later this year. Now a PE and human biology teacher in Small Heath, Burgher spoke of his rejection of the dream move to Ron Atkinson's Villa. "I am a lifelong Villa fan and it was a hard decision to have to make. "They came in for me five years ago when I was at Bromsgrove and wanted me to sign professional forms. But that would have meant going against my beliefs and so I said no. "But it wasn't easy to do. I had to think long and hard about it. I asked God for guidance and hopefully He made the right decision for me." Burgher, who lives nearby the ground in Aston, does not smoke or drink and never misses church on a Saturday. He said: "Everyone knows the Sabbath used to be on a Saturday and was changed just for convenience. I can never be paid for playing on that day." Burgher lines up against former club Lodge Cottrell on May 10 in the final of the Birmingham County Premier Challenge Cup. Looking ahead to the match Burgher said: "It's going to be a right old ding-dong! They are my mates and have been phoning me all week saying how they are going to chop me down!"
A story most probably don't know. QuoteFOOTBALLER Simon Burgher could have been exchanging passes with Stan Collymore and Dwight Yorke in the Premiership. He could be wining and dining in the second city's finest restaurants and driving round in an open top sports car on a mammoth salary. But the 31-year-old turned his back on a superstar lifestyle at Villa Park to follow God. The former Exeter City and Bromsgrove Rovers midfielder is a devout Seventh Day Adventist - which means Saturday is his day of rest. He played for the Vauxhall Conference club for eight years without ever featuring in Saturday matches. His midweek displays were so impressive that boyhood heroes Villa came knocking on his door wanting him to sign a professional contract. But as that meant playing at weekends he turned them down flat and he now plies his trade for minnows Rover Sports in the Wolverhampton Sunday League. And he may even have to quit them if a proposed take-over of Saturday club Wednesfield takes place later this year. Now a PE and human biology teacher in Small Heath, Burgher spoke of his rejection of the dream move to Ron Atkinson's Villa. "I am a lifelong Villa fan and it was a hard decision to have to make. "They came in for me five years ago when I was at Bromsgrove and wanted me to sign professional forms. But that would have meant going against my beliefs and so I said no. "But it wasn't easy to do. I had to think long and hard about it. I asked God for guidance and hopefully He made the right decision for me." Burgher, who lives nearby the ground in Aston, does not smoke or drink and never misses church on a Saturday. He said: "Everyone knows the Sabbath used to be on a Saturday and was changed just for convenience. I can never be paid for playing on that day." Burgher lines up against former club Lodge Cottrell on May 10 in the final of the Birmingham County Premier Challenge Cup. Looking ahead to the match Burgher said: "It's going to be a right old ding-dong! They are my mates and have been phoning me all week saying how they are going to chop me down!"
Didn’t a bloke pack up playing in the 80s as playing on Sunday’s would go against his religion, seem to mind he played for Walsall or maybe the Tatters.
It was Peter Knowles of Wolves, I think you're talking about? Retired in 1970. His Wiki page suggests that he was contracted until 1982, though, does that mean he was getting paid all that time?https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Knowles
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Knowles