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Match thread from Holker Street ( Barrow A.F.C) The First Team > Fixtures & Results
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Legend of the game 2,849 posts Lady Magpie Legend of the game 2,849 posts
Lady Magpie
Today's team news:
 
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Live team sheet updated during the match:     www.forestgreenrovers.co.uk/team-sheet
 
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Ash Loveridge media Seasoned Pro 731 posts
Ash Loveridge media
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Honeymonster Semi-Pro 79 posts
Honeymonster
Was there a pitch inspection ? If not Barrow should be fines
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cookiemonster Legend of the game 1,114 posts
cookiemonster
We are TOO used to smooth pitches that play well - our home pitch and the training ground are bowling green quality.
Perhaps we need some experience of muddy park pitches - ideally practising on them, but if not talk about how to deal with poor conditions
Anyway it should be called off, so just a learning experience for 10 minutes
On the video there doesn't look to be much wrong with Barrow's pitch either. I suppose if the deluge is heavy enough no kind of pitch will cope.
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Pitchfork GOAT 5,810 posts
Pitchfork
If you see when the match was abandoned the players are splashing around, with water reaching up to their knees.
 
The Barrow defender passes back calmly to their keeper, the ball stope dead in the area. Sean should have scored but skies it.
 
The referee has to take responsibility for the game starting. Yes he has to take recognition of the fans, especially the travelling ones but he should make the tough decision even if both managers want to start the game.
 
As well as being farcical in the first 15 minutes, there could easily have been player injuries.
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Old Course Green Armchair Manager 312 posts
Old Course Green
The BBC website still says suspended?
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Foggy GOAT 5,528 posts
Foggy
The BBC website still says suspended?
Presumably play can resume at low tide!
Green in a sea of red!
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Dougal Legend of the game 1,862 posts
Dougal
Some quality defending here 😬 🫣
 
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Tommo GOAT 3,075 posts
Tommo
Bonkers goal in bonkers conditions. Our defence looked all at sea.  
 
What a pity Etaluku didn't score - then we could at least say we were drawing at the time of abandonment.
 
I hope the fans who went get some compensation but who would know who was there if they didn't go with the supporters coach?  
 
We live to fight another day I guess.
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FoDFGR Sunday League 3 posts
FoDFGR
It was clear to everyone there that the game wasn’t going to complete except it appears the Ref. When the ground staff were trying to use towels to mop up the water you knew it was too far gone…. Thank goodness our pitch is so good and drains well.
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