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<\/p>\nThe manager of a side denied three points by a 96th minute abandonment has branded the situation \u201cmadness\u201d.<\/p>\n
Buxton were leading 2-1 at Scunthorpe in National League North on Saturday when Glandford Park was blasted by a heavy thunderstorm in the closing stages. With standing water on the pitch and lakes forming around the ground, the referee took the decision to curtail the game more than halfway through the intended 10 minutes of added time. It was initially indicated that it was full-time and therefore a result.<\/p>\n
Buxton celebrated wildly with their travelling fans while both clubs posted the \u2018result\u2019 on their social media channels. However, it then emerged that the match had in fact been abandoned by the referee.<\/p>\n
The National League has since confirmed that the fixture will have to be replayed in its entirety. The news has understandably left Buxton feeling aggrieved, with manager Craig Elliott calling for a rule change to avoid such farcical scenes in the future.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe referee, very quickly, spoke to his lineman before blowing the final whistle. He then just ran down the tunnel,\u201d Elliott told Daily Star Sport.<\/b> \u201cI said, \u2018Have you blown for full-time?\u2019 and he said \u2018Yes\u2019, then he ran down the tunnel and never talked to me again. It was a bit crazy. There were still fans in the stadium 15 minutes afterwards. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe were celebrating with the fans and the Scunthorpe players didn\u2019t have a clue what was going off. I tried to speak to him [the referee] but he just shut the door on me. That\u2019s the biggest disappointment. He could have easily brought both managers in and said what was happening, but nobody knew.<\/p>\n
Should Buxton have been awarded the three points? Have your say in the comments section below<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
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\u201cHe could have given it time, because it stopped raining 15 minutes later, to try and finish the game. Also, some of that injury time was from when the game was stopped for their fans throwing bottles at our keeper, twice. So you feel doubly punished by it all.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019d just hope common sense would prevail in terms of the league making the right decision, but it\u2019s just extremely disappointing.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Elliott and his players only learned about the abandonment decision when it was announced over the public address system.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was outside 15 minutes later and it came over the Tannoy that the game had been abandoned because, like I say, the referee shut his door in my face,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI just wanted to speak to him so I knew what to say to my players. I genuinely thought, because we\u2019d played 90 minutes, that common sense would kick in. It\u2019s just madness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Elliott said the Bucks were looking into a possible appeal. He said: \u201cThere were things that happened that were out of our control so we are looking to appeal. Whether that gets us anywhere, I don\u2019t know. We\u2019ll feeling hard done by.<\/p>\n
\u201cUltimately, there\u2019s got to be a rule change because it can\u2019t happen like this in the future. There\u2019s the fans as well who paid a lot of money to travel to Scunthorpe. To be asked to do that again, when it will probably be a midweek game, is just ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n