Stockport Game

[The Big Dady]

Looks like the Stockport County game at Roots Hall on Saturday 11th.Oct. may be in some doubt.

Their striker Peter Thompson has been called up to the Northern Ireland squad for their forthcoming World Cup Qualifiers against Slovenia and San Marino. Thompson's inclusion in Nigel Worthington’s squad will see him miss their away trip to Southend United unless the game is postponed due to international call ups.

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Hope the game is not postponed!

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Surely they have other strikers, could understand it if they were going to have 3/4 missing.

 

[Ricey]

I thought they needed 4 people called up for international duty for a game to be re scheduled?

 

[Boreham Shrimper]

Whose call is it as to whether or not it is called off? Presumably we are well within our rights to insist that the game is played then, given the relatively short notice as well.

 

[maninasuitcase]

I thought they needed 4 people called up for international duty for a game to be re scheduled?

I think it's 3 players, not 4, but it's definitely 1, so unless Macca, Federici and Christophe get call ups, the game will go ahead.

 

[Ailsa Road Shrimper]

Whose call is it as to whether or not it is called off? Presumably we are well within our rights to insist that the game is played then, given the relatively short notice as well.

Perhaps the matches are called off when the international squads are announced? In which case we wouldn't find out until just a few days before the fixture

 

[Southampton Shrimper]

Stockport managed to get their home league game against Northampton Town postponed earlier this month, due to having three of their players called up for international duty - Peter Thompson for Northern Ireland (as mentioned in the link above), Stephen Gleeson for Republic of Ireland U-21 and Owain Fon Williams for Wales U-21. So it seems only three players was enough for them to get the game called off.

It didn't seem to please travelling Northampton fans, as shown towards the end of this article, as they were only given nine days' notice. We currently have 12 days to go until the Stockport game.

Owain Fon Williams has been called up to the Wales U-21 squad to play England next month, so Stockport are definitely two players down, but I can't find any fixtures for the Republic of Ireland U-21 team, so maybe Stephen Gleeson will be available for them and they'll only have the two players missing?

Meanwhile, Leicester City's match at home to Yeovil Town, also due to be played on October 11, has already been called off due to three Leicester players being called up, one for Bulgaria and two for Wales U-21.

 

[Yellow Army]

http://www.stockportcounty.premiumtv.co.uk/page/TicketNews/0,,10419~1407129,00.html

tickets went on sale today at Edgeley Park so assuming so far no plans too.

 

[Bluesmanager]

Hope not - MatchDayRadio will get postponed otherwise.

 

[Shrimper2thecore]

Hopefully not, we dont need to fixture pile up, play them then and beat them

 

[MilkeySUFC]

Selfishly, I hope it IS postponed. It's my youngest's birthday on 11th so will miss the game if it goes ahead as scheduled.

 

[Hawkwell Blue]

Assume the game is on and he will not play?

 

[South Bank Hank]

If it was us and WE had players called up for Internationals, I would be demanding that the game be postponed.

Since it isn't...



Cheeky *******s. Hope the FA treat any request to postpone with the contempt it deserves. It's a ruddy disgrace. Etc, etc...