PARrot, Fri 23 Jan 23:02

I`ll never understand why anyone would not want a team below us to take points off a team above us.
Surely by virtue of the fact they lost to a team below us, we most certainly do have a chance of catching them.

Westies squint kicks, Fri 23 Jan 21:27

The referee has to consider the game as a spectacle.
It’s as farcical a game as I’ve seen, and resembles nothing like a normal game of Football.

Not your average Sunday League player.

GG Riva, Sat 24 Jan 07:26

Westies squint kicks, Fri 23 Jan 21:27

The referee has to consider the game as a spectacle.
It’s as farcical a game as I’ve seen, and resembles nothing like a normal game of Football.

I think you`ll find that logical, though your consideration is, it`s not true. I remember a Boxing day game v Aberdeen, going ahead in very foggy conditions. The Aberdeen fans in the East Stand couldn`t see the goal at the Norrie end and sang a song to say as much after their team opened the scoring. They only realised Aberdeen were ahead when they saw their players celebrating and the game restarting. The Pars eventually won 3-2.

The ref only needs to be able to see both goals from the halfway line. Last night, the ref could only call off or abandon the game if he believed the safety of the players was compromised by the conditions. There`s no consideration for the fans in the Rules of the Game.

GG Riva, Sat 24 Jan 11:29

I didn`t see the game last night, Westie, so I don`t know how bad the conditions were, but the Rules of the Game should be the same everywhere. I didn`t know about the trajectory of the ball or it staying still. I`m sure you`ll have seen a player keeping a finger on the ball while a teammate takes a corner next to the undercroft, where it`s often like a wind tunnel.

One thing I am sure of is that the welfare and safety of the fans is not in the remit of the ref. Only Police Scotland can call a game off for those reasons.