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One thing that this game highlighted is that it is abundantly clear that Beck should be nowhere near a football pitch. Can’t run, can’t beat 18 year olds in the air, outmuscled by 18 year olds, just generally can’t keep up with play!
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He was brilliant and kept us in the game, especially the first half. Deserved chants of “Rory Rory Watson” at multiple points throughout the game. Clearly distraught at the end, being consoled by FGR players which I thought was a nice touch on their part. If he didn’t fumble that at the end it probably would have been the best goalkeeping performance I’ve seen since his heroics at home vs Carlisle in 2020.
I definitely had a grumble when we brought him back but he’s looked the part so far and long may it continue.
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Scandalous that Starbuck and Horton are still suspended.
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Here’s a working link to their rulebook.
https://www.ncefl.org.uk/league/rules/downloads/NCEL_League_Rules_2025-26.pdf
Nothing in there about having to have a certain reason for applying rule 8.38. Just walk off the pitch if you’re losing.
“In the event of a match being abandoned due to the conduct of one Club or its members or supporters, the Board has the power to order that either: (a) the original match stands as a completed match, (b) the match is replayed (and the terms upon which the match is replayed), or (c) the match is not replayed, and to award either one or three points to the Club not at fault. The Board cannot levy a financial penalty due to the conduct of a Club.”
Suggests they would have been well within their “rules” to award us a 2-1 win as a “completed match”.
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Really struggling to get my head around the goals being wiped. Surely it sets the precedent that if you’re losing towards the end of a game you just walk off the pitch and refuse to play. You’ll still get zero points but will be as if you never conceded.
Or a final game showdown between two teams vying for promotion/playoff spot/safety…one team needs to beat the other by 2 goals and are 5-0 up…nah just walk off the pitch.
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Replaying the Eastleigh game – correct decision.
Getting 3 points for Wealdstone – correct decision.
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Wiping off the goals scored/conceded is a mad decision! We’ve effectively been punished whilst Wealdstone have benefited. If it were UEFA we would have received a 3-0 victory similar to Romania vs Kosovo when the Kosovo players walked off the pitch and refused to play. Obviously the NL seems things differently.
At the end of the season if we’re about to get relegated or drop out of the playoffs on goal difference you just walk off the pitch and refuse to play…job done. Absolutely bonkers!
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Can’t see any other outcome than us getting the points. The FA rules are pretty clear on this:
“In all cases where the Management Committee are satisfied that a Match was abandoned owing to the conduct of one Team or its Club member(s) they shall award the points for the Match to the opponent.”
Wealdstone were instructed by the referee (after consulting with the PGMOL) to complete the game. They refused. Points to us.
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Well, when the league finally gets round to considering our suspended games then if they decide the Eastleigh game must be replayed , then Wealdstone will almost certainly argue that today’s should be as well. You could not make this shit up!
Completely different scenario to the Eastleigh game. The referee made the decision to abandon that game, and rightly so. This game was abandoned solely because Wealdstone refused to play. Forfeit game, 3-0 win incoming.
Different organisation (and we know how shambolic the National League are) but similar to when Romania were awarded a 3-0 win versus Kosovo because Kosovo players refused to play after receiving abuse from the crowd.
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Well there you have it. Butler confirmed on radio that the ref and League wanted the game to continue and Wealdstone refused to play on. Anything other than an incoming 3-0 win will be absolutely ludicrous!
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