Ourfans won’tbe leftin thedark
Floodlight fiasco
Graham Barnstaple Motherwell chief operating officer Alan Burrows says fans won’t be left out of pocket after Tuesday’s match at Aberdeen was abandoned following two floodlight failures at Pittodrie.
It was a farce in the Granite City as the game was played for just eight minutes before referee Alan Muir called a halt.
In a statement on the club’s official website, Mr Burrows said both clubs would work together to make sure fans don’t miss out.
He said: “Floodlight failures are one of these things that happen in football, they’re so unfortunate, but the people I feel most for are the 100 or so Motherwell fans who have made the trip here on a cold, Tuesday night in December.
“I think we started the game quite well too, we got a few good crosses in to the box and won a free kick in a dangerous area, and for the ’Well fans who have come up here we thank them for their loyalty and their time; it’s really unfortunate that it has been cut short.
“We’ll look to work with the fans – I know Aberdeen have informed fans to keep their ticket stubs for coming back to the next game, and in terms of transport we’ll look to see if we can help our fans in that situation as well.
“That’s only the right thing to do.”
A date has yet to be set for a replay.
The abandonment comes after Saturday’s 0-0 Fir Park draw with Kilmarnock, a match which manager Mark Mcghee admitted wasn’t a thriller.
He said: “The game itself was fairly mediocre. We had people missing, we had people who actually nearly didn’t start.
“Generally, we were undermined by the changes that were forced upon us.”