The referee tonight was a disgrace....

[Phil Old Boy]

Apparently, the ref said on the radio this morning that he carried on because of potential crowd trouble. Does this mean he would of abandoned the game if there were different circumstances?

[CANV EFM]

i dont think he should have.. the crowd was bigger than expected (much bigger) as was shown by the traffic problems and the queue to get in.. if it was known it was gonna be that big it probabbly would have been segregated, not because of any trouble but that many people trying to change ends could cause problems at half time. its pretty narrow behind the dug outs and the stand on the other side...

it would have been a travesty to call the game off then, i want to see canvey promoted as much as the rest of us but not under those kind of circumstances... if the ref was worried about crowd trouble then he may have had a point, a lot of people hanging around in the gloom and a traffic jam to get away from the ground.. wether he would have made the same decision if there were 500 people there is irrelavent, there was 2,000 plus there....

anyway thats my view, its done now and the fleet have 3 well earned points which has thrown the season wide open, lets look forward to getting back to winning ways and getting a few more crowds in like that!!!

[canfan]

Thing is Canv, I feel last nights fiasco may well have put off any new fans from coming again!

[Guest]

Blue boy you are obviously talking out of YOURS!!<p> I was talking about semi-pro footballers playing under floodlights (or not as the case may be!) NOT little schoolboys taking P.E. on the school field during the day!!

[Guest]

By the way the player soon got up and ran off after the Canvey player got sent off!

I take it you weren't there !

[Alan W (GNFC)]

Anyone suggesting that the FA would listen to an appeal against a sending off based on "Poor Lighting" must be daft - the ref had a perfectly good view of the incident and the challenge was very late - it deserved a Red Card in any game.

A couple of your other players were lucky to stay on the pitch in that 15 minute period as well - 2 footed challenges were coming from everywhere it seemed and it was fortunate no Gravesend player was seriously injured - to suggest that any serious injury could be put down to the poor lighting would be ridiculous.<p>As has been stated elsewhere, the FA Rules say that a ref must be able to see both ends of the pitch from the halfway line to play a game ( for fog, anyway), so does that mean you would say if there is fog which obscures up to 50% of the pitch from one end of the ground should not proceed as it would be "dangerous" ? If this were the case, the FA Ruling that the ref must be able to see both goals from the Halfway Line would be worthless.<p>The only thing wrong in that last 15 minutes was the attitude of the Canvey players who clearly didnt want to continue ( as they were losing no doubt), couldnt be bothered to warm up before the game restarted, looked totally apathetic and were more interested in kicking holes in the Gravesend players than in kicking the ball.<p>I cant believe the size of the crowd would have had anything to do with the refs decision - that should have been irrelevant - what mattered was whether conditions on the pitch merited the game being restarted and there was no problem there as even several Canvey fans have agreed.<p>I do agree though that it would have been reasonable to have delayed Kick Off by 15 minutes to allow the crowd in - I'm sure many missed the first goal. Mind you, if that had happened we would have had 30 minutes left to play when the lights failed and whether the game would then have finished, might have been thrown more into question ( although the remaining match time should have had nothing to do with the decision either)

[Alan Somerset]

Any right thinking person knows it was the correct decision to finish last nights match.

I suggest Dan Crane, you visit Stonebridge Road. You will see a ground not only better than yours, but head and shoulders better.

Allthough Gravesend is'nt the most fashionable town in Kent, it's not as bad as some people like to make out.

I suggest you take a trip down the Thames.It goes without saying the view on the right, is a dam sight better than the view on the left. <img src="graemlins/smashfreakb.gif" border="0" alt="[smashfreakb]" />

[Alan Somerset]

Any right thinking person knows it was the correct decision to finish last nights match.

I suggest Dan Crane, you visit Stonebridge Road. You will see a ground not only better than yours, but head and shoulders better.

Allthough Gravesend is'nt the most fashionable town in Kent, it's not as bad as some people like to make out.

I suggest you take a trip down the Thames.It goes without saying the view on the right, is a dam sight better than the view on the left. <img src="graemlins/smashfreakb.gif" border="0" alt="[smashfreakb]" />

[Alan Somerset]

Any right thinking person knows it was the correct decision to finish last nights match.

I suggest Dan Crane, you visit Stonebridge Road. You will see a ground not only better than yours, but head and shoulders better.

Allthough Gravesend is'nt the most fashionable town in Kent, it's not as bad as some people like to make out.

I suggest you take a trip down the Thames.It goes without saying the view on the right, is a dam sight better than the view on the left. <img src="graemlins/smashfreakb.gif" border="0" alt="[smashfreakb]" />

[CANV EFM]

only if your facing the stern

(and the boat isnt going backwards before anyone says it)

[Guest]

If you want to get your point across, why not put it in triplicate! <img src="graemlins/smash.gif" border="0" alt="[smash]" /> <img src="graemlins/smash.gif" border="0" alt="[smash]" />

[Guest]

If it was ok ,lighting wise, why did he not just play on with 50% floodlights instead of going off and leaving us all standing in the cold wondering what the hell was going to happen?!!

The game was almost won anyway.

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