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Post by Iron Webbo on Jan 24, 2015 13:41:41 GMT
Match will be played on Tuesday evening 7.45pm.
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Post by ontheterrace on Jan 24, 2015 13:58:57 GMT
Waterlogged or frozen?
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Post by Iron Webbo on Jan 24, 2015 14:05:08 GMT
In my opinion, neither. But I'm not the match referee. Over the past few days the pitch has been frozen and rarely thawed much as the temperature struggled to get above zero. With the pitch still frozen, we had a lot of rain on it last night and the new drainage struggled to cope until it thawed this morning. We started work on it early and had dressed the Quag End goal mouth but, at 12.30, the referee asked for more work on it. He re-inspected it at 1.30 and advised that there was another small area he was concerned with. Both managers were happy to play, but the match referee postponed the game.
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bonzo
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Post by bonzo on Jan 24, 2015 15:46:30 GMT
This will have a bad effect on the gate - I was with a group of 6 having lunch in "The Orange Tree" prior to walking over the road when we heard that the game was off - only 2 of us might make Tuesday evening! Also, you're not going to get so many away supporters on Tuesday. They were still arriving at about 2.30 for the match & this will put some off of travelling midweek.
Why don't refs consider supporters - if both managers were happy to play then it should have gone ahead!
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emirates
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Post by emirates on Jan 24, 2015 16:15:56 GMT
Braintree U9's will play tomorrow morning - no doubt mud up to their knees but will enjoy it. Precious referees......bad call
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Post by Iron Webbo on Jan 24, 2015 18:11:13 GMT
This will have a bad effect on the gate - I was with a group of 6 having lunch in "The Orange Tree" prior to walking over the road when we heard that the game was off - only 2 of us might make Tuesday evening! Also, you're not going to get so many away supporters on Tuesday. They were still arriving at about 2.30 for the match & this will put some off of travelling midweek. Why don't refs consider supporters - if both managers were happy to play then it should have gone ahead! I asked the referee to make a final decision at 1pm - explaining that there were four coaches of visiting supporters about to depart. His reaction was that supporters were not his concern. He said that he had allowed a game to start at Dover recently when it was in doubt but regretted it and was subsequently criticised for it. No matter - the four match officials charged us £320 for their trouble and then went home. Bring on Tuesday |
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Post by 4whatitsworth on Jan 24, 2015 18:23:45 GMT
Seems to me that the ref bottled it when both managers were happy for the game to go ahead.
Perhaps the club could put in a claim to the FA to recover the expenses.
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Post by Iron Webbo on Jan 24, 2015 18:42:14 GMT
Long shot number 4. Alas when Bob and I walked across the pitch at 3 it was playable ...  |
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kieros
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Post by kieros on Jan 24, 2015 20:02:03 GMT
£320 expenses for 1 carload of officials to travel....
That must've been a gas guzzling BMW that 3 of them travelled together in!!
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Post by oranjeboom on Jan 24, 2015 20:54:38 GMT
The pitch and lost revenue is as far as I'm concerned the biggest reason we need a new ground. We've heard about the great playing surface its going to have. Any news from the council or is the club dragging it's feet?
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