justice. common sense really course it wont change the outcome that a rematch is needed and will start 0-0. but it needs investigating as the reasons behind the wycombe club official who made the decision to abandon the game (when his side was losing the game) does not make sense. reasons for abandoning the game was due to it being too dangerous as lightning causing a serious risk to the fans and players health and safety. fair enough. forget the 3 points for a second. if the reason to abandon the game were true then here is a list of questions that need answering by this H&S officer. if there was ANY danger to the players and those ON the pitch due to the lightning... 1) we all know lightning storms pass very quickley, so why did the H&S officer not wait until the lightning passed? 2) lightning started a few mins before 2nd half started. why did the H&S officer allow the 2nd half to start when surely allowing them to start the 2nd half would cause a serious risk to the players? 3) and why would the H&S officer allow the 2nd half to continue for 22 mins in lightning conditions, which will cause further serious risk to the players? 4) did the H&S officer neglect his duties while the lightning was actually happening? leaving players on the pitch during lightning! 5) when the lightning finished, the H&S officer got the game stopped. but why, as the danger had now passed? it makes no sense to keep the players on the pitch during lightning causing a serious risk to H&S but then take the players off the pitch when the danger had passed! 6) while players on a 10 min break from the pitch as 'too dangerous' to be on the pitch due to lightning, why was the subs allowed to stay on the pitch to warm up? 7) while players on a 10 min break from the pitch as 'too dangerous' to be on the pitch due to lightning, why was the groundsman allowed on the pitch with a METAL fork? 8) during 10 min break its been confirmed that no official went on the pitch to check if weather improvements been made. why? 9) when announced to dangerous to be on the pitch, why was the rovers manager and players allowed to return to the pitch to clap the fans to show appreciation to the support shown? all facts of events. so relevant questions asked. if there was ANY danger to the fans due to the lightning... 1) apparently the H&S officer said the away stand was hit by lightning before he got the players off. why was the fans left in the dangerous stand for that 10 mins and then locked in that stand after announced abandoned? 2) why were the fans not evacuated from the hit stand? a lot of gasheads angry about this and main complaint by gasheads. 3) did the H&S officer neglect his duties being responsible for the public safety? 4) why has the story changed from wycombe? apparently the stand was hit by lightning which changed to the pylons getting hit! and keeps changing. 5) why was access allowed to fans behind the away stand between the dangerous stand and the dangerous pylon when apparently dangerous cables was reported could fall down? our club has seen the report and are unhappy with it and see enough inconsistancies in the reports to believe something iffy was going on.
I get the impression a lot of people won't be happy unless WWFC receive a large fine and are deducted 10 points. I think any outcome might depend on what the officials say. It is simply a question of should the game have been allowed to continue or not? The score at the time is irrelevant as, whatever anyone thinks, that could have changed with 30mins remaining and subs to come on. If the game had continued and Wycombe had turned round the game and won, there would have probably been cries of the game should have been abandoned. We all feel for the Bristol supporters and hopefully they will win the re-match. I suspect that if a re-match is confirmed Wycombe will field a weakened side. For Wycombe to win the re-match would be a very unpopular outcome and possibly cause rioting.
I am a little surprised that all the focus has been on the H&S Officer taking the decision. The fact is that the pitch was waterlogged and unplayable with the ball stopping in the water and players sliding all over the place. I think that the ref bottled making the call and given the potential risk to the players - regardless of the lightening - could and should have called the players off earlier. I'm sure anyone who was there or has seen any videos of the game could not argue with this - unless of course your team was 3 - 1 up at the time.
Funny how the Rovers manager agreed with the decision at the time and now this complaint! As just stated (and I wasn't there) the pitch was waterloggged and this mean't that football couldn't be played and also players were sliding around making it dangerous! While this was a let off at the time who's to say that Wycombe couldn't have got back into the game with a 3rd of the game left to play.
my team was 3-1 up and i have seen the video of the waterlogged pitch and i have commented on other threads that if the ref stopped and abandoned the game due to the waterlogged pitch then i would completely understand and have no complaints as the pitch was really waterlogged. therefore the bit "I'm sure anyone who was there or has seen any videos of the game could not argue with this - unless of course your team was 3 - 1 up at the time" is just stupid as i agree with the pitch like that the ref shouldnt have continued. however the fact is the ref did continue and the H&S officer did make the decison (not the ref) to stop and abandon the game due to lighning but waited until the lightning to actually finish first before getting them off the pitch. the reason to end the game is poor and not acceptable which is why the complaint it correct. if it was stopped due to waterlogged pitch, we wouldnt be making these threads as we all agree. this H&S club has made your club look bad. not your fans but your club
our manager was very cheesed off at the time. he did not agree with the decision at all. he was very diplomatic about it all saying "The game was called off by the health and safety officer and we've got to trust that he was genuine in his interpretation of what was happening. Safety has to be paramount so we've just got to accept this". no where does it say he agrees with the decision. he took the poor decision on the chin saying he have to trust the wickham club official abandoned the game when losing 3-1 was a genuine decision and if it was geniuine the safet comes first. but since the game was abandoned wickham keep changing their story lightning hit the stand then plyon then stand and pylon again and other info has come to light which has raised questions such as mine further up the thread and as a result our club cannot trust the H&S officer was a genuine decison. hope you see the difference now. and you are right, wickham could of got back into it and even won. but with the conditions of the pitch, doubt it very much and the way you were playing we were dominating you 2nd half and could of score 2/3 more before it got stopped. we missed an open goal due to the rain on the pitch stopping the ball! we were more likely to ge the next goals than you. if your honest you know you were never going to come back. but guess we will never know!
baering in mind i wasent at the game im barely in a good state to comment but i doubt the FA will be docking points or whatever. tbh i think the fairest way would be to kick off and let logan stroll through to score 1 and the bristol rovers goalscorers stroll through and score 3 and take it from there
The fairest way would be to play for 60 minutes in pouring rain and, whatever the score is at that point, set the score to 3-1 to Bristol Rovers and continue. All players fielded in the abandoned game would have to be played. No, that's not fair; we've lost Beavon. I know. Just treat the ****ing game as if completed and move on.
