dof
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Post by dof on Dec 22, 2012 11:45:21 GMT
.....now you can be a proper host Sal, and welcome people when they arrive...enjoy the evening.
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Post by sallycat on Dec 22, 2012 12:41:30 GMT
Haha, thanks. I would have been back in time for that but cooking dinner first would have been a struggle!
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Post by Andy K on Dec 22, 2012 13:28:12 GMT
Looks like at the time of writing, only one match has survived the downpour - Boreham Wood v Hayes and Yeading. All the other fixtures were either called off tonight or early this morning, with Dover v AFC Hx being the last one to go (obviously the most eastern team in the league were the last ones to get the rain!).
And then finally the BW game was called off. No BSS matches this Saturday.
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Post by swedishchapter on Dec 23, 2012 9:54:25 GMT
Winter break maybe?
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Rax
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Post by Rax on Dec 23, 2012 10:13:06 GMT
Ah the grand old debate that rears it's ugly head every year. Ugly to The FA that is! At League One and below it certainly makes huge amounts of sense but with the money in the Premier League I just don't see it happening. The Championship pitches tend to cope OK too so other than the players getting a rest is it required? I'm all for it personally. |
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tonyd
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Post by tonyd on Dec 23, 2012 11:25:19 GMT
Absolutely not! The UK weather is too unpredictable to benefit from a fixed period with no games. Frozen pitches can come any time from November to March, waterlogged pitches can occur in almost any month, if this year is anything to go by. A break may be good for players at the very top of the pyramid, but in non-league you could have a winter break with no matches, followed by a period of cancellations with the result that teams are playing 2 or 3 games every week in the latter part of the season. |
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Post by garethl on Dec 23, 2012 11:26:53 GMT
Spot on. They usually get an unscheduled winter break at some point.
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Post by Amber Aleman on Dec 23, 2012 18:09:14 GMT
By one of those coincidences that football throws up from time to time, our match ten years ago this weekend was also postponed because of a waterlogged pitch. Our scheduled opponents? Maidenhead Utd. One difference - that fixture was at GGL. And it wasn't called off until about 2.45, with fans queueing outside.  I agree about the winter break being a non-runner. |
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Post by os on Dec 23, 2012 21:20:07 GMT
As I tweeted last night the only game in the South of the UK to go ahead yesterday was Maidstone v Worthing in the Ryman South. It so on a perfect playing surface totally unaffected by rain with att of over 1700. Why because they have a 3G pitch which the Conference in their wisdom will not allow.
Its about time we started to lobby the bureaucrats who say they are the guradians of our game?
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Post by garethl on Dec 23, 2012 23:13:09 GMT
Is that something we were looking to do if possible (agreed by the powers that be) as part of our development?
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Post by os on Dec 23, 2012 23:24:08 GMT
Is that something we were looking to do if possible (agreed by the powers that be) as part of our development? As you say its up to the powers that be? |
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Post by garethl on Dec 24, 2012 10:14:23 GMT
Surely we'd need a decision from the conference fairly soon? They would need the football league to ok it before they can. These pitches make perfect sense and would be a fantastic source of revenue.
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