Championship 2025/26 Season

[UniFox21]

That's genuinely atrocious 

[Dan]

You just knew they'd settle on the completely wrong outcome.

 

Play the last 10 minutes at 11 v 10. Perfect? No. Better than everything else by an absolute mile? Obviously yes.

[supernuk]

Blackburn surely can appeal this farcical decision. You can only hope Ipswich would allow them a goal. 

[FrankieADZ]

2 minutes ago, Dan said:

You just knew they'd settle on the completely wrong outcome.

 

Play the last 10 minutes at 11 v 10. Perfect? No. Better than everything else by an absolute mile? Obviously yes.

dont speak with logic

[jammie82uk]

4 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

EFL Statement: Blackburn Rovers v Ipswich Town - The English Football League
confirmed now

So 8 members involved in the vote, 3 championship club representatives abstained from voting so leaves 5 votes and it was won on majority, so it’s possible to have been 3-2 on voting so not really a “Majority” then 

 

“It was ultimately decided by a majority that the fixture should be replayed in full.”

[Dan]

2 minutes ago, FrankieADZ said:

dont speak with logic

They've done similar on the continent when things like this have happened. It's a bit nonsense that you'd make them travel all that way for 10 minutes but it's less unfair than this.

 

I can't believe they've settled on this nonsense. Blackburn winning against 10 men with 10 left - they win that an absolute minimum of 95% of the time.

[TheGoldenGod]

Am I right in saying that Greaves' red card still stands though? Making it an even more bizarre decision!

[Tommy Fresh]

**** off Ipswich 

[lcfcfoz]

Ipswich will allow them to start the game and score surely

[filbertway]

Literally been the case for any abandoned game ever, I don't really see the issue.

 

Hopefully Ipswich do the sporting thing and give them a goal head start, but replaying the fixture is and has been standard for as long as I remember.

[lgfualol]

Lets rig the KP so the pitch floods if we’re 1 down with 10 to go, then we can replay it in full

[FrankieADZ]

9 minutes ago, Dan said:

They've done similar on the continent when things like this have happened. It's a bit nonsense that you'd make them travel all that way for 10 minutes but it's less unfair than this.

 

I can't believe they've settled on this nonsense. Blackburn winning against 10 men with 10 left - they win that an absolute minimum of 95% of the time.

think at the time is was nearer to 99% of a blackburn win at time

 

its a baffling decision all around tbf

[TheGoldenGod]

1 minute ago, lgfualol said:

Lets rig the KP so the pitch floods if we’re 1 down with 10 to go, then we can replay it in full

Need a few comically sized buckets filled to the brim hanging off the roof of the KP with Filbert ready and waiting by a lever for the nod

[Noahfence]

Ipswich to win the replay with a last minute own goal deflection that was offside 

[Fox in the North]

4 minutes ago, Noahfence said:

Ipswich to win the replay with a last minute own goal deflection that was offside 

Forgot to mention it would have started from a penalty with a ridiculous handball

[AKCJ]

24 minutes ago, Dan said:

You just knew they'd settle on the completely wrong outcome.

 

Play the last 10 minutes at 11 v 10. Perfect? No. Better than everything else by an absolute mile? Obviously yes.

It's yet another example of football shunning common sense for the benefit of TV, gambling firms and ad revenue.

[EnderbyFox]

5 minutes ago, Noahfence said:

Ipswich to win the replay with a last minute own goal deflection that was offside 

 

If I was Blackburn I'd accidentally turn the sprinklers on as soon as they scored

[Bert]

Ipswich are the luckiest club in the pyramid by a distance. 

[Bert]

Just now, EnderbyFox said:

 

If I was Blackburn I'd accidentally turn the sprinklers on as soon as they scored

If I’m Blackburn and the game is 1-0 to Ipswich with 10 minutes to go, the floodlights would be failing. 

[filbertway]

Blackburn had taken off a forward for a defender and a midfielder off for a defender in the 70th minute.

 

People talking about this like it was 5-0

 

[FrankieADZ]

3 minutes ago, filbertway said:

Blackburn had taken off a forward for a defender and a midfielder off for a defender in the 70th minute.

 

People talking about this like it was 5-0

 

nah come on, they was still winning 1-0 against 10 men

 

and was incredibly comfortable as well

was like a 99% probability of them winning it at the time

Edited 25 September 2025 by FrankieADZ

[Muzzy_no7]

Ipswich will surely give them a goal. 
 

Farcical decision.

 

Not the first time they’ve benefited from a weather related call though if anyone remembers Stuart Atwell’s weather decision at Portman rd in 2010…

 

 

[Lambert09]

They won’t give them a goal because they are convinced the game should never have started. 

[Gravel]

Rather than facking about trying to change the play off rules why don't the EFL spend their time and effort reviewing rules that would actually make common sense.

[RowlattsFox]

Annoying for Blackburn but you can't guarantee that Ipswich wouldn't score. If it was 3-0 then I'd agree to give the result but I think you have to replay it at 1-0.

Be nice if Ipswich did give them the lead or something though