The meaning of your post is not lost on me, Jemmo, but to be fair they were pants!

Had we been at full strength and not suffered such a rate of attrition we would have

put a load past them.

It would seem not as the suggestion is that a mistake was made.

Quote ="Wanderer"It would seem not as the suggestion is that a mistake was ">made.'" Exactly, we played four minutes too much, I was trying to be tactful icon_wink.gif" alt="icon_wink.gif" title="Wink" /> .. does that mean that Workington shouldn't have got a bonus point? I can't remember how long from the end they scored.

Quote ="Wanderer"It would seem not as the suggestion is that a mistake was ">made.'" Exactly, we played four minutes too much, I was trying to be tactful icon_wink.gif" alt="icon_wink.gif" title="Wink" /> .. does that mean that Workington shouldn't have got a bonus point? I can't remember how long from the end they scored.

Quote ="Stand-Offish"Exactly, we played four minutes too much, I was trying to be tactful icon_wink.gif" alt="icon_wink.gif" title="Wink" /> .. does that mean that Workington shouldn't have got a bonus point? I can't remember how long from the end they ">scored.'" I don't think that we did play too long ... the official timekeepers dictate the playing time. The way I interpret it, the stadium clock was wrong by four minutes for some part of the second half hence the need to adjust it back when it hit 80 mins ... perhaps Rob can confirm though.

Quote ="Stand-Offish"Exactly, we played four minutes too much, I was trying to be tactful icon_wink.gif" alt="icon_wink.gif" title="Wink" /> .. does that mean that Workington shouldn't have got a bonus point? I can't remember how long from the end they ">scored.'" I don't think that we did play too long ... the official timekeepers dictate the playing time. The way I interpret it, the stadium clock was wrong by four minutes for some part of the second half hence the need to adjust it back when it hit 80 mins ... perhaps Rob can confirm though.

Don't Question The Timekeeper

Quote ="Stand-Offish"I'm unsure of what you are you on about. Are you saying that the total time the game was played was wrong? Surely not? '" The right amount of time was played, with full time signalled by the hooter at the correct time. I had it about right with my watch Quote ="Stand-Offish" Turning the clock off to me is an absolute no-no. You should be able to stop that clock and start it at the refs say so and when it says eighty minutes the game is over. Now if you can't do that, get somebody in to enable you to stop and start that ">clock.'" The clock can be stopped and started and that is what they are trying to do, it is just obviously not being done right or not enough attention is paid to the ref. I manage to get it right most weeks with the stop watch on my wrist, the stadium clock is just a stop watch with bigger buttons, so I don't understand how it is wrong nearly every time. That's why I say turn it off or let it run, this has been a problem for a few years now. Quote ="Stand-Offish" If not, why can't you announce the stoppage time and restart the clock or let it run, people can add stoppage time to 80 minutes?'" Indeed It should also be noted that at most other grounds you can't even see a decent scoreboard let alone a clock counting anything like game time

Quote ="Stand-Offish"I'm unsure of what you are you on about. Are you saying that the total time the game was played was wrong? Surely not? '" The right amount of time was played, with full time signalled by the hooter at the correct time. I had it about right with my watch Quote ="Stand-Offish" Turning the clock off to me is an absolute no-no. You should be able to stop that clock and start it at the refs say so and when it says eighty minutes the game is over. Now if you can't do that, get somebody in to enable you to stop and start that ">clock.'" The clock can be stopped and started and that is what they are trying to do, it is just obviously not being done right or not enough attention is paid to the ref. I manage to get it right most weeks with the stop watch on my wrist, the stadium clock is just a stop watch with bigger buttons, so I don't understand how it is wrong nearly every time. That's why I say turn it off or let it run, this has been a problem for a few years now. Quote ="Stand-Offish" If not, why can't you announce the stoppage time and restart the clock or let it run, people can add stoppage time to 80 minutes?'" Indeed It should also be noted that at most other grounds you can't even see a decent scoreboard let alone a clock counting anything like game time