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Reply | Fans’ Forum
at 22:50 30 Jan 2025
Yes. Certain legalities need sorting out but it'll happen, hopefully within months. |
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Reply | The voice of the fan in the boardroom
at 22:50 28 Jan 2025
Given our inability to provide a suitable playing surface TWICE, we should at least be offering refunds and free tickets to Boston supporters, whenever this match is actually played. |
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Reply | Boston Match Thread
at 22:47 28 Jan 2025
We were assured by the club tonight's game was going ahead. Given recent weather, believable. 5:45 PM sat in Ratcliffes with regulars bouyed by Saturday's superb performance. 15 minutes later, rumours circulate. Rumours are confirmed.
Maybe we did have an overly pedantic referee this evening who, surprisingly, called the game off.
However, RAFC have given him the opportunity to be overly pedantic (if that was the case) by ignoring their own comments about the pitch at the pre-season Fans Forum. It was said then from the top table that there were problems with the pitch, which was met with surprise by supporters. Five months and several postponements down the line, (some were inevitable due to horrendous weather) we've seen two games v Boston postponed on mild weather days. Even Halifax played tonight! Where was the fix to what was known last August?
Do those on the "top table" realise the damage to our footballing fortunes and the reputational damage that has cost the club plenty in waste (trays galore of unsold pies were carried through Ratcliffes to the kitchen) and lost hospitality, again? Are they mithered? Seemingly not.
By twenty to eight, not one director (not even the Trust director) showed their face in Ratcliffes to have a conversation with the faithful (and a couple of Boston fans) who stayed behind to support our excellent bar provision.
Seemingly unable to run a professional football club and get games on on a sunny day, please can RAFC employ someone who knows how to do so? The current board - volunteers, investors or otherwise - appear incapable of doing so.
Fans Forum Thursday y'all.
UP THE DALE |
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Reply | Boston Match Thread
at 18:33 28 Jan 2025
Is the fans forum still on on Thursday?
Excellent beer in Ratcliffes tonight pre-non-match. |
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Reply | Hornets beaten by Widnes
at 23:39 27 Jan 2025
Unfortunately, the same BBC mistake is now appearing with Tuesday 28th January as its date. As TVOS has pointed out in another post, Stuart Morland isn't even the match official. The other two NL games tonight have "season so far" stats on their pages, not Dale v Boston. Very poor.
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Reply | York Match
at 00:34 12 Jan 2025
Yesterday's game (11.01.2025) at giggle lame was postponed due to the weather. So much for their all weather pitch.
The thought of bury hosting a Dale game would open the Pandora's Box of their hooligan element wanting to wreck the game / invade the pitch etc etc, fighting with our fans instead of their own fans like they usually do. Antarctica would be a more suitable alternative host for a Dale game than bury. |
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Reply | No coach to Stockton
at 00:09 7 Jan 2025
The Trust newsletter states, with reference to closing The Sandy for the Stockton game and the pitch, "The Trust hopes during the week beginning 6th Jan to put out a more detailed statement on all matters subject to clarification on the above by the Club." After the game has been postponed and moved out of town. Stable door, horse, bolted. |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 23:27 4 Jan 2025
"Work will commence this week to ‘Dryject’ the Crown Oil Arena pitch, as confirmed in the Co-Chair’s Christmas message. This is a process which aims to remove water from the playing surface.
We are extremely hopeful that this work will ensure the pitch is in a playable condition by the time we are next in action at home, when we welcome York City in Vanarama National League action on Wednesday 15th January (7.45pm kick-off)."
Will this work be able to commence on Monday, given the forecast freezing temperatures and the fact that snow is falling on the pitch as this comment is typed? |
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Reply | Tickets
at 22:10 4 Jan 2025
Come Monday morning, we'll see if "Any tickets purchased for the original tie will be refunded from Monday 6th January. Supporters who purchased online or with card in-person do not need to contact the club." works. |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 23:41 3 Jan 2025
I posted last night that car windscreens and pavements near Spotland were covered in frost. Not tonight. For now. |
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Reply | Pitch update
at 22:49 3 Jan 2025
The RAFC official website is still showing the match being played Tuesday 7th January, as is the Wolves official website. |
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