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There was a motion put to the FA by a referee's group for the home team to make the call with police advice - a decision to be made within 2 hours of kick off time.

While there was a risk of the home team calling the game off for their own advantage, it would save the away team and fans traveling to the ground and prevent undue pressure and threats being placed on the referee.
As the home team would suffer the financial loss for any cancellation, it was considered a suitable counter balance to prevent an unnecessary cancellations.

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Traveled for 2 hours only to see on here at half 2 why was there no official announcement quicker, total communication brake down, that's one trip I'll never make again

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The official announcement was on the website within minutes after the game was called off, that automatically fed out to twitter and facebook. Not sure what else people expect :confused:

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It was called off too late Dave, Down to that numpty of a ref, who may even be Davs mate?:D

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Can,t blame the club for lack off communication I was in the Crown and Will relayed the news to the fans inside at about 2-10pm which was,nt long after it had been called off if you want blame Jack Frost and the referee leaving it so late.

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Suprisingly there were still people coming in to the club shop at 2.45pm for programmes not knowing the game was off. I know Stanley crowds aren't great but the lack of people around at that time might just have given a clue. One bloke even said he wondered why people were all walking the other way up Livingstone Rd, sometimes you have to wonder :)

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The Ref leaving it so late is totally to blame imho simple as.;) But Dav dont think so, so thats summat else i must be wrong about.

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What about an announcement on the website that there'd be a pitch inspection at 1:30? The ref said he'd inspect at 1:30 when he arrived at 11:30. Instead we had a wall of silence which contributed to me believing that the match was never in doubt and I had a two hour wasted journey.

I realise that it's a fine balance and the club wouldn't want to discourage potential fans coming to the match, but keeping information from the fans is a step backwards in my opinion.

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I think the fact that the 'game off ' message on the Fishy appeared on the 'news' page rather than 'home' must have meant that many of us missed it !.
It had yours truly fooled anyway !..... And NO comment please !.

And Dave...Stanley crowds ARE great !....a bit thick maybe but .....

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He had already inspected the pitch once. As far as I know his only concern was about the forecast if it was going to get colder.

You only need to see what went on after he called it off to get an idea of what everybody else thought the pitch was like.

One of the Burton staff who spoke to the referee on the pitch during the first inspection, then went off to unload the kit from the coach. They didn't seem to think there was a problem at that time.

Yes it's a fine balance, but if there is a real doubt the club have announced pitch inspections before.

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If it wasn't fit in the refs eyes 1st inspection, yeh dont have to be Michal Fish,to know it wasn't gonna thaw yesterday.:rolleyes:

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There should have been real doubt as Chubbyman posted at 12.44pm that the ref was concerned about hard patches and there would be a further inspection at 1.30pm.

The twitter posts were misleading at best, I wonder what the Burton fans thought of it and how many will have lost good will and not make a second trip? The fans should have been properly warned about the 1.30pm inspection as soon as it was known it was taking place to make an informed decision.

More respect from the club to the fans is needed.

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So if you've got a 2 hour journey to the ground, and you do know there is an inspection at 1.30, what do you do differently? Wait for the result of the inspection and turn up at half-time if the game is on, or cross your fingers and leave at 12.30 as usual?

The endless knocking of Stanley people (staff, management and players) who are almost certainly trying their best in pretty difficult circumstances, and come to that of anyone who tries to provide an opposing voice of reason, is really grinding me down lately. This website used to be fun to follow - these days its just getting vicious.

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I'll tell what a lot of us from Burton thought about it.
The posts in the morning were completely positive about the game being on and there was no suggestion an inspection was needed. We drove up in bright sunshine with the temperature always above zero, as it was when we got to Accy.

I think it's laughable blaming "Jack Frost" when the weather was as decent, albeit cold, as it was on the day. One of the biggest frustrations is that we KNOW the game would have been on at our place because we have proper covers and groundstaff who bust their asses to get games on as a matter of professional pride.

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Well my friend we heard your manager wanted it called off, ours certainly didn't, cos he had our lads in a 5 aside match on the pitch, directly after it was called off.