oneandycrawford

Loved the bit where the England keeper catches the ball on his goal-line.....and immediately boots it upfield. Cue Russell Martin heart-attack!!

Bloody hell that's a scary place to be - even now!

No worries. No wonder I was confused 🙂

Not sure what point you're making? Bell played 61 games in two and a half seasons. Only scored 10 goals though. I remember he was underwhelming as we thought he'd be better than he was. Mind you we'd probably be delighted with a striker scoring 1 in 6 these days 😬

And then get the Taliban to blow it up!

So JDT 'shit or bust' style was the most successful! I know there were a lot of issues with Mowbray's reign - particularly towards the end - but his record in taking over a plummeting team (under Coyle) and almost keeping us up doesn't look too shabby on comparison with the others.

Can you imagine moving a kick-off time as the crowd would be affected by a local league cricket match! When you look at local league cricket today it's hard to believe the sort of crowds they used to get. I recall being on Rawtenstall's ground and you couldn't get a seat (and that was a ground with a full terrace of seating).

Well there's bound to be someone at Derby who still has some keys to Ewood!

I understand where you're coming from but my worry is that clubs would start gaming the system and we end up in interminable legal processes when clubs don't agree on the outcome - which could be most of the time! What happens if it's the last game of the season - how long would the process take when it could involve relegation / promotion issues affecting a whole host of clubs? No system will be perfect because, as you rightly point out, there are so many different scenarios. Maybe some system which at least lays out the options (e.g. full replay, complete the match from the point it stopped, result stands, points awarded to one team or the other) - and some guidance as to what the likely outcome is in different circumstances - might help to speed up the process and mean fans are better informed.

That takes the disadvantage to Ipswich too far in the other direction. They'd likely lose by 4 or 5 goals through no fault of their own whereas, in a 10+ min finish the game scenario, that would be unlikely (although not impossible!) Fairest solution would be to finish the game starting at the point it was abandoned but can't see that happening. What this whole nonsense shows is that the EFL needs to come up with firm rules for all foreseeable abandonment scenarios. Clubs to be involved in setting those rules and then all signed up to them.

The look on his face was priceless!

Definitely a contender - although the fact that their supporters mostly couldn't be arsed to travel all the way across London tends to make it a one-sided famous occasion!

To be honest it's not a phrase I ever actually use myself - although plenty of other Valley people do!

What about BB4? We are also part of the Teacake world.

For clarification: by non-natives I mean people not born within a few miles of Pendle Hill.