v Ipswich Town (h) - 20/9/25

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, Hasta said:

What was the last game anyone can remember called off mid-game at Ewood?

In the late 1960’s against Charlton. It was called off at halftime when there were obvious pools of standing water on the pitch. We losing 1-0 but we won the replay later thst season. Just before them scoring  we got a break down the right wing the ball was crossed in around the penalty spot into a pool of water. Our striker had an almighty swing at it, ( Alan Gilliver )  a gust of wind blew the ball away like a toy yacht. He missed the ball completely, lost his balance, and fell into the pool of water. Everybody in the ground was laughing, all the players, even the ref.

[Trinidad Rover]

1 minute ago, StHelensRover said:

I don't think either team gets to 'make a case', I think it's all done behind closed doors by some bureaucrats at the EFL.  

IMO I think they'll be in there for about 5 minutes..

"The game was called off for rain"

"What do we usually do when that happens?"

"We always make them replay the full game"

"Okay, we'll do that then"

Perhaps not, but a proactive club would try? Or do we just hold our hands up and do nothing?

Dont ask, dont get.

[Tomphil2]

5 minutes ago, Trinidad Rover said:

Does anyone have any confidence that the club (without a CEO…) will put forward a stronger case than Ipswich for the result to stand. Ipswich will likely already have got a lawyer involved and a strong argument put together. 

Match will be replayed. 

This end will more likely be looking to see if they can financially benefit from a replay.

[Silas]

10 minutes ago, Gamst said:

The ref knew the forecast and should have postponed before KO or abandoned at HT when it was 0-0 and 11v11. He made a misjudgement that the pitch would be okay to complete the match and it wasn’t. He represents the EFL so they are not completely devoid of any blame here.

Harsh.

Refs travel all over to different grounds. He's not to know our pitch is garbage at water drainage. 

All the other matches in the area were completed with the same rain.

If he'd called it off at HT because he thought the pitch might become unplayable in the future we'd have all gone nuts.

[aletheia]

48 minutes ago, arbitro said:

The referee will cite player safety for which he has a duty of care.

As much as I'm frustrated it would be difficult to argue against.

And if the boot was on the other foot we would be delighted.

Adults in the room finally.

[neophox]

We could not even beat Ipswich in their promotion season from League one but nearly got them today relegated from the Premier League would it not been for the weather ...we played well TGH better than Tavares. 

[DE.]

A full replay is technically unfair, but I don't see any real justification to award us the win either. There was still plenty of time for Ipswich to equalise, even down to ten men. It's hardly unprecedented for that to happen in the last 15 minutes or so (including potential injury time). Also, the reason the game was abandoned was because our pitch couldn't handle the weather. It was nothing Ipswich did wrong, so why should they be penalised for the game being abandoned? 

You can argue how the solution should be handled and it's quite reasonable to say a full replay is not fair to us, but it's also quite reasonable to say giving us the win is not fair to Ipswich either, as it denies them the last 10-15 minutes of the game through no fault of their own. 

[aletheia]

19 minutes ago, Gamst said:

The ref knew the forecast and should have postponed before KO or abandoned at HT when it was 0-0 and 11v11.

Then there would be plenty on here moaning about late cancellation, travelling fans etc etc.

[den]

[Eldirk]

8 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

 

How come McKenna released his statement and spoke about returning?

Probably trying to sway the decision. Fairest thing to do would be to play that last 11+ minutes as was, but that’s unworkable in practice. 
 

either way we’re bound to lose the replay, I just hope it doesn’t cost us come the end of the season. 

[Ossydave]

17 minutes ago, Tom said:

This would be intentional as the pitch is only as playable as the worst part of it 

Sorry what? A blind man could have taken the decision not to pass it through the biggest puddle on the pitch. If that's the logic being applied then no wonder it got called off 🤷 

[Tugayisgod]

13 minutes ago, den said:

The drainage problems were sorted out in the early prem days. The pitch was fantastic and the drainage was excellent. 
 

It has been allowed to deteriorate over the past few years by lack of proper maintenance.

Really?  I remember this game well 

 

[M_B]

Did like the way Miller carried the ball out of defence and always looked for a forward pass. Played a few lovely passes into midfield  to turn Ipswich round and get us on the front foot. 

[aletheia]

11 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

In the late 1960’s against Charlton. It was called off at halftime when there were obvious pools of standing water on the pitch. We losing 1-0 but we won the replay later thst season

Should be replayed - refs are always against us. 😉 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, Lancaster Rover said:

Performance wise I was very pleasantly surprised, albeit I thought Ipswich were well below what I was expecting. Tronstad and Hickman had a relatively easy day IMO.

Pitch wise the minute the ball stuck giving Kargbo change to pounce it was game over, they can’t allow the weather to impact the result in such an obvious way. 
 

It’ll no doubt be replayed in full with 11 v 11, the player will serve his ban starting tomorrow and we’ll get no benefit from the man advantage in the replay. It’ll likely be played during our post Jan injury slump and we’ll get beat. Sods bloody law

Kargbo was fast asleep. He should have anticipated the ball would stick, but he didn’t,

[aletheia]

4 minutes ago, M_B said:

Did like the way Miller carried the ball out of defence and always looked for a forward pass. Played a few lovely passes into midfield  to turn Ipswich round and get us on the front foot. 

Thought he just ran out of ideas and hoofed it forward hoping poor Ohashi might make something of it.

[Hasta]

28 minutes ago, bobbybrfc said:

Anyone know what will happen to match tickets from today for any replayed fixture? 

According to rovers “Customer Charter”:-

If a match is postponed after this time but before kick-off, ticket holders are entitled to free admission to the rearranged game or a refund.  If a match is abandoned after kick-off, spectators are entitled to half price admission to the rearranged match.

 

[MarkBRFC]

8 minutes ago, Eldirk said:

Fairest thing to do would be to play that last 11+ minutes as was, but that’s unworkable in practice. 
 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/dec/13/newsstory.sport4

Happened in Spain once (not weather related but still abandoned) and they managed to just to play the rest of the game.

Why should it be unworkable here?

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

26 minutes ago, StHelensRover said:

It hasn't yet been announced, but I'm 99.9% sure that all original tickets will be valid for the replayed fixture.

No way will the club turn down a chance to make more money !

[GHD]

29 minutes ago, RoversTilliDie said:

The only way a Rovers player would have been injured, is by an Ipswich player, who were over aggressive when rovers got the ball. What was the Ipswich card tally, 4 or 5 yellows and a red.

I think you need to read the post that prompted the question

[Mike Graham]

36 minutes ago, StHelensRover said:

The bottom line is the club need to address the infrastructure as soon as possible (maybe this summer?). 

Our pitch drains into a river. Many football grounds are near rivers, but the majority are probably not. What does everyone else do? Why is our pitch drainage worse than every other ground in the top two tiers of England? 

Maybe something that fans could demand is investigated at the next fans forum, or wherever we're allowed to speak to our crank overlords.

Steve Waggott planned to get a new water pumping drainage system in place along with a large rainwater storage tank.  He planned this after the last debacle v Millwall when the game was called off close to kick off.

It was turned down for cost reasons by our illustrious Chief Operating Officer who instead wanted the Council to reroute the river.

Edited 3 hours ago by Mike Graham

[Mike Graham]

28 minutes ago, StHelensRover said:

It hasn't yet been announced, but I'm 99.9% sure that all original tickets will be valid for the replayed fixture.

No.  That only happens if it is called off before the game starts.  We will have to pay again unless the club are overcome with generosity 🤣🤣🤣

[StHelensRover]

1 minute ago, Mike Graham said:

Steve Waggott planned to get a new water pumping drainage system in place along with a large rainwater storage tank.  It was turned down for cost reasons by our illustrious Chief Operating Officer who instead wanted the Council to reroute the river.

Ah yes, we're being sold down the River (Darwen), by our favourite former orange juice salesman.

[Gamst]

30 minutes ago, Trinidad Rover said:

Does anyone have any confidence that the club (without a CEO…) will put forward a stronger case than Ipswich for the result to stand. Ipswich will likely already have got a lawyer involved and a strong argument put together. 

Match will be replayed. 

In fairness to the Venkys, the one thing they are usually quick to do is lawyer up. Look at the O’Brien situation however futile and wasteful it ended up being! 

[Tomphil2]

Yes bloody BBwD council dig your bloody river up and take it elsewhere of there'll be no Harrods hampers at Christmas.