Originally Posted by Kiwi John (Post 358117)

:eek: :eek: STRUTH, Jimmy Bell on the subs bench:eek: :eek: .Hope he gets one if forced to play.

Originally Posted by Kiwi John (Post 358120)

1-0 Andy Todd...shades of Da je vu.

Originally Posted by Kiwi John (Post 358138)

Abandoned eh. Do the fans get their money back?

Originally Posted by Haggis316 (Post 358148)

fans will presumably be issued with vouchers entitling them to attend the match when replayed.

Originally Posted by K.S.H (Post 358157)

We weren't issued with anything, pay again it looks like - what about season ticket holders, will they have to pay now they have used their ticket for this match?

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 358164)

Do those who pay on the turnstile not get issued with some form of ticket stub ?

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 358164)

Do those who pay on the turnstile not get issued with some form of ticket stub ?

Originally Posted by Doug (Post 358168)

No!

How did Burnley do Dave? :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by accymel (Post 358172)

I wouldn't ask Doug :D & i bet he's hoping for a swimming pool at the Turf on NYD LOL:D

Originally Posted by Doug (Post 358174)

Don't you go soft on him, put the boot in. :D

Originally Posted by Doug (Post 358168)

No!

How did Burnley do Dave? :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by KIPAX (Post 358175)

why would they give money back.. you got what you paid for.. a football match... nothing there to say how long it has to last for..

had it been postponed at 3pm that would ahve been a different story :)

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 358179)

Customer relations comes in to play now, if the weather is dodgy in future how many fans will stay away if they think they aren't going to get a full game and no recompense ?

Originally Posted by accymel (Post 358183)

Like moi? with no ROOF & the weather as tempermental as it is, certainly heavy rain for past few days - there was no way i was risking flu for it & tbh im soo glad i didnt bother now:rolleyes: - but yeh u have a good point cos this will make those that did brave it today consider it more if there is no continency plan for this occurance:rolleyes:

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 358185)

You were lucky, I told you yesterday they would struggle with the pitch , at least I was half right :D

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 358179)

Always a contentious issue when games are abondoned. A football match lasts 90 minutes, did the paying fans see 90 mins ?

Originally Posted by KIPAX (Post 358188)

Are you sure a football match lasts 90 minutes.. only by my reckoning todays lasted 45 so that kinda blows your argument out of the water doesn't it :)

Have a look how many other matches where abandoned today.. quite a few.... look on there websites or messageboards.. you dont get your money back.. Its not a stanley thing so no use having a go at the club people:..

Originally Posted by K.S.H (Post 358192)

So if you pay for a 90 min flight to France from Manchester and the plane lands at Heathrow cause the storms are too risky to travel in would you pay again for the remainder of your trip? :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by K.S.H (Post 358194)

Lets face it, the pitch was NO worse at half time than it was at kick off, if the ref says it was dangerous to continue the game should NEVER have been started in the first place

Originally Posted by KIPAX (Post 358193)

Your kidding? So we havent got much money.. it costs a fortune to put a match on.. but you want the club to lose money and let everyone in for half price because a match was abandoned.. something no other club will be doing... just accrington stanley..... dont hold yer breath dear :)

Originally Posted by KIPAX (Post 358195)

its a game of football not a flight.. and you can make any old thing up to compare badly.... so lets get on the same plane and....

if you pay for a 90 minute flight and it got you there 10 minutes early would you want a rebate? does your train or bus every get you there early and you ask for a rebate.

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Originally Posted by accymel (Post 358190)

No but for clubs like ours that relies on support i think something should be done than nothing - otherwise Coley & Eric have no right to have a go at stanley fans for lack of attendance certainly in crap weather:(

Originally Posted by K.S.H (Post 358192)

So if you pay for a 90 min flight to France from Manchester and the plane lands at Heathrow cause the storms are too risky to travel in would you pay again for the remainder of your trip? :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 358164)

If the club had any sense they would make the replayed match half price admission or risk alienating the fans.

Originally Posted by K.S.H (Post 358194)

Lets face it, the pitch was NO worse at half time than it was at kick off, if the ref says it was dangerous to continue the game should NEVER have been started in the first place

Originally Posted by KIPAX (Post 358209)

Have a guess how many stanley games have been postponed or called off due to rain in the last 10 yrs.. and some of you are thinking twice about coming..

Originally Posted by Haggis316 (Post 358207)

Wait a minute.

We are not just contracting with some impersonal supplier for 90 minutes entertainment.

This is Stanley we are talking about. Every £1 we spend with the club is used to progress things.

Originally Posted by stanleyfan (Post 358235)

when was the last time you went to PNE kipax....

Originally Posted by cmonstanley (Post 358242)

they would have budgted for todays match so the replay will be bonus money we are trying to attract support not everybody in accy thinks the same way as you but if we can attract a few more and get the m thinking like you we will get more money in the long run its called forward thinking even in business you cant take your money and run, you have to build up your sale base..

Originally Posted by KiTChener (Post 358246)

reduced prices promised

Originally Posted by Doug (Post 358249)

after an 80 mile round trip, I enjoyed the first half

Originally Posted by K.S.H (Post 358251)

Hang on, Hang on,
I take everything back I've said, I WILL PAY on the night cause I just checked the gold bond weekly draw and I've won £100 :Banane11: :Banane44:

Originally Posted by KIPAX (Post 358247)

looks like its gonna be cheaper for the replay anyway so all that moaning for nothing eh people :)

Originally Posted by Doug (Post 358249)

I respect the argument put forward but personally I wasn’t that ****ed off after an 80 mile round trip, I enjoyed the first half and despite the last minute **** up, and it was a **** up, we would have taken three points today.

As for the early finish I knew it was going to rain heavily and I knew there was a chance of it being called off or abandoned. I came and paid to watch my club play football and that what I got, as well as getting ****ed wet through. I don’t mind if I have to pay again.

I thought the lads played well with plenty of grunt and exciting play, the water sport element added to the flavour. The referee made a bad call in my opinion, as people have said the pitch was no worse after the first so play could have continued.

Mel, you’re a lazy sod.

Just seen the bit on the reduction for the replay. Well done the club.

Originally Posted by Haggis316 (Post 358253)

85 each way ie 170 miles in total.

Originally Posted by cmonstanley (Post 358257)

if only everybody in accy thought like you but they dont so if we only attract an extre 40 people it would 40 extra people spreading the gospel..:D

Originally Posted by cmonstanley (Post 358201)

give stanley the braaging rights tell other people our club are not like the money grabbing rip off merchants like blackburn and burnley

Originally Posted by Doug (Post 358259)

:confused: Not a criticism, I was making my point like everyone else. :D

Originally Posted by Redraine (Post 358261)

The game had become a lottery - Mansfield's goal would never have happened without the ball stopping short

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 358271)

Think you will find thats rubbish. Burnley had a game abandoned not too long ago. They gave half refund to those who paid ( because they had tickets stubs to prove they were at the game ) and then made the re-arranged game half price to everyone. Think you will find that is less money grabbing than the one Stanley are proposing which is pay in full and then some more if you go to the re-arranged game.

Originally Posted by cmonstanley (Post 358284)

well lets look at the attendances compared to stanley and burnley:Banane51: burnley could afford to do that they know they would be garuanteed makin the same money or plus stanley cant they are taking a risk proving they are not money grabbing rip off merchants like those in the higher leagues .power to the people get your bums down to the fes :Banane51: :D

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 358288)

Going back to my original point it's all down to customer relations. As Kipax pointed out there is no legal obligation on a club to make refunds. Burnley can afford it no more than Stanley can, attendances are only relative to running costs just the same and we have higher paid prima donnas than you have
:D

Originally Posted by maccawozzagod (Post 358302)

from my point of view, the re-arranged game is an opportunity to give back to the fans. The club have paid todays costs via receiving full pay on the gate. The replay should be an opportunity to get some valuable Google Page Ranking, and score big brownie points via the press by offering a cost covering price. By no means do I mean this should be the price or this is the cost of hosting a match but charging a fiver a head and getting 3000 in would go a lot further than charging a tenner and getting 1000. Use the opportunity wisely please ASFC, these type of opportunities do not come around often. I believe that season ticket holders will pay no extra for the game whatsoever, if this is the case then why should anybody else?

Originally Posted by KIPAX (Post 358344)

Originally Posted by KIPAX (Post 358344)

Originally Posted by Doug (Post 358405)

It was wetter on the Clayton end......:D Can't beat a nice action shot. :)

Originally Posted by Bagpuss (Post 358437)

Look at all those softies under cover Doug, what's a bit of water.

Originally Posted by Doug (Post 358249)

Mel, you’re a lazy sod.
The only one who might like to take it as a criticism? Is the dodgy bird who didn’t want to get her hair wet. :D

Originally Posted by accymel (Post 358445)

OI!!! u cheeky ****ing get!!! No i dont want the flu spoiling my new year, plus after the thought of possibly being abandoned due to the weather - what is the point - have i missed owt other than getting ****ed wet through:confused: hopefully the re-scheduled one will have better weather:rolleyes: so what bit does that make me a lazy get???? I go to more matches than some people out there as much as i can afford & i stand in the clayton end under the sky - plus 2 matches a week is hard on the finances - i love the club but gee i got to ****ing live Y'know - & thats what some of u lot forget that some people cant afford to support the club as No 1 in your life - & thats just not that at all feesable for some!

There Dougies in the doghouse now:p

Originally Posted by Doug (Post 358451)

**** me! :eek:

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 358457)

Blimey thats a bit forward :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Chimer (Post 358536)

Obviously time to raise the stakes. Let's go for a roof over the whole thing, not just the Clayton end :)

Originally Posted by KiTChener (Post 358227)

As a relative 'newcomer' ( I am now in my fifth season) I do not recall any game being abandond (can't think how to spell this correctly!).... in fact, I can only recall one game when we got absolutely p***ed wet through... I think it was the pre-season Burnley friendly, if I remember rightly, a couple of years ago.

C'mon, you lot, I'd rather have a team than a roof.... buy yourselves a Stanley cagoule like thingy....
it might not be 100% weatherproof, but it certainly helped today!!

Originally Posted by Shurm (Post 358609)

I'm sure the ref must have made an inspection of the pitch before the game ? If so he must have been pretty brave to call an end to it at half time because it does sort of bring his earlier decision to play the game into question. Soon as I heard the news I felt for the fans who had paid and will have to pay again I think some gesture from the club would be welcomed at this time of year however as mentioned its not there fault either.