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Andover Town game abandoned at 8-0 after Paulsgrove could not continue
Andover Town’s match against Paulsgrove was abandoned at 8-0 after the visitors could not continue with enough players.
Andover had led 7-0 at half-time, and Paulsgrove returned for the second half with seven players.
After Andover scored again, the game ended when Paulsgrove were down to six.
Andover manager Robbie Skeates questioned how the injuries happened and alleged that Paulsgrove’s manager told players to go down; Paulsgrove posts said the injuries were genuine.
The clubs play in the Hampshire Premier Football League, in the 12th tier of English football, and Paulsgrove had lost all 10 of its league games this season.
The league has opened an investigation, so it has not yet decided what will happen to the result or the goals.
Andover say they will submit a report, while the team is due to play a cup match next Saturday.
Andover Town’s match against Paulsgrove was abandoned after Andover took an 8-0 lead and Paulsgrove could not continue.
Andover led 7-0 at half-time, but only seven Paulsgrove players returned for the second half.
Andover scored again soon after the restart, after which the match was abandoned when Paulsgrove could not continue with the required number of players.
Andover manager Robbie Skeates questioned the circumstances, while posts appearing to come from Paulsgrove’s official account said the players were genuinely injured.
Andover said it would submit a report to the league, which said an investigation was under way.
- Who
- Andover Town and Paulsgrove FC.
- What
- Their match was abandoned with Andover leading 8-0 after Paulsgrove could not continue.
- When
- Saturday; the exact date of the match is not stated.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Paulsgrove could not continue with the required number of players. Andover questioned the circumstances, while posts appearing to come from Paulsgrove’s official account said the players were injured.
Andover Town
Paulsgrove FC
Reason players left the match
Andover Town
Manager Robbie Skeates questioned how four players were injured during half-time and alleged the opposition manager told players to go down so the match would be abandoned.
Paulsgrove FC
Posts appearing to come from Paulsgrove’s official account said the players were genuinely injured.
Andover Town led 7-0, and all 11 Paulsgrove players had left the pitch.
Seven Paulsgrove players returned, and Marcus Tyler scored Andover’s eighth goal soon after the restart.
The match was abandoned when Paulsgrove could not continue with the required number of players.
Andover said it would submit a report to the league, which said an investigation was under way.
- Half-time score
- Andover Town 7-0 Paulsgrove
- Abandonment score
- Andover Town 8-0 Paulsgrove
- Paulsgrove players returning
- Seven
- Andover Town hat-tricks
- Ryan Morgans and Marcus Tyler
- League
- Hampshire Premier Football League, the 12th tier of the English football pyramid
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What people are saying
I've been involved in football a long time and I've genuinely never seen anything like what happened today from an opposition side.
We expect the points to be awarded, but at the moment we don’t know what will happen with the scoreline or goals.
Sadly can't make injured player [sic] continue
As is standard for any abandoned game, an investigation is under way and until that process has been completed, we cannot make any comment.