WeAreElgin Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Point made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Point made Hardly, considering your official twitter said "game on" despite Elgin asking for a pitch inspection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elgin Street Badger Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Feel sorry for any Binos on their way up but late call offs are par for the course-not only with Elgin-but Scottish Football in general. We have been stung a few times as well-I recollect a game against the Rovers at Cliftonhill being called off at last minute and when Stranraer were in Div.3 they came up to Elgin and the game was called off at 14:40. I usually leave Edinburgh at 08:15 by bus so any late call offs such as today(City still tweeting game ON at 09:52) are useless . Perhaps someone reading this has the official SPFL ruling when a pitch inspection has to be completed by but in current weather conditions I am not taking the chance and will stay put in Edinburgh. I note also that the game at Ainslie Park is off at well. It appears that all weather pitches(Hamilton last week) are not that brilliant either. Summer Football anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreElgin Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Are you missing something? Can you not read the post where it says that the covers were coming up at 9:30? Your fans left early on a quite baseless post and the game was called off. You could still leave now and get to Elgin with plenty of time for a pint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeSAFC Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Are you missing something? Can you not read the post where it says that the covers were coming up at 9:30? Your fans left early on a quite baseless post and the game was called off. You could still leave now and get to Elgin with plenty of time for a pint. Have you completely ignored the fact your official twitter tweeted that the game was on, then deleted it after making a complete tit of themselves. Bit like you are just now. If the games in doubt, don't tweet "game on." Simple really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 1 minute ago, JakeSAFC said: Have you completely ignored the fact your official twitter tweeted that the game was on, then deleted it after making a complete tit of themselves. Bit like you are just now. If the games in doubt, don't tweet "game on." Simple really. Your right Jake someone jumped the gun tweeting the game was on - they should have waited until the inspection was done. It really is the season of goodwill i'm agreeing with you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreElgin Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Have you completely ignored the fact your official twitter tweeted that the game was on, then deleted it after making a complete tit of themselves. Bit like you are just now. If the games in doubt, don't tweet "game on." Simple really. You obviously don't understand the context of "game on" either. Fucking hell. Not the best choice of phrase, no, but let's not pretend you don't know what that could mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberts Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 My Twitter timeline shows this tweet from official SA Twitter ‘[emoji736] Game on! No pitch inspection required at Borough Briggs for our match v @ElginCityFC. Safe journey to those making the trip. [emoji594]”This was posted before official EC post stating game was on. Still a clusterfuck tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 7 minutes ago, Elgin Street Badger said: Feel sorry for any Binos on their way up but late call offs are par for the course-not only with Elgin-but Scottish Football in general. We have been stung a few times as well-I recollect a game against the Rovers at Cliftonhill being called off at last minute and when Stranraer were in Div.3 they came up to Elgin and the game was called off at 14:40. I usually leave Edinburgh at 08:15 by bus so any late call offs such as today(City still tweeting game ON at 09:52) are useless . Perhaps someone reading this has the official SPFL ruling when a pitch inspection has to be completed by but in current weather conditions I am not taking the chance and will stay put in Edinburgh. I note also that the game at Ainslie Park is off at well. It appears that all weather pitches(Hamilton last week) are not that brilliant either. Summer Football anyone Don't think there is any rule as such re times for an inspection. Obviously the commonsense approach is to have an early one if things are really bad and not going to improve. On the other side of the coin from you some Clyde fans were moaning about the City game being off early. Its a bit of a myth calling artificial pitches all weather as recent weeks have shown their not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 3 minutes ago, WeAreElgin said: You obviously don't understand the context of "game on" either. Fucking hell. Not the best choice of phrase, no, but let's not pretend you don't know what that could mean. Have to say if I read that I would be like Jake and assume that the pitch was ok and the game was on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-be-oh-nee Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Thank feck I was stopping for petrol in Perth. Woke up this morning, saw Elgin and Stirling twitter confirming game was on. Didnt double check before setting off. A chance glance at the phone here saved me that pointless journey. What the feck happened between 9 and 10!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorayCup Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 5 minutes ago, Elgin Street Badger said: Feel sorry for any Binos on their way up but late call offs are par for the course-not only with Elgin-but Scottish Football in general. We have been stung a few times as well-I recollect a game against the Rovers at Cliftonhill being called off at last minute and when Stranraer were in Div.3 they came up to Elgin and the game was called off at 14:40. Ironically, a game against Stirling at Forthbank was called off even later than that (around 2.50pm IIRC?) only a few seasons ago when Elgin fans were already in their seats. Given our distance from every other club in Scotland, we suffer plenty of call offs after the team and fans have left. It's just one of those things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom & Gerry Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Shambles. Only had half the pitch covered. You have to wonder. Shite info being put out about game being on. Lassie in office obviously jumping the gun a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreElgin Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Can we start the conspiracy about us freezing our pitch to get games called off again please. One of my favourites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreElgin Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 In all seriousness the tweet this morning was stupid, game on can easily be misunderstood (see - half of Stirling) but there have far worse last minute call offs than this. I'm sure we had a game called off at quarter to 3 because the street that Borough Briggs is on was icy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhliston Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Was on the Supporters Bus on the way to Elgin when halfway between Stirling and Perth we got a call saying their would be a pitch inspection at 9.45 am, so we pulled into Broxden services to find the Team Bus their waiting to find out if the game was on. When we found it was called off we headed back down the road to Stirling. Clearly somebody at Elgin got their wires mixed up. It was on that basis that the Supporters Bus left Stirling at 08.40 this morning. If we had known that their would have been a pitch inspection then we could have delayed leaving until later. As it is its cost the Supporters Club £100 for the Bus today. Clearly in situations like this it may have been wise to call for a pitch inspection the day before due to the distances involved. Now having to watch Celtic v Rangers on the telly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Am Muilleach Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Really frustrating for both sets of fans. Obviously more so for Binos. I read the Elgin twitter at 0930 or so and it said "game on". "Dancer" I thought - weather not too bad overnight so I wasn't so surprised. I can only guess that staff at the ground thought the pitch was playable, and then a local referee turned up at 0940 and called it off. Although this doesn't explain the inspection/no inspection tweets. All in all pish. Ironing listening to Open All Mics now on the cards. I blame Douglas Ross.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB_Bino Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Always frustrating when a game is cancelled, especially when you have made plans to travel up.After reading a post that Stuart Brown put on our Forum last night, I made the decision not to travel. When I looked at Twitter this morning and seen the “Game On” post, I’ll be honest and did start to plan coming, but by car instead. I’m glad I never obviously but it didn’t stop many others (including players and officials) setting off.Seems like a bit of a cluster on Elgin’s part, maybe they should have Tweeted something like “Game on for now, but doubts over the pitch” or “Pitch inspection requested, more info to follow”.That’s not to say that other hardships haven’t happened previously, as I said at the start, it’s always frustrating and at times every club is dammed if they do and dammed if they don’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headthebaw Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I'm sure this whole matter can be cleared up with a formal apology from Elgin City FC and a compensation cheque for the Supporters Bus for the next visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom & Gerry Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Stirling could do the same for us for last postponement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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