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Do you think it will finish? I read a few comments on Blackpool forums that suggest it won't. Friday night and plenty of beer could see some fireworks.

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I have also read blackpool forums n think it should be abandoned pdq. But the police and our people know best.:rolleyes::rolleyes:

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Amazed that the game is actually going ahead.

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Blackpool playing Morecambe tomorrow and it is being played behind closed doors due to costs of the extra policing amid fears of trouble. I would expect this one more likely to attract trouble just for the fact on it being on a Friday night, sorry trouble is probably a bit unfair as all Blackpool protests have been peaceful up until now, disruptive would probably be fairer. Iam 100% behind what they are trying to achieve as people like the Oystons are damaging for football in general.

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Why risk potential trouble alcohol and Friday night big worry and potential ground damage for a so called friendly hope this is,nt the case but is it worth the risk?

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Well on the strength of reading the Blackpool forums i certainly aint risking wasting time n money.

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And as we are having this discussion Blackpool police tweet this.

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While I have every sympathy with the Blackpool fans & hope they eventually manage to somehow get their club back from the Oystons, I don't concur with them bringing their troubles to other club's doorsteps - they will gather & keep more support for their cause from other fans if they don't cause abandonments at any if their opponents grounds

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Agree, but reading there forums,certain knobheads dont agree.;)

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Totally agree, they will lose the support of others.

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Aye but some dont care, do you?

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I really do hope somebody from the club wakes up to this impending disaster. :(

Reading that forum, there's a snowball's chance in Hell that the Blackpool fans will behave. :mad:

I've seen what Blackpool's "fans" are capable of numerous times in the past and I can't understand for the life of me why this game is still going ahead.:confused:

Whilst I've got sympathy with their plight, A.S.F.C. should NOT even be allowing the Blackpool fans a platform on which to play up on. It will only bring more negative publicity upon our club, when the club has had more than it's fair share in recent years.:o

And as for the Blackpool fans.....if they carry on in this vein, then I think it wont be long before Blackpool will be playing home games behind closed doors in League One next season. Add to that potential points deductions for trouble and the folly of their "actions" may come back to bite them in the backside.

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Morecambe to me,have had the good sense to play the game behind closed doors, pity good sense seems to constantly give us a miss.:rolleyes:

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Oystons response ain't gonna help matters

Call it off now please

Response To BST Proposal

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More money than sense, and there int much money

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don't bother to go. save youre money and go to an extra away game. if there is trouble you could get mixed up with it and for what the game is a friendly. too much ale to be consumed by 7.45.

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If there is still anyone at the club with a pair of balls, then this game needs pulling ASAP.

From Blackpool Forum....

"Back to the early eighties now we,ll smash your ****-hole of a town to pieces as well as causing disruption in the ground !!!!! "

Are we really going to put our stewards in the firing line with clowns like this around ? Every sympathy with the genuine fans and a genuine protest, but with every peaceful process there will be knobheads tagging along.

What if the game attracts some Rovers or Burnley fans who fancy getting involved ?

If we leave this game on, then we will get no sympathy from anyone - we'll just look like desperate mugs putting money before common sense. Probably further alienating the residents of Whalley Road, Livingstone Road etc along the way.

Come on Mr T - Strap a pair on!!!!!

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Think Mr T is a few rungs down the ladder from making that decision, he has to follow directions from the police, safety officer and directors.

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Directions from the police? thats a laugh, during the miners strike they were only interested in the overtime. The safety officer is n ex policeman also.:rolleyes:

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I can see a disaster happening on Friday if the game is allowed to go ahead.

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Football these days is dictated to by the tv companies and the police. Wasn't it the police that changed FA Cup replays from being a couple of days after the original match to over a week later. Didn't they come up with some 7 day notice thing ?

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The police "Cannot" make a decision if a match should be cancelled cos of factors that could cause bad fer our club,surely thats down to our rulers not police?

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It is no good shifting the onus onto the police. Don't tell me the club can't cancel or postpone the fixture off their own bat. Cynically putting the attraction of a few thousand pounds of gate money before all else is a deplorable abdication of responsibility. Shame on our board.

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I would think the onus on the police is to arrest the plank on the Blackpool forum for incitement :)

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Theres some serious planks involved in this not one.Planks that dont post but incite young uns to do so.

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looking at the disaster of Lancaster v Blackpool game and the cancelled fixture at Morecambe plus the threats from Blackpool fans on forums, someone at Stanley has to take their head out of the sand and make a decision

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Simply ban away fans. and have the pol;ice and stewards remove any that get into the ground.

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This is one friendly I was really looking forward to but having serious reservations about going - protesting peacefully is one thing but some of the posts on Blackpool's forum, are quite worrying & like someone said earlier there's always some who aren't necessarily fans of the club who get involved just for the sole purpose of causing trouble, really don't know what to do on Friday??

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I was also looking forward big time to seeing Tom play fer em, but wi what ive been told by one i trust, i aint going anywhere near.

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If your a Stanley fan just don,t go and send a message to the club that we don,t want it played outside of behind closed doors.

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A decision from the club, for logistical reasons, is bound to be behind the instant reaction of fans. However, from what's been said, they will have to weigh cost of potential damage a week before the real thing - both to the structure and goodwill of our own fans. Doubt that the numbnuts making the threats are genuine football fans, just the lice who attach themselves in the hope of hiding their brainlessness. BFC obviously will want match practice - switch the venue is my solution. Policing costs can't be covered by our budget I'm guessing.

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And even if they could, why should they?
Said before, rearrange it for Bloomfield Road and let Oyston bear any costs.
The thuggish threats from so-called Blackpool fans makes the notion of a pre-season "friendly" ludicrous.

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I wonder if the Board have considered the costs of any damage that might ensue from allowing this game to take place ??? Damage that could easily swallow up anything the club could make on the gate ... and more ???:confused:

Not worth the risk....I just hope the Board have got their answers sorted to all the questions that will be asked of them; should the brown stuff hit the fan following this debacle after actually letting it go ahead.:(

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Plus the goodwill of all volunteer,s for the groundforce day,s could end up being for nothing.

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I find it a bit odd the fans chairman aint commented at all about this? hes certainly read it a few times.

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Solution.

Cancel the game, print some "virtual tickets" for "the match that never was" and sell em to the Blackpool fans.............

We could even let them have a "virtual pitch invasion"

As Cashy would say......... Simples.

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As one of those who turned up on the Groundforce Day to help prepare the ground for the coming season I echo the concerns that other fans have. Blackpool supporters are passionate about what has happened to their club as any true supporter would be but they should also realise that we are passionate about our club and we do not want any harm to come to it or anybody who attends to watch this pre-season FRIENDLY.

If there is any doubt in the minds of the Directors, Chairman or anyone else who has the clout at the Club that there could be trouble then the decision is clear, cancel the match. It is not worth anyone getting hurt.

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Snipers on top of jack Barrett stand that'll keep em at bay

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Two things from me. Depending on your viewpoint, you could read OO's response in 2 ways - a stalling tactic or someone who has invested much of his own money over a great number of years wanting some evidence that the new owners aren't going to put what that investment has built at risk.

I don't want to spend too much time commenting on other clubs' affairs - I rather focus on ours. I written before about how our club lacks true leadership at times and, for me, this is an occasion where someone at the club needs to show leadership.

For me, call Friday's game at the Crown ground off - the club can make that decision and don't need the police to do it - it's simply getting to the point of not being worth it. Either swap the venue to Bloomfield Road and let Blackpool deal with any hassle from their fans or, without any public announcement, arrange for a behind closed doors game to give both sets of players the final pre season game that is important in both managers' preparation and plans.

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Unless there's something that I haven't read, the only thing that happened at Lancaster was a peaceful invasion/trespassing. Has there been damage caused at a ground? To cancel would send the wrong message to the invaders that they can publicise their cause at any and every ground. Even many Blackpool fans, haters of Oyston, think that invading is not the right tactic. I see little for t'Stanley to worry about by going ahead. I suggest turning up to show support for our team

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I would suggest yeh aint read the Blackpool Forum Bob?:rolleyes: plus the fact yeh intend to come oer wi a few mates.

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peaceful pitch invasion ? there may not have been any violence but going onto the pitch and getting match abandon is not in my view a peaceful act see link to Vital football report Blackpool - Lancaster City vs Blackpool

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I just hope that you guys have got enough security staff to prevent any pitch invasion by the Blackpool scum. If not it's highly likely that you could be fined by the authorities for allowing the field of play to be invaded which could lead to the game being called off.

Don't expect any favours from the Oyston clan as it will be Stanley's resulting fine.

I would have though the prudent thing to have done was to call the whole thing off and play the game behind closed doors so as to ensure that the players get another 90 of pre season action.

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Don't disagree with the sentiment, but do the 'authorities' ( presumably the League or FA) have any jurisdiction over a pre- season friendly?

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After much deliberating I have decided to go tonight, I'm not gonna let any threats of what might possibly happen stop me from going & supporting my team, I'm hoping - maybe naively that common sense will prevail & the game won't result in an early exodus to the pub

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See you there .

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Lets be honest and examine the facts.

Blackpool fans are currently protesting at matches
There is a good chance they'll do so tonight.
There is no history of violence despie the gob****ing of one or two posters on their forum, so it follows that it is unlikely to be any tonight.
If, and it is only an if, there is a heightened sense of tension then our adequate stewards will deal with the matter and call for assistance.
Once the bell ends are on the street it becomes the problem of the police anyway.

So I say congratulations to 'the clowns' for not giving in to a small form of terrorism. I also say well done to 'the clowns' for having the foresight to provide the lashers with a platform to voice their opinions - and one that they'll pay the best part of ten grand for.

Thank god the clowns are running the circus rather than the bearded women!

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Anything 'kicked off' on the sidelines yet?

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Keeping my fingers crossed from 250 miles away - hopefully no news is good news.

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No the stewards kept em from doing so, another good all round performance, the trialist no 2 had a very good game, bruna came on second half did very well, conneely scored a smashing equaliser which was well deserved imho, overall well done red men, i took notice of Di's post and changed mind n went.:)

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Presume it was a 1-1 draw, Cashy? How did Tom Aldred do, if he played?

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agree: our no. 2 was Liam Wakefield from Donny rovers

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He came on at half time. Played at right back did ok.

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Just got in from a family funeral down stoke so missed tonight's friendly 😔 Was there meany on the crown tonight ? Attendance:)

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My guess would be 6-650 max mab.

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Glad you decided to go a Cashy, Hope you felt safe throughout?

Think we played some good football again tonight, Josh looks like he's carried on his good form from last season, Crooks made a few good passes, also thought Shay looked lively when he come on!

Wouldn't like to be Coley this week picking his best team for Luton!

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Only a draw, but a victory over the internet bullies who tried to get Stanley to abandon the match.

A cracking goal by Seamus, made all the sweeter by the knowledge that the gutless appeasers who wanted the game called off weren't there to see it.

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it wasn't a safety issue the reason baldy, that was never a problem,;) the best team fer luton will be nigh impossible to get right, that many have played very well in the friendlies.:) its a good problem we dont normally have imho.;)

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Cheers Cashy :) thought there might have been at least 1k on tonight

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Getting beyond a joke now,how do you pick a starting eleven?,I've changed my mind four times on the keeper alone !!!!
Barry was excellent,coonelly comes on,he's excellent,the fluidity of the passing was great,windlass was excellent,I've give up,going to bed,no a clue what's our best team,too many players playing well !!!,nothing to moan about :(

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Attendance was given at 800 and summat, more than half were sand flavoured

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Thoroughly outplayed Blackpool for the majority of the game, excellent in every department, this is going to be a great season! :)

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I took my son for the first time. He is a Pool supporter. During play, he went out for a pee, hiding his breast badge with a strategically-placed hand. Her agreed that it was a good game. and a draw was a fair result. He told me that Crown is the first ground he has been to which doesn't have a clock visible. Two good goals - would be good to see on TV.

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just seen the goals again on Blackpool site, lucky deflection was Blackpools. never noticed that last night from clayton end.