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Post by Stewart on Jan 27, 2018 19:55:16 GMT
A 74-YEAR-OLD Sutton United fan made it all the way to Holker Street on Saturday – only to find his 600-mile round-trip was for naught. Steve Hodge was a lone figure on the Barrow AFC terraces at 1.30pm, following a long trek from his home in Great Bookham, Surrey. Full story.. link |
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Post by sallycat on Jan 27, 2018 19:59:31 GMT
Must be a slow news day up there! Hope he makes it back ok.
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Post by Amber Aleman on Jan 27, 2018 20:00:28 GMT
Carlisle United, Lancaster City and Morecambe all managed to get home games played today.
Barrow:FAIL
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Post by garethl on Jan 27, 2018 20:08:10 GMT
Poor Hodgy!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2018 20:15:42 GMT
Shame I didn’t know about Steve I was sitting in car park at that time wondering where to go 😳
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Post by astra79 on Jan 27, 2018 20:19:33 GMT
What has absolutely infuriated the Sutton supporters is the complacent ineptitude from the Barrow officials in the lack of action in calling off the game in a timely manner, when traditional weather forecasts had predicted bad weather. The lame excuse is exactly that. Barrow has a responsibility to ensure sufficient time is provided to avoid supporters having a six hour wasted journey. It just is not rocket science, basic commonsense. Regards, John.
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Post by barrowfanchris on Jan 27, 2018 20:22:25 GMT
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Post by Andy K on Jan 27, 2018 20:27:54 GMT
What has absolutely infuriated the Sutton supporters is the complacent ineptitude from the Barrow officials in the lack of action in calling off the game in a timely manner, when traditional weather forecasts had predicted bad weather. The lame excuse is exactly that. Barrow has a responsibility to ensure sufficient time is provided to avoid supporters having a six hour wasted journey. It just is not rocket science, basic commonsense. Regards, John. Only a qualified ref can call a game off not the club themselves. I remember a game around 10 years ago at Boreham Wood that was called off pretty much at kick off because of freak weather. I honestly think that Barrow couldn't have called the game off much earlier. As for their pitch that's another matter but if the weather came in at 9 10 this morning there isn't much they could do. |
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Post by Del on Jan 27, 2018 20:28:06 GMT
Perhaps you should have got a ref in earlier bearing in mind the pictures of the pitch i saw ! |
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Post by barrowfanchris on Jan 27, 2018 20:30:00 GMT
Perhaps you should have got a ref in earlier bearing in mind the pictures of the pitch i saw ! It’s not up to barrow as to when the referee decides to turn up. Believe it or not it’s up to the ref and the league rules |
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Post by barrowfanchris on Jan 27, 2018 20:34:02 GMT
Carlisle United, Lancaster City and Morecambe all managed to get home games played today. Barrow:FAIL Maybe it didn’t rain as bad or at all in these places . Ever rained in Sutton but not in dagenham? I suspect it has. A colleague of mine lives in Ulverston 8 miles away and last week arrived with snow on car. No snow in barrow. weird bunch you lot. right moaners |
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Post by northernmonkey on Jan 27, 2018 20:43:50 GMT
Your pitch is so bad we wouldn’t be able to tell the difference anyway. |
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Post by Jared on Jan 27, 2018 20:44:53 GMT
Carlisle United, Lancaster City and Morecambe all managed to get home games played today. Barrow:FAIL Maybe it didn’t rain as bad or at all in these places . Ever rained in Sutton but not in dagenham? I suspect it has. A colleague of mine lives in Ulverston 8 miles away and last week arrived with snow on car. No snow in barrow. weird bunch you lot. right moaners I guess you would moan too if you spent lots of time and money travelling to a match only to have it called off |
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Post by Del on Jan 27, 2018 20:45:46 GMT
Perhaps you should have got a ref in earlier bearing in mind the pictures of the pitch i saw ! It’s not up to barrow as to when the referee decides to turn up. Believe it or not it’s up to the ref and the league rules I believe you can get a pitch inspected earlier if there is any doubt. |
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Post by os on Jan 27, 2018 20:47:05 GMT
I have some sympathy with Barrow, its not their decision to call off a game, if as stated the rain came this morning, the pitch may only have become unplayable around lunchtime when it was called off. I am not really sure Barrow could even if they had foreseen the rain actually convince a ref to call it off when the pitch was actually playable?
However where the argument gets me is simply, that 3G pitches avoid all the issues (apart from snow), the surface is far better at this time of year, and you can gain an income from the pitch to give you a better team? Whether you are a U's fan or a Barrow fan, I cannot see past that argument?
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