Mark44 Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 The points from the rugby game could be awarded to rugby. Will be very good for us if this is the case as Royston are the easiest target to get into the playoffs http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/royston-could-face-league-punishment-20264/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookham Rebel Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 This is a tricky one and could open a mine field if the Southern League don't get the decision spot on... Easiest thing to do, start the game with 24 minutes remaining and Rugby 1-0 up, then no one can argue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readingrebel Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Sorry, might sound a bit harsh but I just don't believe the Royston players were too traumatised to carry on. The Ref said the game should carry on and Royston refused, 3 points to Rugby end of story. If the league don't give the points to Rugby will other teams follow suit and refuse to play if a player breaks a leg and the crucial part, they are losing and down to 10 men! It got to be left to the Ref to either abandon the game or carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windsor Rebel Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Reading Rebel: If someone breaks their leg during a game (and it has happened in a game I have played in), the last thing on anyones mind is where the points are going. To see a player screaming in agony makes you want to stop, believe me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishadrian Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Windsor Rebel your last contribution poses an obvious question Why did the whole Royston team suffer trauma and none of the Rugby team or the officials? I go back to 1960 when I started watching the Rebels and real men played football then I can remember a Letchworth Town reserves player sustaining a double leg break at the Dolphin in the early sixties the game was back on in about 15 minutes some of the modern players would be traumatised if they broke a nail! As far as this game goes I dont see anything tricky Only the referee can abandon a game once it has kicked off he and his officials wanted to restart and Royston refused I agree with readingrebel 3 points to Rugby no argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windsor Rebel Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Good point Irishadrian. I was just comemnting from my personal experience of having played in a game where a similar sad event took place. I guess it affects different people in different ways. The game I played in (back in the late seventies) , none of the players wanted to carry on (cant remember who was winning/losing at the time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
readingrebel Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Good point Irishadrian. I was just comemnting from my personal experience of having played in a game where a similar sad event took place. I guess it affects different people in different ways. The game I played in (back in the late seventies) , none of the players wanted to carry on (cant remember who was winning/losing at the time). Your right WR it does effect players differently. The truth will never known if Royston didn't want to play on because they were losing and down to 10 players but in order not to set a precedent for future games, once the Ref decided the game should go on and Royston refused IMO Royston forfieted the game and the points should be awarded to Rugby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roystonjez Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Windsor Rebel your last contribution poses an obvious question Why did the whole Royston team suffer trauma and none of the Rugby team or the officials? I go back to 1960 when I started watching the Rebels and real men played football then I can remember a Letchworth Town reserves player sustaining a double leg break at the Dolphin in the early sixties the game was back on in about 15 minutes some of the modern players would be traumatised if they broke a nail! As far as this game goes I dont see anything tricky Only the referee can abandon a game once it has kicked off he and his officials wanted to restart and Royston refused I agree with readingrebel 3 points to Rugby no argument. It was not the whole team that were traumatised, it was the three closest to the injury. Believe me it was horrible, even as a spectator you could hear the break. It was a fair challenge no matter what has been alledged on other boards. The player who challenged Robbie Banks suffered a similar injury a few years back. He broke down in the changing room through shock. We already had made 2 substitutions and several other players were shaken by iot too. If the league award Rugby the 3 points, then I would abide by that, especially as they were 1-0 up with 24 minutes left and a man for the good. I also uderstand that this could set a precident. Putting the amount of time played, Uxbridge did not want to continue their match against Aylesbury even though the opposition did. So do the league punish Royston and not Uxbridge? Glad I do not have to make those decisions. The ref on saturday should have been a hella of lot stronger, but when he turned up with a personalised number plate in a great big truck with REF all over it, you just knew that you were up against it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beano Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Uxbridge did not want to continue their match against Aylesbury even though the opposition did. So do the league punish Royston and not Uxbridge? I spoke to someone who was at Uxbridge on Saturday and he said that one of the assistants had been visibly affected by the incident there and the referee abandoned the match at least in part because of that. That match was only six minutes old, so can't really be compared with Royston v Rugby as it was an entirely different scenario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rebel Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 seems like Rugby have been awarded a 1-0 win and the 3 points for this match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebelbrewer Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Makes play-offs slightly easier meaning we have more games to catch Royston who we already lead on a points per game basis but winning the league slightly more difficult as Rugby and Burnham are now equal on points at the top having played the same number of games - ie we have to catch them both. Still we can overtake Guilford for real tonight and move closer to the play-offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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