TWITTER CERTAINLY HAD GOOD fun after the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division game between Sligo Rovers and Finn Harps was abandoned last night.
However, with four minutes remaining, some of the floodlights at The Showgrounds went off. After a delay of 15 minutes the referee, Padraigh Sutton, shrilled the final whistle and it will now be up to the FAI to decide what happens next.
The world of Twitter enjoyed the banter – and the referee wasn’t immune from criticism either:
@SoccRepublic at the Finn harps v Sligo rovers game in Sligo…the ref had a shocker…whistle happy,! #FHFC
— Seamus Bogle (@seamiebogle18) March 19, 2016
So will finn harps fans get a refund #sligorovers
— Conor Williamson (@wconorw) March 19, 2016
The Bosnia vs Ireland game went on with that mad fog but the Finn Harps game was abandoned because a few lights went out ? #loi #Sligo
— No Problemo (@MrMovieGame) March 19, 2016
In addition to the floodlights, the lights went off in the tunnel before Ollie Horgan gave his thoughts too. pic.twitter.com/zR7U2nn4gJ
— Alan Finn (@alanfinn94) March 19, 2016
Sligo Rovers have released a statement announcing the Showgrounds floodlights have stepped down.
— Dublin Derby Facts (@dubderbyfacts) March 19, 2016
Floodlights gone at The Showgrounds. Harps fans doing their best to help #GreatestLeagueInTheWorld pic.twitter.com/JkKYS2Ty9U
— Joe McDwyer (@BitORedBhoy) March 19, 2016
Game at a hault here in the Showgrounds as lights go out just as Harps make it 1-1 . ??⚪️?⚪️#GreatestLeagueInTheWorld
— Alice Diver (@AliceDiver) March 19, 2016
Be some joke if we don't get a point from tonight, 4 minutes left and was enough light to see out the end.
— Nicole Bryson (@NicoleBryson1) March 19, 2016
We have to get a point like? 4 mins left, hardly gonna replay it? I'm done with LOI if that has to be a replay.
— Adrian Fez (@AdrianFHFC) March 19, 2016
If only @HistoryLOI. We reckon Sligo turned the lights off in case we scored a winner ? https://t.co/4792nO9xnF
— Bartley Ramsay (@bramsay11) March 20, 2016
Sounds like Sligo Rovers took #EarthHour a step too far #GreatestLeagueInTheWorld https://t.co/EQBHlDlsIM
— Paul Byrne (@pmbyrne2010) March 19, 2016
Tags:Sligo Rovers are supported by 0 electricians.
— Sligo Stats (@SligoStats) March 19, 2016
