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Yes...ridiculous grandstanding from Leigh's somewhat eccentric chairmen Derek Beaumont. Has no reason to complain at all about the number of tickets as Wigan have given Leigh around double the minimum requirement of 10% of stadium capacity. The RFL should call his bluff and tell him that unless he ...

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I’d say that going to watch a game of RL live can completely change someone’s view of the game. The commitment and athleticism of the players is immense. The game is very fast-paced and, as per the OP, the ball is in play pretty much continuously. There’s usually a very good relationship between pl...

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AmbleClaret wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 30, 2025 11:16 pm
I wonder if he'll end up getting sacked again at some point ????

He's a manager. Of course he will be sacked!

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Fairly soon it will be used for clubs to control the resale market. No transfer between devices without it going through the club's marketplace. Of course, that's not necessairly an advantage. Brighton already use it for that, making it all but impossible to transfer a ticket at the last minute. On...

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jrgbfc wrote: ↑
Sat Sep 27, 2025 10:50 pm
I'm all for technology if it improves things for people, but struggling to see any advantages of digital tickets over old fashioned paper one's?

Digital tickets are an advantage as long as (a) they work, and (b ) there is still a choice for people who prefer paper.

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Walton wrote: ↑
Fri Sep 26, 2025 11:08 pm
Sounds like there might be a point in trying if you can't make the last stretch?

Drive at your usual speed and you'll be there in no time.

Sounds like you think you know more about Ian's condition than he does himself. I suspect you're wrong.

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I genuinely don't understand all of the "its not fair" snowflake journalists. Do they really expect Ipswich to rock up for 10 minutes. 5hit happens, the game was abandoned, get on with it. Is Henry Winter a Rovers fan? https://x.com/henrywinter/status/1971243837449478551?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctw...

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Maybe they could do a roof job to get rid of the pillars in the Bob Lord and put plastic seats in ? I suppose one of the benefits of any sort of "improvements" to the Bob Lord is that they could make the seats narrow, less comfortable, and more plasticky than they are now. Why people want to replac...

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The clue is in the title, (cricket club) , so anything else out of season is nothing they can take for granted, so will be impossible to plan for. Because like what's happened, changes have been made by the football club and it's got nothing to do with the cricket club, yet people like you think it...

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Was the Great Flood of 2005(?) against Leicester called off at half time, or before? I've never been wetter than I was that day. Unless your bathing habits are worse than the first Queen Elizabeth's, you surely mean you have never been wetter while fully dressed . ;) A Blackburn supporting friend c...

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What did Norweb have to do with a waterlogged pitch? We had another home abandoned match in vaguely that era, caused by floodlight failure. Might have been a cup tie. (NOT the Scarborough cup tie abandoned after the full time whistle (frozen pitch) but replayed at Turf Moor because they hadn't been...

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The game where Cowan scored his overhead kick was against Macclesfield in 1999 (the result was 4-3) The abandoned game was against Port Vale on Boxing Day 1994 Always remember Ted McMinns diving celebration into the water in that game :lol: The replayed game was indeed 4-3 I'm remembering all the r...

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I'm not convinced it is fair especially not to all concerned (Rovers). 1-0 up with 80 minutes played; I think the fairest option is to complete the remaining 10 minutes. I read an article earlier which stated the game can be replayed partially (remaining time). Has that ever happened? I can remembe...

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If it helps, Thornton Cleveleys v Colne was abandoned after 55 minutes on Saturday with Thornton 4-1 up. The full replay is a week today.

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Wasn't there a Burnley home game some years ago that was abandoned with us losing at the time, (0-1 I think)? I thought that game was fully replayed, and I think we won. Was it against Port Vale? If I remember rightly, it was 1-2 when it was abandoned after 65 minutes or so and we won the rematch 4...

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This. I'm not sure what the argument is to say replay the full match - other than it's Rovers! :) The argument is that that's what they have always done, it's not controversial, it's easy, it's fair to all concerned, and stopping a match half way through and restarting with different players at a l...

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To be honest I can see Pace' and the Burnley Board's point of view a little as it's taking punters away from the BFC fanzone But I don't see the club objecting to the Royal Dyche and all the other pubs under the culvert who have turned their establishments into shrines to the football club Asda may...

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Surely what will happen is what has always happened before, except under exceptional circumstances - the match should be replayed. If it had been Ipswich's responsibility to put the game on and it failed at their end, Blackburn might just have had a slight reason for complaint - but it was their own...

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With the cricket season finished, they should be happy all the away fans go in, plus they charge for parking on there, no other cricket club gets that out of season, different business to the football club so why is the football club to blame for less people going in. If the football club blocks ro...

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One thing's I've seen over doing a lot of motorway miles last couple of days is that people who don't know how to drive with regen braking on one pedal driving in EVs are dangerous. Do they know their brake lights are coming on every time they take their foot off the gas? Flying along on the motorw...

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Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑
Sun Sep 21, 2025 8:20 am
Is the other United player not offside?

Is that “interfering with play” still a thing?

Yes, interfering with play is still a thing. If it wasn't, then offsides would be given for a forward offside 60 yards up the pitch while the goalkeeper rolls the ball to his full back.

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Yes, however, you have to remember that those running the game say that offside is black and white, you are either on or you are off and VAR proves this. I have always been of the opinion that VAR, goal line technology apart, is one of the worst things to be introduced into football. All the discus...

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I thought the only big decision he had today was whether Foster was pulled back having got beyond the defender after about an hour. Thr incident ended with a free kick to Burnley by the corner flag, bur there looked to be a clear foul on Foster previously when he got beyond the defender and powered...

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They're going to have to do something with the layout of the car park. At present, they are using the disabled spaces for anyone who gets there early, so when the people they are meant for arrive, we have to squeeze in anywhere. I'm in hospitality and can get my Mum out of the car before putting it ...

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I pity anyone who is sitting in the lower tiers of North Stand and Jimmy Mac due to the weather. Is there a reason for these sections not to be covered. Was it the design capabilities at the time the stands were built? I wonder if there could be any new concept design wise / materials which would a...

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its down as a Brian Clough remark that I remember and when looked at on the internet says BC but not to say others may have said before or after but BC is the most famous one according to Wiki and google. https://www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/1285538/fifa-revisits-offside-rules I think it's att...

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Using the Brian Clough comment if hes not interfering with play hes not getting paid. For me if you are a goalkeeper facing a penalty and 2 people are running in at you that must interfere with your eye sight and you decision making. Whilst it makes no difference its been and gone I think if an att...

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0.4 miles from the corner of the north stand nearest the cricket field to the Belvedere Road traffic lights according to Google Maps. Thanks. And 0.2 miles using the old way past the cricket field. General points, not addressed at you in particular, martin: 0.4 miles total distance (ie. there and b...

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What, in your opinion, are the advantages and disadvantages of each mode of transportation? Simple answer? Petrol advantage: You can fill up at any of thousands of convenient petrol stations in 5 minutes or less. Petrol disadvantage: Believed to be worse for the climate to drive a petrol car than t...

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I set mine at 78. That sort of speed is the general fast lane expectancy. Folk have been fined for doing 70 and obstructing traffic, in the fast lane. Now I'm worried. I was in the outside lane on the M65 today, overtaking a few wagons at 70 mph, and some berk behind wanted to come past. Should I e...

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Would people stop going because they had to walk 5mins longer? Not sure their hearts in it if so The club can't rely on only those supporters who are fanatical and will turn out in all weathers regardless of how far they have to walk. Some of their customer base is less keen but their money is stil...

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jtv wrote: ↑
Wed Sep 17, 2025 12:50 pm
Moors had a goal disallowed from their first corner

Perhaps it was such a bad foul that they disallowed the corner too.

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There's really no excuse for doing 79 mph. (Especially if you've got cruise control!!!) That's illegal on every road in the country. People can get caught doing 40 in a 30 zone simply because they missed a speed limit sign, a genuine mistake, but there can't be any mistake about thinking the limit i...

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"Players will then disembark at the northeast corner of the stadium and walk pitchside in front of the James Hargreaves Stand, before entering the changing rooms via the north-west corner." Do they not realise how much rain there is and how cold it gets in Winter ? The really pointless bit is that ...

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The car park was a bit chaotic early on. I arrived at noon and there were lots waiting for the buses, and the stewards were working out where to put the "road closed" signs because the car park was theoretically in lockdown (disabled customers excepted). All the disabled spaces were taken, presumabl...

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What do the rules say about where a player can’t stand from a PK? Presumably they at least need to be behind the ball? Appreciate there’s no major advantage if you can’t touch the ball from a saved PK, but could a player go and stand next to the penalty spot without the ref blowing? I once saw a pe...

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..He gets sacked, paid up in compo, then gets another 3 year contract, nice work Mr Wilder :D Rumour has it that they were still paying his old contract, so in that sense it's a saving for the club to reappoint him. They were paying 2 managers last week (Wilder ex-manager, Selles current) and now t...

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Rick_Muller wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 16, 2025 8:39 am
Saw this and its certinly not conclusive - do they have VAR to check inside or outside the penalty area?

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The drawn line is no use. It would seem to suggest that the Liverpool man's foot is over the line, which it obviously was nowhere near.

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One of the reasons for the 5 subs rule is so that the richer clubs can substitute a man who has been booked without weakening the side. Without that rule, Liverpool could have been a couple of points worse off today, so it worked as it was meant to.

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Well, it would be quite good if the vast majority of the arguments about the cons came from people who weren't wearing tinfoil hats and could do up their own shoelaces. I rally despise the argument that amounts to know more than "these people disagree with me so they must be stupid". You could try ...

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The car park was a bit chaotic yesterday. We arrived a about noon for our disabled parking space, and the car park was supposedly locked down because of team coaches arriving but with an exception for disabled badge holders, and road closed signs were up all over, and all the disabled spaces were fu...

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He's asked for somewhere to park his bike, but been fobbed off with "it's something we are looking into"...bike, wheelchair, it's same difference With my mother's, we left it anywhere we could find. This was coming in at the Bob Lord entrance nearer the cricket field end, but there was a hut (once ...

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Hard Times indeed.

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A thread like this brings out the representation of the wider internet, some proper bell ends who have no idea what they're talking about, but want to post some sh1t none the less. If you have had a EV you would post knowledgeably, if not, you post sh1t. For you who are posting and have never had a...

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Yes, absolutely. But i can't help but think that so many of the rule changes I've seen over the years are only there because the refs aren't really able to stop players from cheating; this, I believe, is largely down to TV and the PL. I think in reality that most of the rule changes are because the...

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If you can charge at home, and can afford/bear to spend the money needed to get a decent one, then electric cars are fine. If you don't have home charging or don't want to spend silly money on a car, then stick to petrol.

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The FA rule on results used to be if 75% of the game had been completed then the results stands. We had a similar issue in the early 2000's can't remember exactly when, but the result stood following abandonment due to a fight, with 10 minutes left. I don't think that rule has ever existed at profe...

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We’ve had this discussion quite recently There are all sorts of reasons why someone may not have a smartphone or may not have access to it on a matchday. A lot of children under 11 for a start, and some quite a bit older. There will also be quite a number of supporters who have a laptop or PC, and ...

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If free speech was an absolute right, then no-one would ever be booked for dissent.

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