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Post by harrybuckle on Dec 14, 2015 21:50:04 GMT
Who remembers watching the first 12 mins of the match at the Mem v Hartlepool and then it was abandoned after the ref said pitch was unplayable due to frost along the side of the pitch.
Playing for the monkey hangars was a certain Darrell Clarke. His first game at the Mem. A long trip home for both the team and the 170 away fans who travelled.
In the rearranged match in Feb 2002 Hartlepool had the last laugh winning 1-0 with Clarke and a certain Jermaine Easter coming on as subs for Pool. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2015 22:06:16 GMT
I remember we hit the post in the 12 minutes match, but not a lot else.
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Post by lostinspace on Dec 14, 2015 22:10:35 GMT
scottish striker name eludes me, not here long, barn door type !! should have scored twice before the game was abandoned
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Post by womble on Dec 14, 2015 22:11:09 GMT
If I remember correctly Martin Cameron blasted a good chance wide and was it Astafjevs who hit the post?
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Post by Rex on Dec 14, 2015 22:14:43 GMT
The linesman was a director of the company I worked for at the time. He told me on the following Monday that he and the other linesman were desperately trying to convince the ref to postpone the game.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2015 22:16:47 GMT
If I remember correctly Martin Cameron blasted a good chance wide and was it Astafjevs who hit the post? Hit the bar I thought? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2015 22:21:57 GMT
The linesman was a director of the company I worked for at the time. He told me on the following Monday that he and the other linesman were desperately trying to convince the ref to postpone the game. The story went that the pitch started freezing again at kick off, ref wanted to postpone game, safety officer didn't want people leaving whilst some were still arriving, recipe for disaster, so it was agreed to play 10 or so mins and then when last people had arrived, unless pitch suddenly decided to defy laws of nature and thaw, the game would be called off. That has a ring of truth as there were people by exits handing out vouchers for re-arranged game pretty quickly, almost as if they knew it was about to be called off. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2015 22:32:15 GMT
If I remember correctly Martin Cameron blasted a good chance wide and was it Astafjevs who hit the post? Hit the bar I thought? Definitely the post. Probably. |
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Post by irishrover on Dec 14, 2015 22:47:54 GMT
I remember it very well - probably the most farcical thing I've seen at a game. You have to say it was terrible refereeing because either you put the game on and just play or you don't. To go 'we'll play 10 minutes and see how it goes' is the kind of thing you'd do in amateur sport but it was ridiculously unfair on the poor Hartlepool fans. I honestly think that's what his thought process was - he looked at the pitch and thought 'it's all playable apart from that bit let's give it a go'. I'm amazed any Hartlepool player that day didn't hold a lifetime grudge against us to be honest.
I have some vague memory of the game stopping twice too - one attempted re-start or one long deliberation about whether it was playable and then briefly carrying on. Is that right? |
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Post by Rex on Dec 14, 2015 23:20:44 GMT
The linesman was a director of the company I worked for at the time. He told me on the following Monday that he and the other linesman were desperately trying to convince the ref to postpone the game. The story went that the pitch started freezing again at kick off, ref wanted to postpone game, safety officer didn't want people leaving whilst some were still arriving, recipe for disaster, so it was agreed to play 10 or so mins and then when last people had arrived, unless pitch suddenly decided to defy laws of nature and thaw, the game would be called off. That has a ring of truth as there were people by exits handing out vouchers for re-arranged game pretty quickly, almost as if they knew it was about to be called off. That may well be the story that went about, but the linesman, who I knew very well, was adamant that it was just a terrible call from the ref, and that he and his other linesman did their utmost to get him to postpone the game. |
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Post by irishrover on Dec 14, 2015 23:38:54 GMT
The story went that the pitch started freezing again at kick off, ref wanted to postpone game, safety officer didn't want people leaving whilst some were still arriving, recipe for disaster, so it was agreed to play 10 or so mins and then when last people had arrived, unless pitch suddenly decided to defy laws of nature and thaw, the game would be called off. That has a ring of truth as there were people by exits handing out vouchers for re-arranged game pretty quickly, almost as if they knew it was about to be called off. That may well be the story that went about, but the linesman, who I knew very well, was adamant that it was just a terrible call from the ref, and that he and his other linesman did their utmost to get him to postpone the game. It certainly felt like a flat out dreadful call at the time but Bamber might have a point there because I do remember people handing out vouchers - so there must have been doubt at kick off whether the game was going to finish. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2015 0:02:58 GMT
That may well be the story that went about, but the linesman, who I knew very well, was adamant that it was just a terrible call from the ref, and that he and his other linesman did their utmost to get him to postpone the game. It certainly felt like a flat out dreadful call at the time but Bamber might have a point there because I do remember people handing out vouchers - so there must have been doubt at kick off whether the game was going to finish. Just repeating what I was told at the time. Can you imagine if that's true and a player had been seriously injured during a game that it was already decided would count for nothing and would be replayed? As you say, high farce. |
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Post by irishrover on Dec 15, 2015 0:22:23 GMT
It certainly felt like a flat out dreadful call at the time but Bamber might have a point there because I do remember people handing out vouchers - so there must have been doubt at kick off whether the game was going to finish. Just repeating what I was told at the time. Can you imagine if that's true and a player had been seriously injured during a game that it was already decided would count for nothing and would be replayed? As you say, high farce. Yeah - I think either way Rex is right. Bloody awful call by the referee. It reminded me of the kind of thing that occasionally goes on in amateur cricket - it's drizzling down but we've all turned up on our Saturday afternoon, might as well give it a go for a bit and see if it gets better. That's generally fair enough- but it's no way to run a professional sporting contest!
Mind you, I bet it's a cult thing among Pools fans these days - I'm sure there's a few thousand of them that claim to have been there!
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Post by hollyhillgas on Dec 15, 2015 8:50:49 GMT
Lost the rearranged game which was the beginning of the relegation struggle, failing to record a victory for 11 games; talk about Karma.
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Post by Igitur on Dec 15, 2015 9:01:12 GMT
200 mile round trip for 10 min football!
Ron Craig, bless his soul, gave out some cash refunds in the car park before getting in his motor and leaving; my son got one but I feel a little guilty now.
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Post by CountyGroundHotel on Dec 15, 2015 9:09:53 GMT
To make it more farcical after our 12 minutes of entertainment the group I was with walked across the goalmouth, to indeed confirm it was firm under foot, out I'm sure through the Alton Rd entrance & around to muller Rd playing fields where our Saturday team were playing and watched the reserves not entertain us on a pitch without a hint of ice on it.
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Post by irishrover on Dec 15, 2015 11:53:19 GMT
Lost the rearranged game which was the beginning of the relegation struggle, failing to record a victory for 11 games; talk about Karma. I don't remember that season being anything other than a relegation struggle. Although 'struggle' would imply some kind of brave fight on our part - in reality it was a season long capitulation in which we only failed to go down because there was 1 other team worse than us. I genuinely think that was the worst Rovers side ever (Ellington excluded) - even poorer than the one that actually did get relegated. |
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Post by manchestergas on Dec 15, 2015 22:11:48 GMT
There was this redeeming game:
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2015 22:14:36 GMT
There was this redeeming game: I'd forgotten what a blatant own goal the second was! |
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Post by Rex on Dec 16, 2015 6:46:58 GMT
There was this redeeming game: Glad to see Derby managed to bounce back from that last night though  |
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