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

[roversfan99]

5 minutes ago, RoversTilliDie said:

It's a fucking joke of a decision, it's because it's Blackburn Rovers they came up with that decision. Most refs are biased to the opposition at Ewood, and the fa. For some reason we're not there cup of tea.

Yeah its all a conspiracy against us. Everyone hates us.

[Tomphil2]

5 minutes ago, RoversTilliDie said:

It's a fucking joke of a decision, it's because it's Blackburn Rovers they came up with that decision. Most refs are biased to the opposition at Ewood, and the fa. For some reason we're not there cup of tea.

100% agree but boycotting the replay makes no sense best thing to do is IF the club are sensible enough to get people in lets support the team to finish the job and stick the finger up to the EFL.

Most of whom will expect Ipswich to win after doing them a huge favour.

[RoversTilliDie]

23 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

100% agree but boycotting the replay makes no sense best thing to do is IF the club are sensible enough to get people in lets support the team to finish the job and stick the finger up to the EFL.

Most of whom will expect Ipswich to win after doing them a huge favour.

If Blackburn Rovers are sensible enough to only allow 500 Ipswich supporters tickets for the replay, I'll turn up for the replay.

[RoversTilliDie]

29 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Yeah its all a conspiracy against us. Everyone hates us.

It's probably going back to medieval times, Blackburn were anti parliamentarian. Who fucking isn't these days.

[rigger]

15 hours ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Of course we would want a full replay but I don’t think anyone with any common sense or decency would be disappointed if the game was restarted and finished from the salient point of abandonment. The only sensible and equitable solution but one ignored by the EFL, fucking ridiculous.

I think it is a fair outcome, given that the Rovers where at fault for not fixing a known problem. What I can't understand is allowing people on the panel who abstain from voting. I take it that the three abstainers did so, so that, their vote cannot be used against their clubs, if some action is taken at the end of the season.

[arbitro]

44 minutes ago, RoversTilliDie said:

If Blackburn Rovers are sensible enough to only allow 500 Ipswich supporters tickets for the replay, I'll turn up for the replay.

It's not the fault of the Ipswich fans of even the club.

If some of the Ipswich fans are gloating it's exactly what some of our lower IQ fans would be doing to them.

If you want to vent your anger then do it at the people who have steadfastly refused to invest money in a pitch and a drainage system fit for purpose. 

[RoversTilliDie]

4 minutes ago, arbitro said:

It's not the fault of the Ipswich fans of even the club.

If some of the Ipswich fans are gloating it's exactly what some of our lower IQ fans would be doing to them.

If you want to vent your anger then do it at the people who have steadfastly refused to invest money in a pitch and a drainage system fit for purpose. 

Ill be there for the replay, but still think it's an unfair decision. 

[RoversTilliDie]

Maybe they could do it in politics, a replay of the general election, 5 more years of the tories.

[RoversTilliDie]

2 minutes ago, RoversTilliDie said:

Ill be there for the replay, but still think it's an unfair decision. 

I agree, all the money Jack Walker invested in Rovers(only for his sons to take it out), you'd think we would have a decent drainage system.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Harsh on Rovers BUT....spend some Cash Rovers and get this long known problem sorted once and for all so it never happens again.

Over to you Venkys...🤣

[NeilInBristol]

1 hour ago, Tomphil2 said:

100% agree but boycotting the replay makes no sense best thing to do is IF the club are sensible enough to get people in lets support the team to finish the job and stick the finger up to the EFL.

Most of whom will expect Ipswich to win after doing them a huge favour.

Agree

 

Free to previous ticket holders then half price or super cheap tickets and fill the stadium and make a statement 

get behind the lads not the owners 

[Blow-in]

2 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Yeah its all a conspiracy against us. Everyone hates us.

We are Blackburn, noone like us!!

And its really getting to us.

Edited 3 hours ago by Blow-in

[wilsdenrover]

2 hours ago, lraC said:

It could have been worse.

Imagine the outcry, if they had awarded Ipswich a 1-2 win, as we have a problem pitch and why should they have to travel again and add to their fixture list.

I’m sure there would have been an outcry if they did something their rules don’t permit. 

[Blow-in]

I we are losing the replay at half time, what is to stop us banging the sprinklers on full blast and getting the game cancelled again.

What is the betting it would not be going to a second replay 🙂

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I’ve played on some really bad pitches. One in particular was a pitch where there were pools of water ( ie large puddles ) but given the un-evenness of the pitch other areas of the pitch were dry and quite playable. However I’ve never played on a pitch like the one at Ewood last Saturday. By the time the game was called off there was standing water all over pitch and there was no way the ball would run along the ground or bounce when dropped. I saw one of the blokes with a pitchfork sweeping large amounts of water away with his boot. You might have been ok playing rugby on it but playing football was impossible.

[GHD]

2 hours ago, sharpysharps86 said:

Abandoning the game isn't the issue for me, but it's that the decision they've come to that feels unfair when they've still allowed the red card to stand. My take on it is if you're going to allow something that happened in the game to still stand, then EVERYTHING that happened in the game needs to still stand. The EFL have made it worse by making that particular call.

Couldn't be put better IMO, even though the outcome is as I expected.

[arbitro]

3 hours ago, sharpysharps86 said:

Abandoning the game isn't the issue for me, but it's that the decision they've come to that feels unfair when they've still allowed the red card to stand. My take on it is if you're going to allow something that happened in the game to still stand, then EVERYTHING that happened in the game needs to still stand. The EFL have made it worse by making that particular call.

This is a by product of the absurd way football is run in this country. The decision to replay the match was taken exclusively by the EFL. The Premier League also have autonomy when it comes to disciplinary action against clubs under their control.

Any disciplinary sanctions such as red and yellow cards or manager misconduct are reported directly to the FA and they manage that side of the game for both the EFL and Premier League.

 

[arbitro]

I think Ismael speaks so well about the whole situation here.

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I just wonder wghy it took so long to come up with a decision in the first place ?

[RoversTilliDie]

1 hour ago, NeilInBristol said:

Agree

 

Free to previous ticket holders then half price or super cheap tickets and fill the stadium and make a statement 

get behind the lads not the owners 

No doubt, Ipswich are allocated 10,000 tickets for the replay, and ride away on their tractors with the 3pts. El happy Ipswich happy, and fuck rovers will be their message.

[joey_big_nose]

Id be furious if we were playing at Ipswich 1-0 up with an extra man, and this situation occured, and it would have been incredibly unfair. But as its our own lack of drainage is fundamentally the issue i can't complain too much. 

Whats very weird about it is the root cause (Ewood parks lack of drainage) has no reference in the guidelines. If they are redrawing the guidelines i can easily see that in future instead of a replay the home side may forfeit all the points if they cant  provide a fit playing surface. That would seem the logical thing to do.

Every other game in Yorkshire and the Northwest managed to complete despite similar levels of rain.

[Rogerb]

To be hoped the EFL don't take a look at Test and County Cricket Board where clubs have points deducted for sub standard pitches.

[RoversTilliDie]

29 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I just wonder wghy it took so long to come up with a decision in the first place ?

The efl were probably waiting for the biggest backhander.

[XLM]

Saying it's a fair outcome because of the pitch and drainage makes no sense. It plays no factor in the decision. If we had been down to 10 and Ipswich had been 1 up, then the outcome would have been the same. Full replay. And if it wasn't the same (and we'll never know), then the EFL is corrupt.

Our pitch and drainage meets the regulations of the league, so it doesn't matter. If the EFL wants to use the standard of the pitch as a whole as a factor, then they have to change the pitch regulations and force our owners to spend money on it.

Edited 1 hour ago by XLM

[only2garners]

1 hour ago, joey_big_nose said:

Every other game in Yorkshire and the Northwest managed to complete despite similar levels of rain.

That's true of the top 4 divisions but there were two local games in the National league North abandoned, at AFC Fylde and Southport. Curiously on their websites, to date, Southport have said that their game will be replayed and there is no decision from Fylde yet as far as I can see. A replay for Fylde would be particularly harsh as they were 4-0 up although the game was abandoned when a pass across the penalty area stopped in the water and allowed a tap in.