German team lose 37 nil

[Xhavenjoe]

German football team lost 37-0 to their local rivals after fielding only seven players who socially distanced throughout the match.
Ripdorf fielded the minimum number of players on Sunday because their opponents SV Holdenstedt II came into contact in a previous game with someone who tested positive for Covid-19.
Their team tested negative but Ripdorf said the conditions were not safe.
If Ripdorf had not played, they would have faced a €200 (£182) fine.
They had asked for the match - in the 11th tier of German football - to be postponed but the local association refused.
Ripdorf said they did not feel safe as at the time of the game 14 days had not yet passed since Holdenstedt players had come into contact with the person who tested positive.
Holdenstedt's first team did not play in the match and the club fielded their second team

 

[Southern]

German football team lost 37-0 to their local rivals after fielding only seven players who socially distanced throughout the match.
Ripdorf fielded the minimum number of players on Sunday because their opponents SV Holdenstedt II came into contact in a previous game with someone who tested positive for Covid-19.
Their team tested negative but Ripdorf said the conditions were not safe.
If Ripdorf had not played, they would have faced a €200 (£182) fine.
They had asked for the match - in the 11th tier of German football - to be postponed but the local association refused.
Ripdorf said they did not feel safe as at the time of the game 14 days had not yet passed since Holdenstedt players had come into contact with the person who tested positive.
Holdenstedt's first team did not play in the match and the club fielded their second team

What’s the source?

 

[flook]

I read this the other day, farce, game should be null and void

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

There were several solutions to avoid that farce but you only need to mention 'local association' and the most farcical solution will prevail. You could postpone it, you could give the game to one side with a 3-0 scoreline or you could play 7-a-side or, my preferred solution, you could get a RippedOffFC player going up to the ref, calling him a twisting, cheating whistling wanker, get sent off, and then the ref would have to abandon. Oh, just a mo, I thought that when a team went down to SEVEN, the game was abandoned anyway. Wonder if someone had a few bob on the result?

 

[meeesh]

I've an horrible feeling Wolves could do the same to us on Monday,well if the transfer thread has anything to go by it could be more :)

 

[Xhavenjoe]

What’s the source?

Was on a few websites but BBC football was where I saw above

 

[LWashington]

Bön Äccörd like this thread.

 

[crazyg]

Bön Äccörd like this thread.

But Arbroath will be pissed off though.

 

[mccity]

Bayern are too good it seems these days..

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Good for them.