45 Minutes it was reported that the time went on for in the 1st half

This isnt why we lost as your defence was amazing in the 2nd half

Our timer is fine. The report was incorrect.

Errrr.....isnt the time keeping to do with both clubs officials....you lost because you couldnt take advantage of possesion in 1st half and couldlnt play any better in 2nd half...where as we could and did.

Reported by a Bradford supporter by any chance?

The referee tells the timekeeper when to stop and start the clock which is displayed in the NW corner as per new SL guidelines. The half lasted 40 minutes.

Got a timer on the radio!!!!!!

Club officials are not involved with timekeeping anymore.

Not since they got these new clocks. Just one independent official. If the clock can add time on automatically I reckon Ferguson will be suggesting one be installed at Man Poo. It'll save him telling e ref how much time to add on.

We bought the clock off Alex Ferguson.

(Oops sorry,didnt see above post.proves a point though.

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What rubbish

funny it said 40 mins on the OFFICIAL CLOCK

Mick is this you?



There was a countdown timer right next to the scoreboard, this only stopped counting down when the ref stopped the clock when a certain team were wasting time at drop outs/scrums.

i never seen a team wasting time as much as bratfut, but seeing the state of the players they need to work on there fitness. Menzies put the rest of them to shame and apart from the harlem throw the ball anywhere try at the end they never looked like scoring.

There's this fantastic thing called The Internet. On it you can find, amongst other things, several websites that give live score updates complete with timings. None of them reported a long half, and our first try was timed within the 40 minutes.

It's not rocket science FFS.

By the way, will you be at Salford at the weekend? I assume you don't miss ANY games since you're so keen to point out those that do.

You lost because we scored more point then you 3tries to 1 tell the story

You mean the same Internet that i use to come on here



Yes i do miss games...mostly away ones as i use holidays for home games and i think i only mention it to 1 person......my beef is you cant get a reflection of a game/times on the radio and i never comment on away games i havent seen.

You can get a 'reflection' of any game. That's why they write match reports. And as mentioned above, there are several sites that report the match timings.

Or are you saying that the timing was wrong?

Not sure when the rules changed, but THE TIMEKEEPER STOPS THE CLOCK WHEN THE REF ASKS HIM TO

It did FEEL like 45 minutes though

It's a good job the ref didn't stop the clock every time a Bradford player layed on at the ptb or we'd all still be there.

I beg to differ.......you dont know where the hell the play is half the time on radio and you get "he will score here...ooohhh great tackle on 20mtr line"....you would think he was a dead cert to score but isnt nowhere near.

When have i said timing was wrong??????

I looked at the match clock when we got the scrum and there was 26 secs i think...so why would i say it was wrong????

The clock can show 40 minutes the hooter can go But play stop when the ball is dead and the ref blows his whistle ..When the Hooter goes you can keep the ball alive for 5/10 or maybe more minutes if you can

and if you are the clock will still keep going

You can still get a "reflection" on the game though without being there. In the same way, 3 people can attend a game and you could get 3 differing opinions on it. Personally, I thought we were fairly poor on Friday but seem to be in the minority on here, but 2 points is 2 points etc

Offensively we were shocking but we defended and kicked well. We won but the performance was forgettable and I do worry about our pack when the grounds get harder.

Me too. I know some one here love cusack but he's slow and offers little impact. radford and dowes are the same. Probably why we got beasted in the middle of last season

Nothing wrong with the length of game timing and the clock was only stopped as has been said by the ref when he instructed.

My only concern with the game was the KO time that seemed as though every other game in SL had kicked off some 5 mins well before we did and FC were very late out on the pitch (I was listening to the KR V Leeds Academy game). That’s why I'm assuming people are saying the game lasted along time, not down to one half lasting way over the odds, more down to a late KO