Bad News - AGAIN !

[Big J R]

WELL - I think the slight change in weather has just about fecked it all up yet again.

 

Severe weather warnings out this afternoon - This time flooding.

 

A quick look at Meadowbank and the Pipp-Brook along side almost convinces me we could be looking at 10-14 days before returning to a playable pitch.

 

NOW - What time does the bar open again ????

[Ex EL_Gaffer]

On a better note for Chelsea fans Scolari has been sacked!

[Guvnor No1]

We might need june to finish the fixtures off

[RTFC Barmy Army drummer]

Into the cricket season LOL

[Big J R]

Don't tell Kroons, RTFC BAD !!!!!!!!

[Krooner]

Cricket starts in May and that is what I will be doing. It will be the same old clubs with the problems. Time the league kicked them into shape.

[Terrence Collina]

these pitches need a nice slope to let the water run off!

 

Seriously though, for decent draining I think it will be a high 5 figure sum and I don't think many clubs can afford that.

 

Hopefully Nut will post if this is not true

[NUMBER ONE]

i think thats abit of an over reaction krooner,

EVERY club ( not just the CCL )have suffered from this bad weather, no ones fault certainly not the clubs.

[RTFC Barmy Army drummer]

Originally Posted By: NUMBER ONE

i think thats abit of an over reaction krooner,
EVERY club ( not just the CCL )have suffered from this bad weather, no ones fault certainly not the clubs.

Blame Global Warming

[Weeble]

Withdrawall is setting in need a footie fix quick so we can talk about matches and forget all else.

[Regan]

Fans Focus kick about anyone?

 

'kick about' might be the operative phrase... no-one need bring a ball...

[Jeff Hamnett TSF]

Originally Posted By: Krooner

It will be the same old clubs with the problems. Time the league kicked them into shape.

name and shame then krooner!

leaving aside my old hobby horse about groundshares, Im all for the league (and FA) ensuring a playable decent pitch is available throughout the season, apart from extreme weather.

Unfortunately the rules would suggest getting a 100 seater stand in place is a bigger priority. good place to count the puddles from.

[Krooner]

Originally Posted By: NUMBER ONE

i think thats abit of an over reaction krooner,
EVERY club ( not just the CCL )have suffered from this bad weather, no ones fault certainly not the clubs.

Agrereed they have Number One but any league should be able to cope with a couple of weeks bad weather in a season and not have to talk about extending the season. Every year it is the same on this league with, in the majority of the cases, the same clubs struggling to get their fixtures in. I would propose that if a club calls a home game off more than once against a team that the fixture is switched to the other club. I feel it is unfair for a club who get the majority of their games on to have to wait 2 or 3 weeks without a game at the end of the season just to play their last one. This happens every season on the CCL and I feel that what I suggest would get around that. It happens in most youth leagues to make sure fixtures are completed and works well.

[Green Pea]

Reducing the number of teams in the Premier to 20 would surely help for a start?

[Jeff Hamnett TSF]

http://www.ccleague.co.uk/archive/archind.htm

 

there is the archive, you can see how many games have had to be fitted in in May over the years.

 

Not too bad Id have thought, though the year the champion side didn't play its last game was bloody silly, and div 1 doesnt play all its games it seems.

 

do we need all the league cup competitions, various county cups, local tourneys played during season?

 

 

Could the league set up a "help" squad?

 

A ground I know (!) has a particular problem in one area, and has an idea about what to do -ish.

 

I think it would be good for a club to be able to call on the league and say we know we have problem a, what's to do? they say ah yes four clubs had this problem and the answer is blah de blah, see companies a or z.

 

Or for the clubs to join together and buy some equipment that could be sent round the clubs and get this work done.

[Two Ton Ted]

What doesn't help is the clubs with the reputation for getting games called off earlier in the season as their best players are injured by training on the pitch before the inspection. No names, no packdrill...

[Jeff Hamnett TSF]

dorking miss another game this weekend as Hanworth villa have an anagram trophy game which takes precedence.

 

i think its twelve games to catch up on now.

 

 

 

[Big J R]

Originally Posted By: thespursfan

dorking miss another game this weekend as Hanworth villa have an anagram trophy game which takes precedence.

That'll be a Hygate prom game then, TSF !!

[Weeble]

OMG we really do need some football

[Justin MVSCR FC]

Well unless we get some real freak weather between now and Sat our home game will go ahead.

 

Icant promise it will be pretty cos we havent played at our best for a while but its local to you and will give you something to do.