In view of previous decisions made, I fear we will have to forfeit.
No club has forfeited in the FA Cup yet though - Leyton Orient had to forfeit against Spurs in the Carabao Cup under the Carabao Cup rules, which are specific - if a club is unable to fulfil a fixture due to self-isolating, they forfeit the match, with no possibility of reprieve built into the rules.
The FA Cup rules are less specific and state that the outcome from each postponement will be determined on its own merits. Sky reported that although the rules are along the lines I paraphrased earlier (postponement meaning the Professional Game Board is "likely" to award the tie to their opponents), the FA is very keen to have the games played if at all possible and although the rules read in a very draconian manner, they are very open to the games being re-arranged.
The hard part will be negotiating fixture re-arrangements with the EFL as there are no (realistic) midweek slots available.
We shall see what happens but there no expectations at the moment to forfeit until the FA have carried out their investigation (so fingers crossed!).
JOHN YEM'S RED ARMY!
Okay, I didn't realise the FA Cup and Carabao Cup had different rules about this.
In view of previous decisions made, I fear we will have to forfeit.
No club has forfeited in the FA Cup yet though - Leyton Orient had to forfeit against Spurs in the Carabao Cup under the Carabao Cup rules, which are specific - if a club is unable to fulfil a fixture due to self-isolating, they forfeit the match, with no possibility of reprieve built into the rules.
The FA Cup rules are less specific and state that the outcome from each postponement will be determined on its own merits. Sky reported that although the rules are along the lines I paraphrased earlier (postponement meaning the Professional Game Board is "likely" to award the tie to their opponents), the FA is very keen to have the games played if at all possible and although the rules read in a very draconian manner, they are very open to the games being re-arranged.
The hard part will be negotiating fixture re-arrangements with the EFL as there are no (realistic) midweek slots available.
We shall see what happens but there no expectations at the moment to forfeit until the FA have carried out their investigation (so fingers crossed!).
JOHN YEM'S RED ARMY!
Not in the competition proper they haven’t, but clubs were having to forfeit the tie in the qualifying and preliminary rounds.
As i have not got BT tv will the match be covered by Ifollow.
Bournemouth dont have ifollow but they do have something similar. Ive already email'd them and they have said because its on BT Sport they cant cover it. BT Sport are covering the rearranged date (7pm ko)
Admin Edit: Several posts have moved to here (from Stevenage thread as they are more related to the FA Cup match) where this thread has been re-named 'Bournemouth Predictions' (was Bournemouth Postponed).
Thank you BBC Radio Solent. Have a good look at yourselves BBC Radio Sussex and Surrey - there is another professional team here. Not everyone wants to listen to Brighton all the time.
Thank you BBC Radio Solent. Have a good look at yourselves BBC Radio Sussex and Surrey - there is another professional team here. Not everyone wants to listen to Brighton all the time.
I totally agree George. Brighton are not playing Tuesday evening so no excuse BBC Radio Sussex for not providing live commentary. I too would be disappointed if they overlooked this.
Walsall re-arranged for 16th March 7pm ko so the club aren't expecting fans back by then?
If fans are allowed back in by then, I don’t think it would be too difficult to put the kick off time back to 7:45. As an aside the home game against Salford the week before (9th March) is still down as a 7:45 kick off. Perhaps the clubs crystal ball thinks we will be allowed in on 9th March, but another lockdown will be in please the following week when we play Walsall🤣
Thank you BBC Radio Solent. Have a good look at yourselves BBC Radio Sussex and Surrey - there is another professional team here. Not everyone wants to listen to Brighton all the time.
They are already well aware that there are other professional teams in the area. They are called Aldershot and Woking. :-)
Crawley is in a rotten place for bbc radio Sussex.
The antenna that pumps out their station is blocked from Crawley by a big hill. If they play Crawley games on the radio most of Crawley cannot get it anyway. BBC radio Surrey tried to take up the slack but it didn't work out.
Maybe someone who really cares should get a radio licence and apply to the club to broadcast the matches?
Thank you BBC Radio Solent. Have a good look at yourselves BBC Radio Sussex and Surrey - there is another professional team here. Not everyone wants to listen to Brighton all the time.
***Awaits Ant to defend his BIASED BROADCASTING CORPORATION Luvvies....................