The defending champions will be among six SWPL1 teams in action, and Scottish Premier Football League fixtures will go ahead next weekend - subject to the availability of police cover.

The latter circumstance, meanwhile, has meant the Rangers' men's team re-setting its controls to resume action on Wednesday night rather than tomorrow.

The weekend's transfer of the Queen’s body from Balmoral to Edinburgh has caused Rangers' Champions League meeting with Napoli to be pushed back 24 hours by UEFA, European football’s governing body, which has cited "severe limitations on police resources and organisational issues".

Meanwhile, English Premier League sides Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City are all set to host Champions League group stage games midweek, with Liverpool hosting Ajax, Manchester City at home to Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea playing RB Salzburg at Stamford Bridge in what will be the first match under the charge of new manager Graham Potter.

Last Thursday night, European fixtures involving Arsenal, West Ham, and Manchester United all went ahead but were marked by gestures of respect and commemoration.

Football was not the only sport to have honoured the passing of the Queen in this fashion.

The British Horseracing Authority said there would be no races on Saturday - extending cancellations into a third day. 

King's Lynn, the only horse owned by the queen entered to run this weekend, did not run at the Curragh yesterday.

The Tour of Britain cycling event, which originally cancelled its sixth stage upon news emerging on Thursday evening of the Queen’s death, soon followed through by cancelling altogether, calling off the seventh stage in Dorset and concluding eighth stage on the Isle of Wight.

The last time judgements of this kind had to be made in Britain was 1952, when the Queen's father, King George VI, died on February 6.

That was on a Wednesday, and games in the fourth round of the FA Cup went ahead that evening.

The weekend's league matches also continued as planned, with the national anthem and Abide With Me - usually reserved for the FA Cup final - sung before the kick-offs.

The Division One fixture list included the North London derby at White Hart Lane, which recorded the largest attendance of the weekend of 66,438.

In cricket, the first Test between New Zealand and the West Indies - both in the Commonwealth - still went ahead from February 8.

But other sports such as hockey and rugby did postpone events.

The King's death came midway through what was then the Five Nations Championship in rugby and led to England's meeting with Ireland at Twickenham being re-arranged for late March.

A research briefing document at files.parliament.uk details the way in which previous Royal periods of mourning have been managed in Britain:

"Many public, cultural and sporting events may be cancelled as a mark of respect, although this is not a legal requirement. In 1901, the Lord Chamberlain revoked theatrical licences until after Queen Victoria’s funeral.

"When Edward VII died in May 1910, West End theatres suspended performances, although George V later asked that they reopen 'so as to mitigate […] the loss of employment caused by the national catastrophe'.

"In January 1936, following the Demise of George V, there 'came a pause in business and pleasure'. The London Stock Exchange closed and some (but not all) football matches were cancelled.

"Normal radio broadcasts were suspended 'and in their place one programme of a character suitable for the occasion […] transmitted from all stations'.

"Following the death of George VI in February 1952, the BBC 'replaced its normal interval signal with a recording of muffled bells from Westminster Abbey for the whole period between the King's death and his funeral'.

The Times reported: "In London, as elsewhere in Great Britain, theatres and cinemas were closed […] Hotels, restaurants and other catering establishments were advised by their trade organisations to remain open […] but to cancel any arrangements for music, dancing, or other entertainment on their premises.

"Shops as a rule did not close […] Some of the large London stores were yesterday removing their brightly coloured window displays and draping the windows in black."

Periods of mourning for Royalty vary around the world. 

In 2019, for instance, the death of a senior member of one of Europe's Royal Families triggered a 12-day period of national mourning which led to the cancellation of national league football matches, a city centre charity run and many other events.

The Royal in question was Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, a much-loved World War II veteran, who ruled for decades before succumbing at the age of 98.