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#Post#: 95413--------------------------------------------------
Stephen Martin - Blackburn vs Ipswich
DIR By: HChip
Date: September 20, 2025, 10:07 am
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Perfect DOGSO call and red card from Stephen. Seems to be doing
fairly well so far.
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Re: Stephen Martin - Blackburn vs Ipswich
DIR By: HChip
Date: September 20, 2025, 10:38 am
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Rightfully stopped the game with possible abandonment.
Pitch conditions are awful.
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Re: Stephen Martin - Blackburn vs Ipswich
DIR By: TA_Ref
Date: September 20, 2025, 10:39 am
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I have just seen a small clip of the game and to me, the pitch
looks dangerous to me. So much water splashing up from
challenges and the rain doesn’t look like it’s relenting at all.
If it was earlier in the game, it may have been called off. Not
excusing a quite terrible performance from my team.
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Re: Stephen Martin - Blackburn vs Ipswich
DIR By: TA_Ref
Date: September 20, 2025, 11:01 am
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> I have just seen a small clip of the game and to me, the pitch
looks dangerous to me. So much water splashing up from
challenges and the rain doesn’t look like it’s relenting at all.
If it was earlier in the game, it may have been called off. Not
excusing a quite terrible performance from my team.
>
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Looking like game to be called off after suspended after 78
minutes.
Would this mean a full match replay?
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Re: Stephen Martin - Blackburn vs Ipswich
DIR By: rustyref
Date: September 20, 2025, 11:23 am
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> [quote author=TA_Ref link=topic=7238.msg95415#msg95415
date=1758382750]
> I have just seen a small clip of the game and to me, the pitch
looks dangerous to me. So much water splashing up from
challenges and the rain doesn’t look like it’s relenting at all.
If it was earlier in the game, it may have been called off. Not
excusing a quite terrible performance from my team.
>
--- End Quote ---
Looking like game to be called off after suspended after 78
minutes.
Would this mean a full match replay?
[/quote]
Yes. And Greaves's suspension will still stand even though the
game was abandoned.
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Re: Stephen Martin - Blackburn vs Ipswich
DIR By: TheThingFromLewes
Date: September 20, 2025, 12:17 pm
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I think it probably should have been called off a lot earlier…
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Re: Stephen Martin - Blackburn vs Ipswich
DIR By: chris.g?ld?r
Date: September 20, 2025, 2:02 pm
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--- Quote from: TA_Ref link ---
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> [quote author=TA_Ref link=topic=7238.msg95415#msg95415
date=1758382750]
> I have just seen a small clip of the game and to me, the pitch
looks dangerous to me. So much water splashing up from
challenges and the rain doesn’t look like it’s relenting at all.
If it was earlier in the game, it may have been called off. Not
excusing a quite terrible performance from my team.
>
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Looking like game to be called off after suspended after 78
minutes.
Would this mean a full match replay?
[/quote]
The rule is when a match is called off after 75 minutes then the
EFL can agree to let the result stand. Called off before the
75th minute then it is an automatic rematch.
Whether the EFL decide to enforce that or not is of course
entirely within their discretion. Would feel very harsh on
Blackburn if it were a full replay to be honest.
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Re: Stephen Martin - Blackburn vs Ipswich
DIR By: TA_Ref
Date: September 20, 2025, 4:33 pm
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> [quote author=TA_Ref link=topic=7238.msg95418#msg95418
date=1758384078]
> [quote author=TA_Ref link=topic=7238.msg95415#msg95415
date=1758382750]
> I have just seen a small clip of the game and to me, the pitch
looks dangerous to me. So much water splashing up from
challenges and the rain doesn’t look like it’s relenting at all.
If it was earlier in the game, it may have been called off. Not
excusing a quite terrible performance from my team.
>
--- End Quote ---
Looking like game to be called off after suspended after 78
minutes.
Would this mean a full match replay?
[/quote]
The rule is when a match is called off after 75 minutes then the
EFL can agree to let the result stand. Called off before the
75th minute then it is an automatic rematch.
Whether the EFL decide to enforce that or not is of course
entirely within their discretion. Would feel very harsh on
Blackburn if it were a full replay to be honest.
[/quote]
Having spoke to some people, apparently the 75 minute rule is a
‘misconception’ and that this doesn’t exist in the EFL anymore.
It was a rule a few years back but not now.
The rules state that a fixture where 90 minutes is not fulfilled
by a cause that is not the fault of either side, then the game
should be replayed in its entirety at a date mutually agreed by
the two clubs.
However harsh it may seem on Blackburn, it looks like a replayed
game will occur. Obviously both sides will have their arguments
and someone will come out on the wrong end of this decision but
ultimately, it was the correct decision to stop the game and
make player safety the priority
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Re: Stephen Martin - Blackburn vs Ipswich
DIR By: doowe
Date: September 21, 2025, 1:34 pm
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--- Quote from: TA_Ref link ---
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> I have just seen a small clip of the game and to me, the pitch
looks dangerous to me. So much water splashing up from
challenges and the rain doesn’t look like it’s relenting at all.
If it was earlier in the game, it may have been called off. Not
excusing a quite terrible performance from my team.
>
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The rainfall was of biblical proportions and the river, behind
the ground, was so high it was covering the pitch drainage
outlet. The railway line to Bolton which runs above the river
was closed, due to flooding, for a few hours in the early
evening
#Post#: 95614--------------------------------------------------
Re: Stephen Martin - Blackburn vs Ipswich
DIR By: TA_Ref
Date: September 23, 2025, 2:48 pm
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Some more controversy from this match has occurred this evening.
The Blackburn manager, Valerien Ismael, has come out and said
that he didn’t agree to abandon game.
This is contrasting to what referee, Stephen Martin, said.
Apparently, he said both managers agreed to abandon game.
To me this is a non-story and managers agreement should not be a
part of this. The pitch was unsafe, unplayable and dangerous.
It did not need two managers to agree on stopping the game.
Stephen Martin done the correct thing to abandon the match.
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