chickenbaltipie
Goalkeeper
EFL regulations just say the hosting club has to have a published policy for dealing with abandonments. I'm guessing based on Andy Holt's comments that their policy is "tough shit", which is fair enough I suppose. There is plenty of precedents either way; when Swindon and Bristol Rovers got abandoned after 60 mins a few years back, Swindon gave the replay free to season ticket holders but recharged everyone else.
I get the whole small club finance aspect, but speaking to some Accy fans online during the week, they were having a little whinge about how they were sick of being patronised in the run up to the game. "We're a League One club on merit" and "we're now Sunderland's equals" was the basic craic. Some of the hair-ruffling, "Aww bless them" comments this week from sunlun fans have been a bit OTT I reckon.
I get the whole small club finance aspect, but speaking to some Accy fans online during the week, they were having a little whinge about how they were sick of being patronised in the run up to the game. "We're a League One club on merit" and "we're now Sunderland's equals" was the basic craic. Some of the hair-ruffling, "Aww bless them" comments this week from sunlun fans have been a bit OTT I reckon.