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The B-Ark / Re: Prediction League - Boston United vs Guiseley

« on: August 14, 2019, 03:05:54 PM »

Boston 2 Guiseley 1

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The B-Ark / Re: Leamington (H)

« on: August 14, 2019, 02:47:24 PM »

Great result and good all round performance against a solid Leamington side. Shame about the red cards but there's never an excuse for the handbags that we saw. You'd have thought Middleton was on the pitch Regardless of how 'poor' the ref may be, you have to let him/her make the decisions - you can't go dishing out punishment yourself as a player. On the subject of refs, I get a bit tired of the criticism to be honest. We're six levels down the pyramid and we're going to get the standard of official that this is entitled to. Plenty of crap refs, crap players, crap grounds and crap spouted by certain supporters at this level. Get used to it or trot off to the world of VAR where everything is perfect and not a single decision is ever questioned.

TEP

You have summed it up perfect! VAR was only brought in due to FIFA, EUFA & Premier league Referees getting so many big decisions Wrong. How many times were serious incidents missed by all officials in a Prem league game only for retrospective Red Cards & suspensions dished out due to TV footage!! We have to accept at our level Refs will make mistakes. As previously stated by plenty on here; the Linos could get involved a lot more to help Refs.

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The B-Ark / Re: Prediction League - Boston United vs Leamington

« on: August 10, 2019, 09:56:38 PM »

Pilgrims 4 Leamington 0

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The B-Ark / Re: Taken for a mug

« on: August 10, 2019, 09:17:14 AM »

Spennymoor forecasted to have rain and thundery showers tomorrow.  If the game had not been postponed we would probably have had the game called off after our team and fan's coaches arrived at the ground!   

The more you look into this fiasco the murkier it gets. Agree the weather has been awful last few days....but no other CN fixtures postponed (yet). So ironically the very reason their pitch was being relaid for; has lead to tier first  home fixture of the season being postponed??

I agree with all posts condemning the CN for basically turning a blind eye. The fact that a new date for our game there has still yet to be announced tells a tale itself.. They must be doubtful that their York City home fixture (24/8) will be played either? So then they are getting into a backlog of unplayed home games; a situation this club have been in several times in recent years.

I still maintain once they informed the League that the new surface is still unfit for play....All affected fixtures should have been reversed.. we would have had them at home today, & no headache of rearranged fixtures for the CN....plus majorly NO midweek trip all the way up for BUFC players & Fans.

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The B-Ark / Re: Taken for a mug

« on: August 09, 2019, 09:38:38 AM »

Spennymoor have announced a community open day at their ground on Saturday. It's an insult to us that they can postpone the game but then announce an alternative event on the ground that will presumably boost home club coffers.

I heard our match was postponed due to an electrical safety issue inside the stadium.

Just looked again on their official site & it's still saying "Reason for postponement v Boston Utd will be announced soon". Thats totally Unnaceptable.. They reported on 7th June that they were completely relaying a new pitch; going right down to the clay & laying over 70 tonnes of sand on it. Also state of art drainage & 20 sprinklers. They also said a "Major overhaul" of the stadium was to commence? I mean come on, starting all that in the 2nd week of June? Was it ever going to be ready for 10th August??

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The B-Ark / Re: Taken for a mug

« on: August 07, 2019, 09:51:06 PM »

Fine is irrelevant
They're minted
Need to be forfeiting the game or having 3pts deducted each time they pull this stunt

Ok so as U say the FA fine them loose change. Why couldn't the penalty  have been to reverse the fixture  & make them play at York St on Saturday?

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The B-Ark / Re: Spennymoor game called off AGAIN

« on: August 07, 2019, 07:45:15 PM »

A small fine is just a feeble wag of the finger from the FA to these repeat offenders! As soon as Spenny informed the FA that once again that pitch is unfit for play, the the FA should have immediately rescheduled the fixture at another venue. Their total priority should have been to make sure that fixture was fulfilled this Saturday as per the CN fixture schedule. Any additional expenses incurred by BUFC re travelling to be paid by Spennymoor. Also a substantial fine for not fulfilling their contractual obligations to the FA & CN by not having a ground fit for purpose. They should also be made to pay a set fee to the club used as the neutral venue. Finally 3 points deducted for the unnaceptable on going postponements of their home fixtures.

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The B-Ark / Re: Chester.)

« on: August 07, 2019, 05:20:58 PM »

I really do feel that the refs at this level do not get enough support from the linesman, a ref can't see everything and the boys and girls that run the line seem frightened to put the flag up for fouls and etc.
I also think that decisions for and against you level out over a season.

Referees have the power to tell their assistants what they are there to help with - a lot of them ask them to do line calls and offsides only, others want them to help with fouls. The higher up you go, the more communication between the ref and his assistants (mainly due to the earpieces, where they constantly talk throughout the game) and they make joint decisions.

Yes may well be the case with the lino's interventions. Can only think of a couple of times recently when a lino has intervened on a major decision in the game. In Craig's first half season against Darlington (I think) the ref gave them a pen & the lino got the refs attention & told him it was a dive over our keeper, yellow card for their striker & no pen. Also against Chorley in that 3-4 cup thriller under the lights, the ref missed a horror tackle on  scouse Jambo, lino flagged ref over & ref got red card straight out. So the refs assistants can & should intervene if the ref misses something or just gets it wrong....that is a big part of their job.

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The B-Ark / Re: Spennymoor game called off AGAIN

« on: August 06, 2019, 07:40:33 PM »

I see Spennymoor game called off AGAIN

Why are they calling off a game in August?  Seriously it's already been said on here: They need to be relegated a few league's down until they get the message. It's a disgrace at this level. We were all sorted to go!

So they will drag us all the way up there on a Tuesday night again. When they rightly know most of our players will have been grafting & fans likewise. Absolute Disgrace. Why are they getting away with this??

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The B-Ark / Re: Spennymoor game called off AGAIN

« on: August 06, 2019, 07:34:45 PM »

I see Spennymoor game called off AGAIN

Why are they calling off a game in August?  Seriously it's already been said on here: They need to be relegated a few league's down until they get the message. It's a disgrace at this level. We were all sorted to go!

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The B-Ark / Re: Prediction League - Alfreton Town vs Boston United

« on: August 04, 2019, 08:12:16 PM »

Alfreton 1 BUFC 4

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The B-Ark / Re: It's on it's way!

« on: August 01, 2019, 09:39:21 AM »

I think we need to hit the relevant ground-gading criteria by March 31st... unless we get a groundshare sorted (doesn't actually have to happen! We can sign a groundshare agreement to keep us at this level, and have the new ground graded over the summer).

The 3 terraces will go up as quick as a Lego set, but it's the main stand that will probably be half-finished when we move in (i.e. the extra facilities underneath).

I keep reading this about the three stands going up as quick as a lego set. Has no-one actually bothered to look at the plans? This is clearly not true. This isn't some crappy two-bit metal terrace you get at a lot of new non-league grounds. We're building turnstiles, kitchens, bars, storage rooms, toilets and proper concourses in ALL of the stands. We're doing a proper job. This will take time.

For once I get what Scott is saying, I'm old enough to remember the two terraces going up in the early 80's and I think from memory they took about 10-12 weeks from demolition to fitting out and opening. The ground was two sided for a few end of season games in the NPL but fully open for the start of the APL season.
And remember, the new build terraces aren't anything like as big as what we have at present.

These are all relevant points. Fyldes new ground took 10 months to comply with FL regs: "fit for purpose"; but it was not completed even by the December of their first season in it (when we went down narrowly 9-2 there). In saying that they were building a complete sports village & the whole complex is massive. Not unlike our Quadrant in some respects.

FCUM's Broadhurst Park took nearly 2 years to get to FL safety approval. They built on donations & fundraising & their main stand was recycled from another ground. No comparison there to what Fylde did, & what we are doing.

The advantage we have is major: The Chestnuts have their finger right on the pulse of the Quadrant project & the time frame for completion of the new Stadium. After all it's what they do as Chestnut Homes & why thier business has been so successful. They will flood the job with Labour & as the ground work is progressing well; they have got a more or less a 12mth time frame to comply with FL regs.

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The B-Ark / Re: Stamford match

« on: July 30, 2019, 09:43:00 PM »

Very positive signs from pre season that we could be a force in the CN this season.

Saturday's opponents, according to (thier former Salford managers) Johnson & Morley, played there strongest 11 tonight at FCUM & lost 4-1. Goals are on FC's Twitter feed.

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The B-Ark / Re: Prediction Leaague - Boston United vs Chester

« on: July 30, 2019, 08:27:03 PM »

BUFC 3 FC Chester 2
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The B-Ark / Re: Grantham game

« on: July 25, 2019, 08:04:13 PM »

All the best to you for the season

And to your lot. You have been challenging for promotion to the CN for a couple of seasons now. I wasn't at the game the other night but apparently you gave a really good account of yourselves!  Good signings too. All the best.