Peter Grove
RefChat Addict
Rules are indeed rules and as @Nalbi has already pointed out, if the replay has already been scheduled that means it has been done by the competent authority - which is the FA, not the referee. Referees have no jurisdiction whatsoever in deciding when, where and how a replay is to be conducted.its a really difficult one as we are a step 5 club playing a step 2 club away from home, more then likely we would have gone on and won and we may not catch them cold again. Feel for their gk and can see both sides, but surely rules are rules.
Again, the FA has rules setting out what should happen with abandoned matches (as shown in a couple of the posts above) and I'm not sure but it seems as if maybe you're implying that the rules have not been followed. I find it hard to imagine the FA would have just abandoned the rules and made something up off the cuff when doing so could lead to the match being ruled invalid and causing them no end of hassle. Do you have anything to suggest the rules have been broken?