on a serious note...

[coach et 64]

I'm p off at going all the way to Stansted only to find out that the area near the stand was frozen.It will be interesting to find out who had done the pitch inspection at 12 o'clock.... and gave the ok when there was no chance we could have played on that big patch that resembled a Swarosky architecture!!poor,very poor and now don't tell me that we have to go to Stansted on a tuesday night?They can come to our place if they want....I spent enough petrol yesterday on my way there!!fecking joke and who's to blame?

[Uncle Urchin]

the area in front of the stand is always frozen coachie...even in summer...

 

normally they let you know in good time but probably decided to wind you up...

[Silencer]

On the Stansted site, it said that the match was off....I looked about 1pm!!

[coach et 64]

if that's true JJ,it makes really interesting....the referee called it off at 2 pm !!!!

[TheHullbridgeSportsElite]

lukey we missed our train then and wasent enough time to get anuver one lol

[Uncle Urchin]

Originally Posted By: coach et 64

if that's true JJ,it makes really interesting....the referee called it off at 2 pm !!!!

funny that as they still say on their site that it was called off at 1pm....

try something else to moan about...

[coach et 64]

Originally Posted By: Uncle Urchin

the area in front of the stand is always frozen coachie...even in summer...

normally they let you know in good time but probably decided to wind you up...

RULE 8.4 In the event of a match having to be postponed for any reason due to problems arising from one of the clubs involved, their prospective opponents SHALL BE COMPENSATED BY THEM.In the case of the visiting club,should it have undertaken all or part of the journey,travelling expenses and meal allowances may be claimed,based on the total mileage involved on the whole journey.


I feel very disappointed that Stansted let us go all the way to their ground when they must have been aware that there was a possibility that the pitch was unplayable.

As soon as we looked at the pitch it was clear there was a problem down one side - it was completely frozen and as sharp as my Swarosky chrystalware. When the referee arrived he took one look at the pitch, tried to get his keys into the ground and failed and said the pitch was too dangerous.

Surely this must have been the case earlier, why hadn't they had a pitch inspection - latest 12 o-clock and warned us that there was a problem. Were they keeping their fingers crossed and hoping there would be a sudden thaw..... Offering to pour hot water over the pitch was hardly likely to make any difference.

Can we ask Stansted why they did nothing all morning and were quite happy for everyone to travel needlessly to their ground?

Sorry but we aren't round the corner....
Sure someone must take the blame for this "disappointment" otherwise everybody is gonna do like that and it will be the beginning of the end!!

[Uncle Urchin]

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/NYG/78027.jpg

[coach et 64]

is a big shark innit?

[Natter]

This sort of thing happens at higher levels. On Saturday Doncaster Rovers were due to host Leeds United. It seems that the police insisted this be a noon ko for reasons we can deduce. Someone acting for the Stadium management company decided not to cover part of the pitch overnight.

This omission seems to have been made on the strength of (a)the belief that the cover would have been no protection against the severity of the frost predicted and ( the uncovered bit would have thawed out by 3pm..... unhelpfully overlooking the need for a noon kick off......

Compare and contrast what the 2 websites have to say about it. This situation did not cause Leeds United much grief but it did for their supporters some of whom travel long distances

[coach et 64]

Natter,with all due respect for everyone,we don't care about £££ professional clubs.The earlier pitch inspection at 12 o'clock might be? should have spotted such a big frozen area like that and at 11-12 o'clock is supposed to be colder than 1-1.30 pm.The referee that has allegedly made the earlier pitch inspection should be put against a wall in front of a firing squad(only joking ).We are not talking about a 2 yards touchline area but a bigger,grass missing area that could have only been in worse conditions at the time of the allegedly early pitch inspection.Now everyone will try to juggle responsibility with Stansted blaming the referee early pitch inspection verdict and the referees appointment secretary saying that everything was fine with the pitch inspection.Not impressed at all chaps