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deeayess · 22-01-2008, 00:05

If has been stated Stanley requested a pitch inspection by a Football League appointed referee and the pitch was passed fit and there was no further rainfall nor was any forecast then how can it be the fault of Stanley? I left home at 7.30am to go to the game and didn't get home until 11pm and the pitch looked reasonable enough to me compared to many of the games I've been to but as has been stated it is down to the matchday referee who could never have called it off in time for the Brentford fans if the pitch has been passed fit at 10am. Even if the complaint was with the referee who declared the pitch fit at 10am being influenced by Stanley it would only show he was not fit to referee as he must have known the consequences of his decision. I'm sure many of us have attended matches played on far worse pitches than that which only shows the inconsistency of officials. I was at a game in Paisley two weeks ago which was called off an hour before kick off and meant I had a 350 mile round trip for nothing but that was up to the official not either club so it's not unique to Brentford, in fact saturday was the third game in 11 days I had travelled to that was off so maybe it was my fault. Thank god yesterdays game in Inverness was OK!!

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deeayess Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dumfries & Galloway Posts: 1,262 Liked: 506 times Rep Power: 8370	Re: Bee's If has been stated Stanley requested a pitch inspection by a Football League appointed referee and the pitch was passed fit and there was no further rainfall nor was any forecast then how can it be the fault of Stanley? I left home at 7.30am to go to the game and didn't get home until 11pm and the pitch looked reasonable enough to me compared to many of the games I've been to but as has been stated it is down to the matchday referee who could never have called it off in time for the Brentford fans if the pitch has been passed fit at 10am. Even if the complaint was with the referee who declared the pitch fit at 10am being influenced by Stanley it would only show he was not fit to referee as he must have known the consequences of his decision. I'm sure many of us have attended matches played on far worse pitches than that which only shows the inconsistency of officials. I was at a game in Paisley two weeks ago which was called off an hour before kick off and meant I had a 350 mile round trip for nothing but that was up to the official not either club so it's not unique to Brentford, in fact saturday was the third game in 11 days I had travelled to that was off so maybe it was my fault. Thank god yesterdays game in Inverness was OK!!