Matches off - 16/11

[Krooner]

Epsom and Ewell v Camberley

[Terrence Collina]

Saw some pictures from Sunday's game and it looked quite wet.

[Terrence Collina]

South Park v Sandhurst off

 

 

[DT10]

They played Saturday and not much rain yesterday and today!!

[duncs]

wher do South Park play DT10 ?

[sparky100]

The pitch at South Park was only just playable through the middle on Saturday. The torrential rain we had on Sunday made things even worse and the groundsman has been unable to get on the central areas of the pitch to repair the damage. Added to this there is still some water on these areas.

 

The referee who carried out the inspection this morning confirmed the pitch was unfit for play.

 

 

[Jurg78]

The pitch was very heavy and wet on Sat.

 

Duncs it's in South Park, Reigate.

 

 

[duncs]

Thanks Jurgs, no its just that i was in Leatherhead all day yesterday and there was no rain there at all

[SurreysFinest]

Gonna be a long season for some sides by look if it, have been away last few weeks has it been that wet?

[Chris Clapham]

The pitch at South Park was only just playable through the middle on Saturday. The torrential rain we had on Sunday made things even worse and the groundsman has been unable to get on the central areas of the pitch to repair the damage. Added to this there is still some water on these areas.

 

The referee who carried out the inspection this morning confirmed the pitch was unfit for play.

 

 

 

 

Same problem at Wibbandune.

You can now see why I got the hump re the snide comments last week now!

[duncs]

but wht are they calling the game off in the morning theres still 8/9 hours to go before the kick off

 

 

[DT10]

Could have at least left it until 4pm give it a chance to go ahead! I wonder if the two players who got injured on Saturday were ok?

[Chris Clapham]

but wht are they calling the game off in the morning theres still 8/9 hours to go before the kick off

 

 

 

 

Who are you referring too?

 

Could have at least left it until 4pm give it a chance to go ahead! I wonder if the two players who got injured on Saturday were ok?

 

 

Who are you referring too?

[duncs]

but wht are they calling the game off in the morning theres still 8/9 hours to go before the kick off

 

 

 

 

Who are you referring too?

 

Could have at least left it until 4pm give it a chance to go ahead! I wonder if the two players who got injured on Saturday were ok?

 

 

Who are you referring too?

 

The Ref

[manager50]

In fairness DT, the fog we are getting is not helping the pitches. I took our youth training last night and the fog is keeping our pitch quite wet and there is no chance for it to dry out. Any game last night would have been played at Molesey without too much problem, although one goalmouth was particularly wet, and it is getting no drier today. If pitches took a battering on Saturday and had heavy rain Sunday, it is possible that they will not recover for tonight. I am not sure what it is like where you are, but In Ashford Middx it is almost impossible to see your way through the fog and I cannot see how any improvement would be likely - if a local pitch was deemed unfit now, it has little chance of it drying out for tonight if the fog stays around as long as they forecast. I would rather know now if our game at Whyteleafe was off, rather than wait until 4pm and then have to start contacting a squad of 16 plus the coaching staff. I just hope we get to play our game this evening, as we are really looking forward to it.

[sparky100]

Could have at least left it until 4pm give it a chance to go ahead! I wonder if the two players who got injured on Saturday were ok?

 

 

If the referee who inspected the pitch had said the pitch was playable we would have been more than happy to play. However the fact that there is still water on the pitch and when you walk through this area it brings more water up and in his opinion the pitch would not be playable tonight.

[duncs]

can't see it being on then manager50 (pardon the pun) as isn't Whyteleaf just down the road from southpark.the fog is going to lift as the afternoon goes on according to the weather man its because the wind is going to pick up and blow it all away.

[Chris Clapham]

In fairness DT, the fog we are getting is not helping the pitches. I took our youth training last night and the fog is keeping our pitch quite wet and there is no chance for it to dry out. Any game last night would have been played at Molesey without too much problem, although one goalmouth was particularly wet, and it is getting no drier today. If pitches took a battering on Saturday and had heavy rain Sunday, it is possible that they will not recover for tonight. I am not sure what it is like where you are, but In Ashford Middx it is almost impossible to see your way through the fog and I cannot see how any improvement would be likely - if a local pitch was deemed unfit now, it has little chance of it drying out for tonight if the fog stays around as long as they forecast. I would rather know now if our game at Whyteleafe was off, rather than wait until 4pm and then have to start contacting a squad of 16 plus the coaching staff. I just hope we get to play our game this evening, as we are really looking forward to it.

 

 

I see Knaphill are playing Carshalton at Molesey tomorrow in Surrey Youth Cup.

Will the Surrey Youth Cup game Moles v Wood be on this week?

[Terrence Collina]

Obviously not help with the wet pitches, but perhaps the league should provide yellow footballs for the fog months?

[manager50]

Chris

 

I did not realise that we had hired the pitch out tomorrow, but I assume it will be down to the weather again.

 

As far as the CWU cup game goes, this is scheduled for next week and I understand this is being sorted out by our secretary this week - either Monday or Wednesday I believe.

 

Duncs

 

Not a lot of wind here at the moment and it is getting worse if anything - I can hardly see the keyboard now!!!!!!!!

 

TC

 

What months are the "fog months"???? Maybe a bell in the ball as well, like the betting advert - just remember to leave the cat at home

 

Apologies for the joint responses - credit crunch and all that so keeping costs down!