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Think that's pretty reasonable to be honest even for someone like myself who can't get to every home game I think it's probably right to go back to the no streaming Saturday matches being as there's no restrictions on that now. I wonder though for example when we have Stevenage in February it might be even worth switching it to a Friday night as they won't bring more than 100 regardless and maybe a few more of their fans will tune in from home.

To be fair to ifollow it served a purpose last season and was pretty good after a few issues early on but there's no substitute for actually being there.
 

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Happy that Pools have just said they'll be on ifollow this year. As I'm in the middle east I should be able to watch all the games including Saturdays (I think).
 

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It's a crying shame that Harrogate haven't managed to get the necessary safety certificates for our game there on Saturday....but absolutely tin pot that they haven't bothered to communicate properly.

We'd booked Train Tickets for the day...ok it's only £20 each, but we were looking forward to visiting a new ground, supposedly lovely town, and generally having a good day out. We would have probably taken as many fans as tickets made available (without going all Firthy about it) because of the novelty and time of year.

It sounds like the safety certificate has been removed for away supporters because of inadequate stewarding provisions and poor internal CCTV (both of which could and should have been addressed months ago.)

I'd think the only fair thing to do (it's too late to switch the fixtures) would be to have a completely empty stadium, and impose a fine on them for cluelessness in general.
 

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It's a crying shame that Harrogate haven't managed to get the necessary safety certificates for our game there on Saturday....but absolutely tin pot that they haven't bothered to communicate properly.

We'd booked Train Tickets for the day...ok it's only £20 each, but we were looking forward to visiting a new ground, supposedly lovely town, and generally having a good day out. We would have probably taken as many fans as tickets made available (without going all Firthy about it) because of the novelty and time of year.

It sounds like the safety certificate has been removed for away supporters because of inadequate stewarding provisions and poor internal CCTV (both of which could and should have been addressed months ago.)

I'd think the only fair thing to do (it's too late to switch the fixtures) would be to have a completely empty stadium, and impose a fine on them for cluelessness in general.
Is it too late to switch though? I wouldn’t have thought a whole load of notice is required to get Spotland ready for a game. The non playing staff are probably all zero hours contracts. It’s mostly college aged kids so probably grateful for unexpected hours? It’s all a bit crap this and has put a dampener on the season start for me.
 

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Is it too late to switch though? I wouldn’t have thought a whole load of notice is required to get Spotland ready for a game. The non playing staff are probably all zero hours contracts. It’s mostly college aged kids so probably grateful for unexpected hours? It’s all a bit crap this and has put a dampener on the season start for me.
As far as re-arranging goes, there is no clash with Hornets, however I think things like sponsorships etc. would be more difficult to arrange at such short notice. I would love for it to be re-arranged for Spotland, that decision needs to be made today though if it's to happen I would say.
 

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Far too late to change venues at this late hour. Sponsorship; catering; staffing, police etc all need a week or so.
 

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There's a fine line between tinpot and sheer, disrespectful, unprofessionalism, and this falls well on the wrong side of that line. Sorry for the Dale fans, that's a shit situation.
 

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Simply appalling, looks like it will be home fans only, which actually breaches EFL regulations (COVID aside). The issue is down to the safety of the stadium. So it should be postponed until their ground is up to scratch. Oh and guess who we have next Tuesday in the league cup... Harrogate away :ffs:.
 

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That is absolutely shocking from Harrogate. If their ground isn’t up to scratch as per EFL regulations then they should either switch fixtures until they are or be made to forfeit the games.

They’ve had long enough really to sort this out so it’s not acceptable. Clubs like Macc and Kidderminster I think in the past were denied a spot in the league as their grounds weren’t of the required standard.
 

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That is absolutely shocking from Harrogate. If their ground isn’t up to scratch as per EFL regulations then they should either switch fixtures until they are or be made to forfeit the games.

They’ve had long enough really to sort this out so it’s not acceptable. Clubs like Macc and Kidderminster I think in the past were denied a spot in the league as their grounds weren’t of the required standard.

The frustrating thing for some will be the money spent in anticipation of the match on travel/hotels. Nobody has seen a live league game since last March. I for one was really looking forward to this one. As you have said, there really is no excuse for this work to have not already taken place to ensure the ground is ready and safe for fans. Harrogate should be punished for this. The lack of communication surrounding it all has been ridiculous as well.
 

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At least we’ve given Salford and Hartlepool a little bit of notice.

Our pitch won’t be ready in time for our home games against Salford on the 14th and Hartlepool on the 18th have been moved. We’ll be away at Salford on the 14th and the Hartlepool home game is moved to September 14th

 

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Harrogate should be made to turn over a home section instead.
 

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Last two news stories are REEKING of tinpot, one stadium falling to bits, the other with no grass, this is what happens when the sneaky regional weasels get through the cracks into the proper league...
 

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To be fair to Sutton they’ve had less time than normal to replace the pitch due to the late finish and is held up by weather so no biggie.

Harrogate though surely should have sorted themselves now. They should at least compensate any Dale fans out of pocket. Surely just switch the fixtures like Sutton have.
 

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To be fair to Sutton they’ve had less time than normal to replace the pitch due to the late finish and is held up by weather so no biggie.

Harrogate though surely should have sorted themselves now. They should at least compensate any Dale fans out of pocket. Surely just switch the fixtures like Sutton have.
Said before there,s only one decent club in Harrogate.
And thats Railway Athletic run by real football people.
 

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To be fair to Sutton they’ve had less time than normal to replace the pitch due to the late finish and is held up by weather so no biggie.

Harrogate though surely should have sorted themselves now. They should at least compensate any Dale fans out of pocket. Surely just switch the fixtures like Sutton have.
Deduct the points from them.
 

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It's a crying shame that Harrogate haven't managed to get the necessary safety certificates for our game there on Saturday....but absolutely tin pot that they haven't bothered to communicate properly.

We'd booked Train Tickets for the day...ok it's only £20 each, but we were looking forward to visiting a new ground, supposedly lovely town, and generally having a good day out. We would have probably taken as many fans as tickets made available (without going all Firthy about it) because of the novelty and time of year.

It sounds like the safety certificate has been removed for away supporters because of inadequate stewarding provisions and poor internal CCTV (both of which could and should have been addressed months ago.)

I'd think the only fair thing to do (it's too late to switch the fixtures) would be to have a completely empty stadium, and impose a fine on them for cluelessness in general.
If you’ve booked travel and still fancy a game (assuming the likelihood is we ain’t being allowed into Harrogate) then Knaresborough are are home in the FA Cup extra preliminary round. I think me and a few of the people I would’ve gone to Harrogate with will just go there for the afternoon.
 

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They should at least compensate any Dale fans out of pocket.
Why would anyone be out of pocket? If you're booking travel and accommodation without a ticket to the game then that's on you. Tickets look like they're also not on sale to the home fans so not sure why people are suggesting Rochdale fans should be given a home section. It's a shambles, but not nearly as bad as some of the posts on here.
 

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Why would anyone be out of pocket? If you're booking travel and accommodation without a ticket to the game then that's on you. Tickets look like they're also not on sale to the home fans so not sure why people are suggesting Rochdale fans should be given a home section. It's a shambles, but not nearly as bad as some of the posts on here.
Maybe some of them have friends in the conservative party who could arrange for them to benefit financially from a bad situation, like the way they did during the coronavirus. pandemic.
 

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Come over to your friendly local rivals at Boundary Park instead for the day
Thanks for the offer, however the NWCL D1 (North) 2nd v 3rd clash at Radcliffe (Bury AFC v Bacup) looks tasty. Plus I've never supported the home team at a sporting fixture in Oldham (worryingly, even found myself cheering on Sheff Wednesday once when I went to Boundary Park as a neutral) and don't particularly want to end up supporting Newport for the day.
 

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Thanks for the offer, however the NWCL D1 (North) 2nd v 3rd clash at Radcliffe (Bury AFC v Bacup) looks tasty. Plus I've never supported the home team at a sporting fixture in Oldham (worryingly, even found myself cheering on Sheff Wednesday once when I went to Boundary Park as a neutral) and don't particularly want to end up supporting Newport for the day.
Supported Sheff Weds eh, was that in the 1980 riot or the 1991 game when we won the title and a spot in the top flight
Both very interesting games for very different reasons.
 

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