halifax

[Fleet boys]

firstly is it being played again? and also what happens about getting in i take you have to pay again? but what if you are a season ticket holder?

[fleeting glance]

Apparently no refund as "conference rules" state once half time has been and gone refunds are not avaialble.

2 questions I have for someone at the club

 

1) Why are admission tickets not issued? (these can be used as rain cheques)

 

2)Did the groundsman have a day off?, at HT no one was tending the pitch or while assesment was taking place.

 

Cynical me wonders if HT was convenieintly navigated so as to cancel the game with no refunds.

 

I am a floating supporter who takes in games when my team is away, maybe the sort GNFC should look to attract.

[Gordon T]

Of course, we kicked off at 3pm so that half-time was exactly 3.45pm, because we had inside knowledge of the downpour...

[EUFC FAN]

As I mentioned on the other thread. With the amount of water on the pitch and the fact it was still raining. Sticking a fork in the ground would make very little difference. Specially when you consisder it's like to be clay under there anyway. The water was going nowhere.

 

It could be the lowest gate of the season for the replay if the club does not make some provision for us fans that were there tonight.

[fleeting glance]

How can they make provision, what proof do you have you were there, apart from STH.

The pitch was heavy well before HT.

[EUFC FAN]

Originally Posted By: fleeting glance

How can they make provision, what proof do you have you were there, apart from STH.
The pitch was heavy well before HT.

I am a season ticket holder and voucher 14 is missing from my book! I agree it is not so fair for those that paied on the door. Or the Halifax fans that travelled down.

[Bate'o]

Would be a nice gesture from the club if they reduced the entrance fee for when the game is replayed.

 

May also attract some extra fans.

[Gordon T]

right my first post probably wasn't warranted. but come on, I can't see it being a huge conspiracy by the club for no refunds.

Added to this remember isn't it the referees decision?

[BustaGut]

Originally Posted By: GNFC FAN

As I mentioned on the other thread. With the amount of water on the pitch and the fact it was still raining. Sticking a fork in the ground would make very little difference. Specially when you consisder it's like to be clay under there anyway. The water was going nowhere.

It could be the lowest gate of the season for the replay if the club does not make some provision for us fans that were there tonight.

If your a real supporter you will attend when its played again. was far better to stop it, than end up with long term injuries, or a broken leg etc

[EUFC FAN]

Originally Posted By: Gordon T

Added to this remember isn't it the referees decision?

Sorry Gordon T. Miss read that first time. Post deleted.

[EUFC FAN]

Originally Posted By: BustaGut

If your a real supporter you will attend when its played again. was far better to stop it, than end up with long term injuries, or a broken leg etc

Agreed. I am season ticket holder as are the people I go with. So, unless I am working late (it bound to be a mid-week game). I be there! Not missed a league home game in two seasons, not about to start now!

[1 TOOTH]

i think its great it was stopped, we were losing 2 v 1.Also the club made money today and we need as much money as we can get, so a re arranged game is good for the club,So stop being tight.

[Stu M]

Hear hear Gavin... it was the ref's decision, not the club's. The downpour was at its worst at half-time and just after, so hardly a 'conspiracy'. What nonsense.

 

I haven't had a game abandoned (that I recall) in 18 years of watching the Fleet... am I really going to begrudge the club that £12? That's the risk of attending football in the winter... the odd abandoned game is the risk you take for attending when it's raining... how anyone (other than Halifax fans as they were winning 2-1) can be upset about it is beyond me.

[The Doctor]

Wasn't there today, got absolutely soaked egg chasing, but never mind. What was the pitch like? My dad described it as a lake, worse than Scarborough away the other season? That should have been abandoned just amy didnt have the bottle, who was the ref today?

[FleetFanatic]

I was amazed that the ref took the players off and initially 'would wait 15 minutes'.

 

I can only think that this was as a result of complaints from the Halifax management about abandoning the match.

 

Had an equaliser been scored, at 2-2 it would have been abandoned there and then.

 

That said, wasn't a very impressive display in the first half.....

[Stu M]

Daish said on the radio he'd asked the ref exactly the same question, whether he'd have abandoned it there and then if it had been 1-1.

 

That said, apparently the Halifax manager agreed conditions were bad and he and Daish went to the ref and asked for an immediate decision.

[Andy Y. (G&NFC)]

I have achieved a "first"

 

I've been watching footie since 1967 and thats the first one I've been to thats been abandoned!

 

I'm amazed they came out for the second half at all but I gather the Ref was keen to "give it a go." I could see his point as Halifax won't relish coming down on a Tuesday night (extra expense and winning as well) but it was pretty dangerous out there and the likelyhood was that someone would get hurt.

 

Felt a bit sorry for the Halifax contingant until they decided to abuse the stewards afterwards..... Its hardly their fault is it?!?!

 

Personally, I'm glad it was abandoned as I reckon it was one we were going to lose as their defence was coping pretty well with all we were chucking at them.

 

 

 

 

[Hirsty]

Can't really see what all the the fuss is about vis game being abandoned. The ball could not travel across the ground without being held up by surface water....so end of......irrespective of what the score was at the time. If it happens in the Premier League ( Watford ) then it can happen in the Conference.

 

Cheers,

[kieronoliver]

I'm sure i've been to a gravesend game that's been abandoned before at stonebridge road about 5-10 years ago if i recall then no refunds cheap addmision or anything else

[GaryFB]

I'm fairly certain that a midweek game against Newport County was abandoned just after half time. The game would have been some time between 92 and 96 from memory but I can't be certain when exactly it was.