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You've got to love em the shrimpers good for a laugh as well as 3pts:D Bless them hehe:D Shrimpsvoices ? View topic - Accrington Stanley Predictions then!!!!

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I know a lot of us like to play Morecambe as we always win,or at least draw!:) But i cringe every time we play 'em as i know one day our run will end!:( I think they'll look forward to this match as much as us as they wait that elusive win but let's hope our run continues!;)

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If we score 2 goals, we will win. They have struggled for goals recently. Start with moly and tell the lads to attack.
70mph wind forecast tho. Could be interesting.

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Don't know about high winds but the forecast is rain most of today and then some more around 3pm?
What chance another pitch inspection?

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Pitch inspection is 100% certain, it happens before every game :p

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Postponed is my prediction :(

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Looks like it, hope the club makes an early decision, don't fancy the hundred mile round trip for nothing 2 weeks in a row

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remember it's only a big game for morecambe.

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If the club made the decision it would probably be on every time :D

Presumably the referee will make an earlier than expected arrival to make sure. The weather forecast is for a few dry hours tomorrow morning, even sunny intervals at 9am according to the BBC.

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Yeah meant the ref. :) Just come off night shifts so brain stuck in second gear!

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It's currently stopped raining but the forecast said heavy rain until early hours of morning. Bet Buzzer tears his hair out when he sees the forecasts !!

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:) Dry and sunny at the mo although it was icy first thing this morning,shouldnt be a problem about game being on :)

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Thought the same last week mate,twas the torrential crap about 12-30 that snookered us.:eek:Just seen inspection at 12-30.

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I think that's the problem today, weather iffy later on but hopefully late enough to get the game over with.

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Pitch looks superb,Bill Holden forking away,no problems .

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Forking hell that sounds promising.

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I really do hope so! :D

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Game on:D

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I guess everyone will be looking for updates on fishy, just hope the site is monitored and keeps us up to date, I hope we don't get into a situation of one inspection after another with the game being called off 1/2 hour before kick-off

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:)Up dates will be on here if i get any internet conection on my phone:)

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Unless we get a real deluge like last week that aint gonna happen imho, sod all can be done about british weather.:D

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Forking Great........thanks Bill

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Kenyon sent off

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seem to remember we don't seem to do well against 10. Let's hope fresh legs get a decent go at the shrimps and Danny Webber's experience is used to orchestrate a win.

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Forks are out and the water soaker upers is in use. Reffs inspecting the pitch again.

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We're off with two chances to take the lead already.

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Game stopped at mo. Refs not happy game off

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Water logged pitch

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Abandoned according to BBC.

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Stoped raining now as well.

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Morecambe players were laughing that they had conned the ref.

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Utterly ridiculous decision, Health N Safety gone mad, Teams in the past played on utter quagmires once started,No doubt in my mind Morecambe stage managed this, being down to 10 men,:mad::mad:

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Absolute joke of a decision - the pitch was no worse than it was at the start of the game!

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Spot on assessment Cashman.;)

PATHETIC AND DIABOLICAL DECISION IN MY HONEST OPINION!:mad::eek::mad:

The pitch was standing up to the rain very well.
THE BALL ONLY STUCK ONCE RIGHT OVER BY THE MAIN STAND VIRTUALLY ON THE TOUCH LINE!

Ellison was badgering the ref as soon as they came out for the second half!:dummy2:
The players on both sides were playing sensibly, there had been no mistimed or bad tackles, apart from the sending off, (which was perhaps only worth a booking?)
Most importantly, it virually stopped raining at half time so the pitch was only going to improve thereafter!
THE REF WAS INDEED CONNED, what a Numptie! :dummy2::dummy2::dummy2::dummy2::dummy2::dummy2

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The ref was kicking the ball around the pitch just before the second half n was convinced it was playable, yet 13 mins later it was not, Ever been conned or what, Morecambe have done us.:mad:

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Shrimp fans blaming Stanley for game been called off remensrating out side main office after the game:( Ellison your a joke and conman:mad:

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Ignore the children that have never won a do mate.:rolleyes:

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Ellison Sussed out the ball would stick in the area near the main stand,and from the start of the second half was trying to get it in that area.
The first time it stuck he was straight in the refs ear and BINGO game abandoned !!
To be fair not many players complained as most were suffering from the artic conditions

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Some of our lads did, n to be fair once decision has been made,it aint gonna be changed, don't make excuses fer Morecambes tarts.:rolleyes:

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will bentley do the honorurble thing and start the game with ten men when the game is played

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game called off after 55 mins Stanley fans furious at the decision understandably as Morecambe were down to 10 men given Stanley a marked advantage. TBO the touch-line where the lines-man had run up and down was indistinguishable making it impossible for the lines-man to tell if the ball was in or out of play that said how much of the decision to call the game off came from pressure from the Morecambe bench is a matter of speculation but the fact remains that the 11 to 10 men advantage has now been wiped out. The question now is do season ticket holders need their ticket stubs for the replay

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Yes is the answer

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J.B. seems to have the good sense to see what a farce this was, even though he probably is wise enough not to say too much.

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thanks mab!!!! I thought the retentions of ticket-stubs maybe needed for season-ticket-holders but what happens to the pay at turn style fans, do they just have to pay again, that's especially hard on away the fans when you add it to their travel expenses

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Just n afterthought, will it be the same Ref fer the replayed game? Personally i thought he was doing ok until Morecambe conned him.

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Hows it hard on em?? They were happy it was called off. those i saw were.

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Apart from being as disappointed as everyone else regarding the unnecessary abandonment,
I can report that we had a real treat at Halftime as F A 19 produced some vintage ( and I do mean vintage!) Images on his Blackberry.
These portrayed him as a mere stripling ready for the fray when representing St.Jude's in a Cup Final many years ago. There he was a budding Centre Midfielder wondering if the Manager had told him that they were playing 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 ! but looking like he couldn't care less what the chosen formation was anyway !.
I did however think that it was a little conceited of him when he remarked that you could always spot a good player as they wore a bandage on their knee....as he pointed to that adorning his own left peg !.
So with this little glimpse of the pedigree of our Forum commentator, I shall now view his reviews with more respect and reverence !.
He was in my opinion a rather good looking lad, which begs the question...Where did it all go wrong ?....
This was MY highlight of the afternoon . pity about everything else !.

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Yes Cashy!!! in terms of Morecambe being let off the hook after going down to 10 men I totally agree, I was talking more in the cash in the pocket terms, the expenses involved

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Been reading about the Accrington powerloom rioters in 1826, when a big angry mob gathered on Whinney Hill just above the Crown, armed with cudgels and pikes. Could have done with them today to "encourage" the Shrimps softies back onto the pitch when they were earwigging the ref.

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One thing I really didn't understand was why were the kids allowed to play on the pitch at half time when the pitch needed attention by Buzzer and his helpers.

The left corner next to the Whinney Hill stand needed some attention and the kids playing football stopped that from happening. There was standing water in that corner for the whole game so why wasn't there somebody from the club paying attention to that and getting someone to look at it before the second half began.

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The club has a policy ( more or less the same one as all clubs )

ABANDONED FIXTURES
If a game is abandoned/postponed prior to kick-off, anyone who has purchased a match
ticket will receive a full refund.
If a game is abandoned during the first half, anyone who has purchased a match ticket will
be offered admission to the ground for 50% of the price they paid to attend the original
game for the re-arranged date.

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So regardless of whether a Season Ticket holder or someone who paid on the gate the Club can in effect charge full admission for the re-arranged game should they wish?

If so I would very much question their judgement although granted it is a difficult situation but hopefully common sense applies

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lancsdave thanks for the response but the game was abandoned after half-time and is the option of paying cash on the gate no longer in operation, if it is fans have no proof of purchase as with this option as no ticket would be given

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The 50% rule is only if the game is abandoned in the first half. No refunds or 50% discount apply to second half abandonment. If the game had been played at Morecambe they have the same rule, so they can't complain.

It's usual for the re-arranged game to be reduced admission fees butthat would apply to anybody not just those who went today.

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Season ticket holders would still get in for free as they are entitled to attend all home games as part of their ticket. I would imagine the club will price it accordingly, but they will also have to make sure they cover all expenses for the re-arranged game as they will have had to pay full expenses today.

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I understand the Club had no control about the abandonment but they have also had a payday as such.

I would hope there is a balanced price one that keeps all sides happy and maybe one that could pull some extras onto the game.

We wait and see

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Of course he won't - the whole 'let's get the game called off' scenario was obviously orchestrated in the dressing room at half time! The ref deemed the pitch fine at half time & yet five minutes later,even though it had stopped raining,it was suddenly unplayable
?? Absolute joke!

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lancsdave thanks once again for the clarification on the matter, maybe the club will discount the game for away supporters as they have had to outlay travelling expenses twice over

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I agree, thats what I meant about making sure they price to make sure they cover the expenses of the re-arranged game. I would guess that's quite a percentage of the gate at Stanley, the days of paying stewards with washers have gone:D

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Why not offer the Morecambe fans a refund if they play the second half of the re-arranged game with 10 men. See if they still want a refund then :D

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I only know so much because I had the same issues with a Burnley game once and wasn't best pleased at paying twice :)

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Cheers for the clarifications Dave

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I don't know how much expenses occur on a typical gate but I would think it's not a small percentage at Stanley. The worst thing about an abandoned match is that Morecambe can actually claim expenses out of the gate money, which they wouldn't normally get for an away match

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Saw that on the FL section 5 Fixtures :)

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Admission prices for the rearranged match will be reduced. Season ticket holders will of course get in for free. Morecambe fans were concerned that they had no evidence that they were at the match, however, reduced prices will apply to all fans attending the rearranged match regardless of whether they attended today. More details in due course.

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They should have checked their own club rules first :)

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Whoever pays the officials wants a bullet between the eyes,a disgraceful abandonment .

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Or stopped their prima donna players from getting it abandoned in the first place!

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I don't think you can give them performance related pay so it's not an option :D

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many thanks To lancsdave & Robert Houseman for the clarification on the pricing of the soon to be rearranged Morecambe match

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The shame of it all is Bury fought and got a game cancelled as they had several untried signings, no one from Morecambe seemed to have made any approach to the officials before the dismissal asking for the game to be halted because of the pitch,and a victory for us would have seen us in 13 or 14 in the league,a wonderful turnaround .........Still 17 th is fine with games in hand,3 on York in 13 th and only 2 points ahead of us.

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3 points behind York

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Exactly and to be honest some of the post match comments on Radio Lancashire by your manager haven't helped the belief that MFC did all they could to get the match called off.

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shrimps should start with 10 men in replay - playing ref what ???

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What belief? yeh mean FACT:rolleyes:

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What a load of old ballcocks. The bald-headed scouse tart Ellison purposely kicked the ball into the area of standing water and went screaming to the referee. When the referee subsequently abandoned the match Ellison raised his gloved hand (who's ever heard of a scouser wearing gloves because of a bit of rain? :)) and waved towards the Clayton End grinning like a Cheshire cat.

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Saw the FL show last night. Never have I seen a "waterlogged" pitch looking less waterlogged. Whatever got into the ref's head? Oh, wait...........

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I suppose telling porkies n making excuses,is much better than admitting yeh support a load of tarts.:rolleyes:

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Read my thread carefully,BEFORE the dismissal,Ellison the bald extremely ugly specimen never approached the officials with any problem about the playing surface.......after half -time he deserves an oscar along with your manager another pretty specimen on a bigger scale than Ellison who constantly badgered the fourth official......hopefully the clock will return to twelve.

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What porkies?
What excuses?

Funny how you didn't have a go at Bury last week who certainly wanted the match off!

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Retardation is obviously epidemic in Morecambe.....There's a massive difference between a game called off before kick off and one in the second half.You can bet if you were leading 2-0 with a man sent off you wouldn't want the game abandoned and Ellison wouldn't be a Oscar candidate.

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Not only disappointed with the game being called off on "the usual health and safety"issues(excuses)but what about the decision to allow those 20 or so Morecambe retards to come over to the Clayton End at half time and antagonise the home fans? They had no interest in watching the game,they were out for a confrontation,booting the metal fence and giving aggressive gestures! Surely they should've only been allowed up to the half way line,it's not as if the end was full and posed safety issues?!

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not going to even mention the knobheads in the crown after the game eh

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Just seen one of the linesmen yesterday was a certain Paul Cook.

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Leaving aside the abandonment, can anyone tell me how the game was going, e.g. were we obviously on top before or after the sending off? For some reason there are no stats showing on the BBC report.

Returning to the abandonment, might it have been the right decision if we had happened to have been losing or a man short at the time? Only asking ....:D

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Thought we had the best of things up to the abandonment Chimer. no doubt in my mind we would have won.

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I believe the game was very even in the first half,as you would expect Stanley came out with more venom at the start of the second half but didn't have long to prove it.Morecambe totally stage managed the postponement by Ellison turning deliberately to the only patch of water near the touch line and playing the ball in it and throwing out his arms and shouting at the ref,but this is only my opinion.

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Pretty accurate Chubbyman. My view was that it was only a matter of time before Stanley scored and that they would very likely have scored again to make it 2 - 0 or possibly 3 - 0.:(
As said before Ellison was at the referee as they were kicking off for the start of the second half......and definitely took the ball into the only real wet patch down the left wing in front of the main stand.:dummy::dummy::dummy:
Anyway guys, we will just beat them as normal on a tuesday night to come.:mosher:
ON STANLEY ON:theband:

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red card for Kenyon will still stand so he should miss 3 games

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To the benefit of other clubs

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Purposely kicked the ball down the wing he was playing on you mean?

It was an awful match played in awful conditions. There were no clear cut chances. The best chance was Ellison's looping header which hit the bar.

For those judging Bentley for wanting the game off, had it of been the opposite way round and you were playing with 10 men im sure Beattie would have done the same as its in the best interests of his club.

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Best interests of his club......you mean basically cheating.

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Well this is Jim Bentley thoughts Boss's postponement thoughts :rolleyes:

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Obviously after reading his statement he's as handsome as he's honest......

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The referee made the decision not Bentley, he merely influenced it. There was standing water on the pitch and conditions were getting worse. The referee stopped it before it became farcical.

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Without the exaggerated input of Bentley and especially the theatrics of Ellison who deliberately turned and played into the water,the ref wouldn't have ever considered stopping the game when he did.This was obviously plotted at half time in the dressing rooms.........cheating!!!

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So what was wrong wi stopping play fer 30 mins,then restarting if it warranted,the rain had stopped the pitch soon drains when forked, but no cheating cos down to 10 was the choice.:rolleyes:

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Cheating would be pouring water on to the pitch, you are questioning our sportsmanship which is different. I genuinely believe any other team would have done exactly the same in our position.

I wouldn't be making such accusations given the tarnished reputation of your club.

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The rain didn't stop I got **** wet through on the way back to the station, and rain was forecast for the rest of the day.

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If you'd looked over your shoulder you'd have seen Jim Bentley following you with a watering can!!!