KARL Robinson felt it was right for English football to pause following The Queen’s death.

All fixtures from the Premier League down to the grassroots game were postponed last weekend, despite other sports continuing and paying tribute to the monarch.

Matches across the country resume as planned today, with Oxford United on the road at Plymouth Argyle in Sky Bet League One tomorrow evening.

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The decision to postpone the weekend fixtures divided fans, but Robinson thinks it was the correct call.

United’s head coach said: “I am very pro-monarchy – people who know me will tell you that – and I think it was right football decided not to play at the weekend, even though other sports did.

“Everybody’s within their right to make the decisions on what they think is right at the time.

“Some people wanted to play and we’re frustrated that we never played, but that frustration for me can’t override the importance and the sadness of what went on only 24 hours before the game was called off.

“It’s a sad time for us all, it’s a time to reflect and educate ourselves on her reign. We’ve never known so much about our Queen and what she’s done for our country.”

Robinson added: “People will say ‘they (other sports) carried on’, well that’s fine as well. I have no negativity towards anyone doing what they need to do for their particular sport.

“Everyone has the right to respect what’s gone on in their own way, and people should respect why our governing bodies decided to do that.

“I apologise if that’s offended anybody, but I just felt like it was the correct thing to do.”

Clubs across the country will pay tribute in several ways until The Queen’s funeral next Monday.

All EFL games will include a minute’s silence before kick-off, followed by the National Anthem, while players will wear black armbands and flags should be flown at half-mast.

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United have already said Saturday’s home match against MK Dons will go ahead and Robinson is confident the tributes will be respectful at this week's fixtures.

“That’s why sport is the greatest thing in the world, because it has the opportunity to bring people together. But when that first ball is kicked everything switches, the professional edge comes in,” he said.

“I think it’s important we get everything right in the build-up, the respect that we show and the way we conduct ourselves.

“The fans coming together will be amazing – we don’t have to worry about that, we’re very lucky within our sport.

“That part of the world has a lot of armed forces based down there, so they’ll have a lot going on around that.

“We know how important it is to that part of the world and I’m sure when we come back to Oxford on Saturday it'll be exactly the same.

“I don’t worry about minority things that get said externally, our sport will do everything the right way.”