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Post by Gasshole on Feb 16, 2021 2:09:10 GMT
What has become of football that they had to cancel the Swindon game. Just see how it was done years ago. Players wearing snow shoes. Some fine players on view as well 20,000 there that day and not one kuunt Slipped over and tried to blame it on somebody else.
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Post by outsidehitter30 on Feb 17, 2021 15:25:22 GMT
www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/2021/february/ceo-postponement-swindon-update/CEO Provides an Update on the Postponement of the Swindon Fixture Following Saturday’s postponement of our home fixture against Swindon Town, CEO Martyn Starnes provides an update on the club’s complaint that was raised with both the EFL and the Professional Game Match Officials Board (PGMOL). CEO Martyn Starnes said, “Our match against Swindon Town, that was due to take place on Saturday, was postponed by the referee at 11.15am in the morning. "Our ground staff were on site from early in the morning, at which point they confirmed that the pitch would be playable. "The referee arranged to attend the site earlier than normal for an inspection and we were staggered when we heard that the game had been postponed. "The decision to postpone the fixture was strongly contested by our staff on site, particularly as Swindon appeared to have been informed before we had. After the decision was made the referee quickly left the stadium. "The club immediately complained to the EFL and the PGMOL, as the pitch was playable. We video called senior staff at the EFL to show them all parts of the pitch and evidence was collected of the conditions and the preparation. All of this was included as part of our complaint. "Since then, we have received an apology from the PGMOL and an acceptance that with hindsight the match should have taken place. "Unfortunately EFL regulations do not provide a provision to enforce a team to play a game at less than seven days notice and we were unable to get Swindon to agree to fulfil the fixture either later that day or the following day. "Despite the apology being accepted, as a club, we feel that the EFL and the referees should be doing all they can to get fixtures fulfilled, with numerous inspections taking place before a definitive decision is agreed by all parties. We note that this practice was followed at other fixtures due to take place over the course of the weekend. "As a club, we believe that we have an obligation to continue to play games wherever possible, particularly in the current climate. Earlier this month we helped clear the pitch at Accrington and agreed to a delayed kick-off in order to get the fixture played, when it would have been easier for us to postpone. "The club has been the victim of this poor decision and as it stands will have to cover the cost of the staffing required on Saturday, as well as the new arranged date at the end of March." A new date of Tuesday, 23rd March has been set for the fixture.
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Post by barumgas on Feb 17, 2021 15:32:54 GMT
The EFL having acknowledged the mistake should cover the costs, not the club and should therefore make further representations to get compensation
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Feb 17, 2021 15:33:47 GMT
Not looking forward to the next time we get that referee. We've put a cloud over his career by taking it further (albeit rightly so).
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Post by legas on Feb 17, 2021 15:40:49 GMT
So Swindon were notified first? I guess because they were the team travelling?
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Feb 17, 2021 15:48:09 GMT
Not looking forward to the next time we get that referee. We've put a cloud over his career by taking it further (albeit rightly so). If he can be bothered to turn up.
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Post by yetigas on Feb 17, 2021 16:31:40 GMT
How can Swindon be notified first when the ref is at our ground? Our staff must have been there when he carried out the inspection - unless he made the call whilst his car was revving up! Very strange. Hopefully they will appoint a different ref for the re-arranged fixture and keep this one well-away from our games for the rest of the season. Seems like he messed up - hopefully he will be relegated to Div 2 for a few weeks.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Feb 17, 2021 16:32:46 GMT
How can Swindon be notified first when the ref is at our ground? Our staff must have been there when he carried out the inspection - unless he made the call whilst his car was revving up! Very strange. Hopefully they will appoint a different ref for the re-arranged fixture and keep this one well-away from our games for the rest of the season. Seems like he messed up - hopefully he will be relegated to Div 2 for a few weeks. It genuinely looks like something dodgy happened.
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Post by yetigas on Feb 17, 2021 16:32:51 GMT
Not looking forward to the next time we get that referee. We've put a cloud over his career by taking it further (albeit rightly so). He made his own cloud by making a crap decision
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Post by Squiffy on Feb 17, 2021 16:54:05 GMT
So Swindon were notified first? I guess because they were the team travelling? It was probably just a courtesy call to say thank you for the directions to the big brown envelope. 😉
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Post by LJG on Feb 17, 2021 17:13:55 GMT
How can Swindon be notified first when the ref is at our ground? Our staff must have been there when he carried out the inspection - unless he made the call whilst his car was revving up! Very strange. Hopefully they will appoint a different ref for the re-arranged fixture and keep this one well-away from our games for the rest of the season. Seems like he messed up - hopefully he will be relegated to Div 2 for a few weeks. It genuinely looks like something dodgy happened. It really does seem like he'd made the decision prior to attending the ground (possibly why he was able to tell Swindon first) forgetting that there are things like covers and heaters which would make the pitch playable. Having done that he scarpered.
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Post by stokegiffordgas on Feb 27, 2021 7:19:56 GMT
I do have confidence that JB will keep us up (less so re our defence!) but things like this rank bad decision do make you wonder if the fates are conspiring against us. Pretty sure we would have beaten Swindon had the game gone ahead on the Saturday or Sunday.
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Post by Jomo on Feb 27, 2021 7:32:13 GMT
I do have confidence that JB will keep us up (less so re our defence!) but things like this rank bad decision do make you wonder if the fates are conspiring against us. Pretty sure we would have beaten Swindon had the game gone ahead on the Saturday or Sunday. I believe we would have too, but then we may have lost against Pompey. Swings and roundabouts I suppose and we'll never know for sure.
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