Blackpool

[Mr Angry]

Potential league standings should make no difference. Should be a flat rule for everyone.

can see other clubs citing this as a precedent in the future if their game is called off for whatever reason.

I totally agree.

Huddersfield should have been awarded the game 3-0, Blackpool should have been hit by a big fine, and then start next season with a points deduction; this spineless abdication of responsibility by the Authorities sets a terrible precedent which will be cited in the future.

[Big Foot]

Potential league standings should make no difference. Should be a flat rule for everyone.

can see other clubs citing this as a precedent in the future if their game is called off for whatever reason.

I totally agree.

Huddersfield should have been awarded the game 3-0, Blackpool should have been hit by a big fine, and then start next season with a points deduction; this spineless abdication of responsibility by the Authorities sets a terrible precedent which will be cited in the future.

100%, this

[Brum Royal]

+1

[6ft Kerplunk]

+1
I f Huddersfield had won they'd have finished above Leeds in the table. I assume you get more money for finishing higher up in the table.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Amen. Also for betting purposes, I'm sure there must have been some kind of market available as to who would finish higher out of the two.

[Angry Shed Sex]

+1
I f Huddersfield had won they'd have finished above Leeds in the table. I assume you get more money for finishing higher up in the table.

Google is defiantly not your friend on this. I don't think there is any money for finishing outside the top two!

[Angry Shed Sex]

Oh - but a +1 to all of the above +1's.

[Sutekh]

If only we'd known this back in 1971 away at Aston Villa.......

[TBM]

As said, if the game mattered then it would have been replayed....

But it was a nothing game, it had no bearing on promotion or relegation (Huddlesfield finishing 1 place higher is the only thing affected which tbh is irrelevant) so how you can award Huddlesfield a win is beyond me - the game was 0-0. I'm sure the league will compensate Huddlesfield with some of the money Blackpool were fined etc.

[Pepe the Horseman]

As said, if the game mattered then it would have been replayed....

But it was a nothing game, it had no bearing on promotion or relegation (Huddlesfield finishing 1 place higher is the only thing affected which tbh is irrelevant) so how you can award Huddlesfield a win is beyond me - the game was 0-0. I'm sure the league will compensate Huddlesfield with some of the money Blackpool were fined etc.

What if you had a large sum of money on Huddersfield to finish above local rivals Leeds United?

[TBM]

As said, if the game mattered then it would have been replayed....

But it was a nothing game, it had no bearing on promotion or relegation (Huddlesfield finishing 1 place higher is the only thing affected which tbh is irrelevant) so how you can award Huddlesfield a win is beyond me - the game was 0-0. I'm sure the league will compensate Huddlesfield with some of the money Blackpool were fined etc.

What if you had a large sum of money on Huddersfield to finish above local rivals Leeds United?

Then you would have lost

Huddlesfield weren't winning the game, there is no guarantee that they would have won the game - so to just award them the win is odd.

Flip side to your question - what if you're a Leeds fan and had that bet?

[Winston Smith]

As said, if the game mattered then it would have been replayed....

But it was a nothing game, it had no bearing on promotion or relegation (Huddlesfield finishing 1 place higher is the only thing affected which tbh is irrelevant) so how you can award Huddlesfield a win is beyond me - the game was 0-0. I'm sure the league will compensate Huddlesfield with some of the money Blackpool were fined etc.

What if you had a large sum of money on Huddersfield to finish above local rivals Leeds United?

Then you would have lost

Huddlesfield weren't winning the game, there is no guarantee that they would have won the game - so to just award them the win is odd.

its not about whether they would have won or not, its the standarf punishment.

In the past if a game is called off or abandoned due to one clubs fault then the 'innocent' club get awarded a 3-0 win.

[TBM]

What if you had a large sum of money on Huddersfield to finish above local rivals Leeds United?

Then you would have lost

Huddlesfield weren't winning the game, there is no guarantee that they would have won the game - so to just award them the win is odd.

its not about whether they would have won or not, its the standarf punishment.

In the past if a game is called off or abandoned due to one clubs fault then the 'innocent' club get awarded a 3-0 win.

Examples?

Surely if you award a win to the "innocent" club then its open to abuse - "lets get a bunch of us in the home end and get the game called off - instant win and we will be promoted" etc etc

[genome]

I'm just pleased the table is complete now, my OCD was being triggered by everyone having played 46 games and Blackpool and Huddersfield having played 45.

[YateleyRoyal]

Sweet revenge:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-la ... e-32717861

[TBM]

What a mess that club is in

[Pepe the Horseman]

As said, if the game mattered then it would have been replayed....

But it was a nothing game, it had no bearing on promotion or relegation (Huddlesfield finishing 1 place higher is the only thing affected which tbh is irrelevant) so how you can award Huddlesfield a win is beyond me - the game was 0-0. I'm sure the league will compensate Huddlesfield with some of the money Blackpool were fined etc.

What if you had a large sum of money on Huddersfield to finish above local rivals Leeds United?

Then you would have lost

Huddlesfield weren't winning the game, there is no guarantee that they would have won the game - so to just award them the win is odd.

Flip side to your question - what if you're a Leeds fan and had that bet?

I would have probs had a judas bet on Huddersfield and would be furious that the FA didn't award them the points.

[6ft Kerplunk]

+1
I f Huddersfield had won they'd have finished above Leeds in the table. I assume you get more money for finishing higher up in the table.

Google is defiantly not your friend on this. I don't think there is any money for finishing outside the top two!

No wonder we didn't put much effort in after August. Was thinking all leagues were like the premier and every position was worth something.

[Nameless]

As said, if the game mattered then it would have been replayed....

But it was a nothing game, it had no bearing on promotion or relegation (Huddlesfield finishing 1 place higher is the only thing affected which tbh is irrelevant) so how you can award Huddlesfield a win is beyond me - the game was 0-0. I'm sure the league will compensate Huddlesfield with some of the money Blackpool were fined etc.

So. If Blackpool had been winning 1-0 you would have been happy to award them the 3 points ?

The only sensible rule is that if a game is not completed and one club is at fault then the other team gets a 3-0 win. It's a pretty standard rule used in all sorts of competitions at all levels. If it is a 'no fault' abandonment such as weather, floodlight failure etc it's differ not but where it is wholly down to one club then to just shrug your shoulders and accept the incomplete game as the full result makes no sense.

[TBM]

As said, if the game mattered then it would have been replayed....

But it was a nothing game, it had no bearing on promotion or relegation (Huddlesfield finishing 1 place higher is the only thing affected which tbh is irrelevant) so how you can award Huddlesfield a win is beyond me - the game was 0-0. I'm sure the league will compensate Huddlesfield with some of the money Blackpool were fined etc.

So. If Blackpool had been winning 1-0 you would have been happy to award them the 3 points ?

The only sensible rule is that if a game is not completed and one club is at fault then the other team gets a 3-0 win. It's a pretty standard rule used in all sorts of competitions at all levels. If it is a 'no fault' abandonment such as weather, floodlight failure etc it's differ not but where it is wholly down to one club then to just shrug your shoulders and accept the incomplete game as the full result makes no sense.

Normally the game would be replayed - the cost to replay a nothing game would be too high. Write the game off, both teams get a point - move on to the new season

Next time we're losing a game, why don't we all put opposition tops on and storm the pitch and refuse to leave. We then get a 3-0 win

Or say if you lose 4-0 you'll be relegated on goal difference - storm the pitch, refuse to leave. Lose 3-0, stay up.

Crazy