Game off 10th august (yes in august)

[T.A.F.K.A.M 9]

Witham Town vs Bethnal Green United off (it rained today)

[Football Director]

At 5 pm aswell NOT GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jenko]

Thats b*ll*ks.

[Football Man]

Nobody would have been able to get there anyway. The A12 was shut at Chelmsford all evening.

[never been]

And they have a go at us for our ground.

[onebreast]

shocking from Witham !!

[Deadbeat]

'Nobody would have been able to get there anyway. The A12 was shut at Chelmsford all evening'

 

I would have as the trains were running

Edited August 11, 2010 by Deadbeat

[FatCat]

Not the best start to a seson i'll admit, and I was certainly as disappointed as anyone else.

However, after hearing from one of the ground workers about how waterlogged it was, and having witnessed their hard work on the pitch over this hot summer, I respect their decision to call it off.

Postponing this early in a season will attract flack I know and accept, but listening to what has been said it couldn't be helped.

[Football Director]

Not the best start to a seson i'll admit, and I was certainly as disappointed as anyone else.

However, after hearing from one of the ground workers about how waterlogged it was, and having witnessed their hard work on the pitch over this hot summer, I respect their decision to call it off.

Postponing this early in a season will attract flack I know and accept, but listening to what has been said it couldn't be helped.

Are Ground Workers allowed to call games off.i was always told you have to call a local Referee to do this? Have the rules changed?

[Hookey]

Not the best start to a seson i'll admit, and I was certainly as disappointed as anyone else.

However, after hearing from one of the ground workers about how waterlogged it was, and having witnessed their hard work on the pitch over this hot summer, I respect their decision to call it off.

Postponing this early in a season will attract flack I know and accept, but listening to what has been said it couldn't be helped.

Are Ground Workers allowed to call games off.i was always told you have to call a local Referee to do this? Have the rules changed?

 

As Deadbeat has already said. The A12 was shut eastbound for hours at Chelmsford. So BGU would probably not have been able to get there anyway.

[Basil-Don]

problem is the match wasnt postponed due to road works it was called off due to rain, a match can only be called off without a refs inspection in exceptional circumstances.

[Hookey]

I understand that, just saying that if the game was given the all clear then BGU may have had a wasted trip anyway.

[Eastside Urchin]

Some pitches are just not suited to the downpour we had Tuesday,at Hornchurch we have had our pitch worked on tirelessly over the summer and it stood up to the rain,had it not been done to that standard our friendly with west ham would of almost certainly been cancelled

[Jenko]

But whats the rule? If it is playable but because it is only the 2nd game the pitch may get cut up can it still be called off? Surely not. Although I can understand why a club would want to save the pitch especially so early in the season.

[never been]

Not the best start to a seson i'll admit, and I was certainly as disappointed as anyone else.

However, after hearing from one of the ground workers about how waterlogged it was, and having witnessed their hard work on the pitch over this hot summer, I respect their decision to call it off.

Postponing this early in a season will attract flack I know and accept, but listening to what has been said it couldn't be helped.

Are Ground Workers allowed to call games off.i was always told you have to call a local Referee to do this? Have the rules changed?

 

I hope this get's looked into, as it seems the rules were not followed if "Ground Workers" called it off.

Witham are the first club to quote rules and the FA when things do not go their way.

We trained on Tuesday over a local park which has had no work done, it had rained all day and while training it was torrential, yet the playing surface held up.

 

If however a ref called it off I will offer my apologies.

[FCFAN]

The rule is that only the referee can call it off.

[Barking Mad]

What is the dispute here?

 

Ok so Witham called the game off Tuesday, and late on (5pm I believe).

 

Are we suggesting something more untoward is going on here? Or just simple that it is inconvenient?

[FatCat]

Good grief!

When I said that those that worked on the ground decided to call it off maybe I should have said that after talking to them the following morning they thought it wasn't good enough to play and I would have to agree with them for reasons stated earlier.

Can only assume that a ref somehow got involved and decide to call it off himself. OK?

[never been]

Good grief!

When I said that those that worked on the ground decided to call it off maybe I should have said that after talking to them the following morning they thought it wasn't good enough to play and I would have to agree with them for reasons stated earlier.

Can only assume that a ref somehow got involved and decide to call it off himself. OK?

 

"WITHAMGATE" Call for Ironside!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Eastside Urchin]

Was it a friendly ??