V Dunstable Town A 30th March

[Curtis]

Comfortable, professional 3-0 win, which could have been a fair few more.

 

Man of the match: the referee..... nobody could have justifiably complained if he had abandoned the match in the last half hour, but he didn’t and it’s another match played and another three points.

[Sir Rebel1965]

Solid performance in testing conditions and kept the pressure on all game.

 

3 points more on the board.

 

Some Slough fans are still waiting for their burgers!

[Irishadrian]

As good a win as could be expected in atrocious conditions and another clean sheet at last.

[redwine rebel]

Full credit to both teams for playing in awful conditions x it was bleeding freezing!!! X

[Irishadrian]

Yes we really were lucky to get this one played and to have a ref who wasn't a wimp! Kettering v Weymouth is already called off and early inspection already called for at most other grounds Been raining heavily in the West Country since 5 am and still is Frome Dorchester and Gosport will be off I'm sure

[Irishadrian]

Bishops Stortford v Merthyr called off by local ref this evening

[Sir Rebel1965]

Well that ends the six away games, and we picked up 10 points, only failing to pick up points to higher teams Weymouth and Kings Lynn on long Tuesday night trips.

 

 

So now we are 10 points clear of 6th & 7th and the pressure is on them - even more so if they are having games called off. 

 

 

With further rain forecast for Monday they may have another game called off, whilst we are home on the best pitch in the league and no risk of a postponement.

 

[Reading Rebel]

I thought it was an excellent performance from the lads.

 

Probably as one sided a game as you would see and but for their keeper and some poor misses IMO down to the conditions I'm sure it would have been a hat full of goals.

 

Have to say the Ref had a blinder!!

 

Hardly noticed him all game took the conditions into consideration and I don't think booked a single player. 

 

Excellent news, just seen that the Chesham game is on.

Edited March 31, 2018 by Reading Rebel

[redwine rebel]

Agree Eddie forgot the ref was out there, he was great

 

Wish there were more like him X

[epicrebel]

Like us early on this season, the bar and the food out lets are run by the council so Dunstable can't take the blame for this.

 

And well done to the Slough Supporter that won the 50/50. collected £20 and donated the rest (£36) back to Dustable.

 

 

edit---- No booking on both side. In them conditions could of been a few red's let a loan yellows 

Edited March 31, 2018 by epicrebel

[HorshamRebel]

With Frome being called off today with a waterlogged pitch today, a yellow warning of heavy rain on Monday, and light rain Tuesday, our game there on Wednesday could be very much in doubt

[sdelaney]

Talking about the tea bar and waiting for your burger Sir Rebel1965 when you got it did you then have the ice cream on the menu.

How many clubs in the country sell ice cream.

Entertaining game with the conditions as they were surprised that there were not a lot of long shots from distance to make keeper dive more in the muddy goalmouth.

Two teams with top quality keepers.

 

COYREBELS

[Sir Rebel1965]

Steve

 

I ate before I left home, but a bit too warm for ice creams for me.

[Reading Rebel]

With a very hard game to come on Monday, personally I think if Frome is called off it will do us a favour.

 

Playing at Frome in midweek on a mud heap of a pitch is never a good idea.

[A Rebel and a Saint]

Does it really do us a favour if we have to play them on a Thursday (which is the only remaining option, more than likely still on a 'mud heap' of a pitch) either 2 days before we play Kings Lynn at home or in the middle of 2 possibly crucial games against Royston?

[GlenSTFC]

I’d rather get Frome out of the way rather than a Thursday trip especially as we don’t generally do well at theirs. Just a shame we have so few home games as it might have been in our favour getting games played. But on the other hand knowing it’s pretty likely we’ll have to win twice away from home in the PO’s, this long sequence of away games will hopefully assist us.

[Reading Rebel]

Does it really do us a favour if we have to play them on a Thursday (which is the only remaining option, more than likely still on a 'mud heap' of a pitch) either 2 days before we play Kings Lynn at home or in the middle of 2 possibly crucial games against Royston?

 

 

 

How do you know it'll be muddy in 3 weeks time?

 

Also what about Thursday 19th after we play Hitchin on the Monday?  

[A Rebel and a Saint]

I don't know, but the standard of pitch there is generally not very good, so I'm guessing that even if it's dry, it won't be easy to play on.  As Glen says, at this stage it is best to get the games on and get this one out of the way.

 

We're down to play MK Dons on Wednesday 18th.

[Reading Rebel]

Their pitch is never easy to play on but given a choice I'd rather play them on a dry pitch than a muddy one.

 

MK Dons on Wed. 18th? I assume it's not confirmed yet?

Edited March 31, 2018 by Reading Rebel

[A Rebel and a Saint]

I'd rather get it out of the way personally just in case anything else gets called off.

 

That's what it says on the B&B website.