The game is off

you always know someone has to do the moonwalk when its windy

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Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Kippax Street 1880 said:
Left work literally 2 fucking minutes before this shit. Just got home now, can only think they looked at the chill factore and shit themselves. It was by no means that bad at the ground.
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But surely it's not just about how bad it is at the ground (even though blown over programme cabins says to me it was bad enough)

Shouldn't it be about the journeys fans have to make to get to the game and the risks they are taking to do so. The post below yours talks about a tree falling on their car. That could have killed someone? All for a game of football,... Is it really worth that?

The Red warning was issued by the Met Office at least 7 hours before kick off. Why was that ignored?
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listen, weather warnings are for ordinary folk, football supporters are hard
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Kippax Street 1880 said:
Left work literally 2 fucking minutes before this shit. Just got home now, can only think they looked at the chill factore and shit themselves. It was by no means that bad at the ground.
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But surely it's not just about how bad it is at the ground (even though blown over programme cabins says to me it was bad enough)

Shouldn't it be about the journeys fans have to make to get to the game and the risks they are taking to do so. The post below yours talks about a tree falling on their car. That could have killed someone? All for a game of football,... Is it really worth that?

The Red warning was issued by the Met Office at least 7 hours before kick off. Why was that ignored?
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seems it was bad earlier, I got there at about 7:20 having been sat on a bus for 40 minutes and there was a stiff breeze nothing more.
 
Hope everybody got home safe. Set off from near York at 4:30. M62 nightmare and only got as far as Huddersfield when heard game was off. Home at 9:30. Ah well at least it beats getting home after midnight. Take care folks.
 
Damocles said:
Didsbury Dave said:
Please save us from daft self-centred "it's a disgrace" rants. I know it's England, and it has to be someone's fault, but sometimes these things just happen. If someone had died the exact same people would have been calling it 'a disgrace' to have gone ahead.
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Bang on. The Everton game was called off because apparently the tile from a roof on the way there were getting damaged blown into the street by the winds.

Can you imagine the absolute uproar from people if they knew this was happening, let the game go ahead, and somebody got injured?

The GMP and Safety Officer did their jobs tonight, which was to call of the game when they couldn't guarantee the safety of all the attendees. The lateness of the decision is because wind speed and impact on such a local scale are almost impossible to predict and they wanted to give the game every opportunity to go ahead. 1 hour before the game is when most games get called off for this type of thing, and we were ahead of Everton by 15 minutes. I don't presume their Safety Officer is "getting the sack" either.

Some really ridiculous opinions on here at times.
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Spot on

Amazing how many people are happy to put themselves and others in danger to watch a football match?

The people who are saying why leave it so late, I'm sure they were waiting to see if it died down but it didn't, shit happens and the call was correct for everyone.
 
Three hour trip and had just got in the car park when the game was called off.
The wind was so bad that when my lad opened his driver side window to pay for the car park the rain came through to hit the inside of my passenger side window! Truely horizontal!!!
 
incred said:
Three hour trip and had just got in the car park when the game was called off.
The wind was so bad that when my lad opened his driver side window to pay for the car park the rain came through to hit the inside of my passenger side window! Truely horizontal!!!
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Did you get a refund?
 
Stretford Ender said:
I,ve been telling my blue mates all day the game will be off,scandalous decision to leave it so late ,not having a go at City,the police should have called it off at 16-30 when it was quite clear that it was going to be a one off weather situation.
We,ll let everyone set off ,chance getting stuck in already bad traffic situation and chance damage to your vehicle or worst to individuals ,then call it off an hour before the KO , typical no thought for the general public.
Let's face it the game would have been a complete farce in weather conditions such as this.
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Bang on.... I was in our Stockport office this afternoon and it was atrocious weather wise from around 2... Parked at the Velodrome after driving to the ground and it was obvious after walking from there to MacD's that the weather and wind especially was very bad... They could and should have called it off at least 1 hour before!

Leaving the Velodrome a large piece of roof cladding flew across the road so the decision was right... The timing a joke
 
The wind has just started to die down a bit now here on the Fylde Coast, the worst storm I have seen for years

Even though I had a wasted journey and a hair raising journey back home, it was the right decision, and could be advantageous in the long run
 
corky1970 said:
Ducado said:
The wind has just started to die down a bit now here on the Fylde Coast, the worst storm I have seen for years

Even though I had a wasted journey and a hair raising journey back home, it was the right decision, and could be advantageous in the long run
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Serves you right for holidaying in Blackpool in February you daft ****
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Ha, Ha
 
Was the right decision. Managed to get to the pub, have a pint with few Sunderland fans. Felt sorry for them as they have a journey back home tonight.

Safety is a priority for the fans, plus in this weather the players would have had to exert more energy due to the conditions.

For me it's 1 less game before 2 absolutely crucial games in the next 7 days
 
Ducado said:
The wind has just started to die down a bit now here on the Fylde Coast, the worst storm I have seen for years

Even though I had a wasted journey and a hair raising journey back home, it was the right decision, and could be advantageous in the long run
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Was in Blackpool at 5pm. That was windy! Nearly blew me over. Car was shaking all the way home.
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
Ducado said:
The wind has just started to die down a bit now here on the Fylde Coast, the worst storm I have seen for years

Even though I had a wasted journey and a hair raising journey back home, it was the right decision, and could be advantageous in the long run
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Was in Blackpool at 5pm. That was windy! Nearly blew me over. Car was shaking all the way home.
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FFS, tell it to man up
 
Well that was a waste of time. Just got in after getting to the stadium at 6.35 to find it was called off. Roads all blocked coming home.
I can fully understand the reasons for calling it off but why wait so late when this weather was forecast all week.

Weather is twice as bad back here in Blackpool than it was in Manchester by the way. Feel really sorry for the Sunderland and Palace fans. Obviously the fans don't matter anymore. Either that or the police are clueless.
 
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