There were strange scenes in the English Football League this week as the start of the Championship clash between Hull City andBirmingham City had to be delayed. The game had to be delayed for 20 minutes after ground staff had to cut two inches off the goalposts in order for the game to start. Hull City's goalposts had to be sawn down to size because they were found to be two inches too tall, causing a delay to their match against Birmingham. pic.twitter.com/TZmGEHzDkI The issue was flagged during pre match checks by the referee, who noticed that the goals were too big and therefore needed to be reduced to regulation size. The goal line technology system needed to be adjusted too and it took several more minutes. John Eustace thinks that the delayed kick-off may have helped his side by giving them more time to focus on the game. Bizarre as the situation at Hull City's stadium may have been, it wasn't the first time similar disarray preceded a game. While warming up before the match, the coach of the team noticed that the bars were four inches lower than they should be and therefore demanded that they be raised to standard height. "A very weird experience." 🤔 The goals at Ajax were too small ahead of last night's Women's Champions League qualifier with Jonas Eidevall's Arsenal. 😅📐 pic.twitter.com/YufWHAz0aA
Speaking after the game, Eidevall admitted it was a weird experience and one that he hadn't encountered in football before, but luckily it didn't affect their place in the group stage.
The start of the 1997-98 semifinal first leg between Real Madrid and Westfalenstadion was delayed for over 70 minutes after a group of Madrid fans climbed a fence.
The delay was caused by the fact that the fence was connected via a cable to one of the goals which was also pulled down.
There seems to have been a series of goalpost discrepancies in recent weeks, with Wigan facing an FA inquiry into claims made by their opponents that the goalposts at the DW Stadium were not equal.
The Bluebirds filed a complaint with the FA that one of their players exceeded the eight-foot rule. Wigan's grounds staff tried to drop the frame of the raised goal but were unsuccessful and the game went ahead 10 minutes later than planned.
No-one wanted to wait a couple of hours for it to sink another couple of inches. The same thing happened for both sides, according to Mark Hudson. They weren't having that, so I asked if we could attack that end in the second half.
The third goal of the game was scored off the underside of the high bar.
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