[Albion] Imagine if the game on Sunday had to be abandoned after 82 minutes with Albion 3-0 up

[Goldstone Rapper]

... Would there have been a riot?

 

[D Block blue]

I always thought it was somewhere around the 70th minute that result stood if abandoned.

 

[rdigs24]

I believe that if more than a half has been played then the score stands.

If it got abandoned at half time then yes, there would be trouble...

I think that you have to play 75 minutes for the result to stand, should a game be abandoned.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

I played in a game that was abandoned when we were 3-0 up at half time, it was just a little bit heated!

 

[Bob!]

I believe that if more than a half has been played then the score stands.

If it got abandoned at half time then yes, there would be trouble...

I always thought it was somewhere around the 70th minute that result stood if abandoned.

I think that you have to play 75 minutes for the result to stand, should a game be abandoned.

Nope, full game for the score to stand

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Imagine if the game on Sunday had to be abandoned after 82 minutes with Albion

Thanks. I didn't know there was a set time for a result to stand. So, say, it was after 55 mins with Albion 3-0 up and rain getting heavier... And Pawson calls time on the game. What would have happened?

 

[BensGrandad]

The result of the game is at the discretion of the League committee and in reaching a decision they consider the reason for the abandonment but it is usually accepted that the result will stand if more than 2/3rds of the game has been played but assuming the winning team are not at fault or responsible for the abandonment.

We were losing heavilly at Swindon one season and the ref abandoned the game just after half time due to a waterlogged pitch and the game was replayed but we lost that as well.

 

[AZ Gull]

We were losing 0-4 at Swindon on New Years Day 1977 when the match was abandoned after 67 minutes. The game was replayed at the end of the season, Swindon won 2-1.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Imagine if the game on Sunday had to be abandoned after 82 minutes with Albion

Irrespective of the League's eventual decision, do you think there have been crowd trouble at the stadium, though, in response to the ref's decision?

 

[BensGrandad]

We were losing 0-4 at Swindon on New Years Day 1977 when the match was abandoned after 67 minutes. The game was replayed at the end of the season, Swindon won 2-1.

We were told at half time by the police that the ref was going to restart the game and then call it off before 69th minute so that it would have to be replayed. I didn't think that it was as long at 67 mins but wouldn't argue.

 

[Phat Baz 68]

The official time is 75 minutes played score then stands

 

[JOLovegrove]

Surely if a team is more then 3 goals up with 30 minutes to go, then that team would 'win.'

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Irrespective of the League's eventual decision, do you think there have been crowd trouble at the stadium, though, in response to the ref's decision?

No, maybe if Palace were 3-0 up a few would have kicked off in the away end. But if we were 3-0 up our fans would have filed out quietly and thanked the ref for his time.

 

[BensGrandad]

The official time is 75 minutes played score then stands

Not sure that is 'set in stone' as I seem to remember Fulham unexpectedly winning in a cup tie when supporters went on to the pitch about 3 mins from the end and the match was abandoned and then ordered to be replayed

 

[dougdeep]

Games have to finish. Honest.

 

[whitelion]

We were losing 0-4 at Swindon on New Years Day 1977 when the match was abandoned after 67 minutes. The game was replayed at the end of the season, Swindon won 2-1.

Never have I left a game happier having 'lost'.

 

[carlzeiss]

Conditions were poor on Sunday and it was clearly disadvantaging CPFC so perhaps the match should have been abandoned .

In days gone by though things do seem to have been much worse :-

Football's golden years: Think the pitch at Blackpool is in poor shape? You should take a look at this little lot... | Mail Online

 

[DumLum]

Nope, full game for the score to stand

Surely you are correct with regards to professional football in this day and age. Maybe other posters are correct with regard to park football and the days when you could barge a keeper into his net to score a goal.

 

[TheMajor]

We were losing 0-4 at Swindon on New Years Day 1977 when the match was abandoned after 67 minutes. The game was replayed at the end of the season, Swindon won 2-1.

I was at that game - Nobby Horton was in the refs ear for the whole of the second half - mind you it was like a swamp.