Barnsley Football Club can confirm that our Sky Bet League One fixture against Stevenage next month has been postponed due to international call-ups in both squads. The Reds' trip to the Lamex Stadium will now be rescheduled, with ticketing details and the rearranged date to be communicated to supporters at the earliest opportunity. Continue reading...
Irritating. That is one I would definitely have made but won't be able to do a rescheduled Tuesday night.
Same here; nearly booked train tickets but then remembered losing money after the icy pitch fiasco so didn’t as knew it would be called off.
Absurd that any club can call off a match in those circumstances. They've all got enough professional players to make a match day squad but, as always, it's never mind the fans who have already made arrangements to travel etc. They don't want to lose a couple of players to call ups but, of course, if they were injured or suspended, the club would just crack on. It's a ridiculous rule that needs scrapping, especially at 3rd and 4th Division level.
Agree to a certain extent but crikey, if you took Yoganathan, Russell, Bland and Kelly out of our squad I wouldn’t fancy our chances. Doubt we’d fill the bench! We definitely needed it calling off.
They might not have been announced publicly yet, but players might have been informed that they're going to be called up. I know it's a while ago, but David Bentley said on Undr the Cosh that he'd been made aware of his first England call up before Steve Mclaren had given him the call. Which led to Robbie Savage playing a prank on him, pretending to be Steve Mclaren.
One of my heroes back in day. He had it all. Just wanted the rest too soon. Supported his decision to retire from disillusionment. Had it myself playing cricket.