Another question for McBurger man

[maxinio]

Yep sorry mate but I would like to know the official line pls.

It is now 18.20 ish and the Brum v Bolton game is in doubt due to fog.

There are 30,000 odd people waiting to see the game + millions on the box.

As a ref you can see both goals from the Centre Circle which I understand means the game should go ahead.

BUT .....

The crowd have paid mega bucks as they do in the Prem. and they can't see what is happening and the Sky money etc...

What do you do?

Just like to know the official line pls mate

cheers

[Dagger03]

Max - I thought that the referee also has to consider the crowd as well - might be wrong on this.

 

There is an obvious safety issue, in as much as the crowd could rush forward to get closer to the touchline, and then stand on someone else's seat, rather than on their own.

 

Don't forget he also has to be able to see both linesmen as well.

[maxinio]

Yeh good points

MH pls?

[urchinboys]

He also has to predict if the fog is likely to get worse during the game (it normally does as the evening progresses).

Who'd be a ref eh?

[maxinio]

Yep valid point that I hadn't mist!

[urchinboys]

I haven't the foggiest what you're going on about?

[maxinio]

And in the midst of all this?

[Dagger03]

Before drawing a veil over this suject, there is also the matter of everyone getting home safely in the fog.

 

I went to a match at Yorkshire Amateurs once - the fog was so thick that you could not see your hand behind your back.

 

You could just about see past the six yard line from the nearest goal - twenty minutes into the match, there was a long pause when the ball was lost - it was eventually found in the visiting team's net, for what was the only goal of the match.

[maxinio]

The Irons played at Boundary Park Jan 1965, Denis Burnett scored from his own area, that was before the fog came down and the game was only just finished.

The worst I've seen was at the Camrose last season when we went down 2 0 I believe just before Christmas.

[Eastside Urchin]

do you mean basingstoke,game should of been postponed before their second goal,couldn't see there goalie and he was down our end!!

[The Monk]

The Basinstoke game should have definatly been called off. The Arsley game in Ryman Premier got posponed and the fog weren't as bad as the Basinstoke game...