Woodford United 1st May Postponed

[Tom]

For those interested, there is no supporters coach running to Woodford.

[brighton_rebel]

Why don't be just play the woodford game, play off semi and the final all on the bank holiday monday the day after a monster truck rally helps to flatten the pitch.

[Banny]

Why don't be just play the woodford game, play off semi and the final all on the bank holiday monday the day after a monster truck rally helps to flatten the pitch.

On behalf of the Southern Football League, thank you for solving the fixture problem

[Tristan_STFC]

Me and 3 friends are planning to attend the play off final (if we make it) all the way from the isle of wight and we need to know if its on asap !! Can somebody e-mail me tristanmarkchapman@gmail.com once we know when the play off final is confirmed for the monday please !?!?

[Ian]

Me and 3 friends are planning to attend the play off final (if we make it) all the way from the isle of wight and we need to know if its on asap !! Can somebody e-mail me tristanmarkchapman@gmail.com once we know when the play off final is confirmed for the monday please !?!?

 

At the moment, it's confirmed for the Monday but that's dependant on us playing Woodford on Tuesday and being able to play SYCOB on Thursday. Assuming all that happens there's a small matter of having to beat SYCOB to get to the final.

 

There's a small matter of a semi-final first.

[Don Juan DeMarcus]

I see solid waterlogged pitches from now til after the play off final date

[Ted]

I see solid waterlogged pitches from now til after the play off final date

 

Unlikely given the time of year. Given a bit of sun and a decent wind, pitches will dry quickly now as long as it isn't very cold.

[Slough Match Sec]

The weather at Woodford don't look good for tomorrow the Met says-

 

from 01-00 Tuesday light rain until 10-00 Tuesday, then heavy rain until 13-00,then light rain again till 19-00

 

so not looking good to me

[GarySTFC]

Being entirely selfish, could do with Thursday bring put back as I am not around

[mann]

Could the club verify the K.O time for this game as all of Woodfords mid week games have had a K.O time of 7.30

[HorshamRebel]

can't we just play the Woodford match after the play-offs as it has completely no bearing on them

[A Rebel and a Saint]

That's what I was thinking, surely would be a logical solution.

 

Interesting interview with Bateman in the Express. Apparently the chairman is looking into options with the league of either not playing the game tomorrow (comes with a £2000 fine) or even playing the Woodford game on Thursday. Not sure we could get away with such a short notice change in fixtures though. He also says we could end up with a shortage of players for the Woodford game because he wouldn't play any of our players who would be in his squad for the playoff game.

 

http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/Sport/Football/Slough-Town-FC/Slough-Town-FC-facing-farcical-situation-says-Bateman-30042012.htm

[Ian]

My understanding is that as it it stands we're due to play Woodford tomorrow night at 7:30pm unless it's called off. Maybe we should encourage them to water the pitch!!

[Slough Match Sec]

Now it's saying heavy rain from 10-00 until 16-00 Tuesday so getting worse

[Rebel Kay]

7.30 ko

[readingrebel]

I cannot believe the league have no contingency plans in place for the play-offs in the event of bad weather.

 

Meaningless games have been scrapped before in emergencies so why not now?

 

The league priority should be to make sure the play-offs are as fair as possible for all teams, so why make us play Tuesday, Thursday and Monday or even worse Thursday, Saturday and Monday if tomorrow night is cancelled?

 

It really is incompetency beyond belief.

Edited April 30, 2012 by readingrebel

[Ian]

Yes, I think its poor on the part of the league but let's forget about any final and focus on the game against SYCOB. Monday is irrelevant at this stage.

[Nathan]

I like my solution the best - simply cancel the play-offs and let the highest placed team in them go up. No games have to be re-arranged, and nobody has to play 3 times in 6 days!

 

Being entirely selfish, could do with Thursday bring put back as I am not around

 

Gary, where does that leave the situation regarding the camera? I probably won't be at Woodford on Tuesday (assuming if it goes ahead).

[GarySTFC]

Nathan, am seeing glen on wednesday and will pass it on to him to give to you.

[BFR]

Well the weather this morning doesn't give a promising outlook for this evening. We should have been able to play our play off last night after a gorgeous day of sunshine.