Taunton v Slough. 5th March A

[Irishadrian]

Lots of rain today some forecast tomorrow Taunton have organised a mid morning pitch inspection Almost certainly off imo.

[DonnyNo6]

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[Stan]

Oh no . 
if only there were some way to play football on a surface with proper drainage that you could guarantee the quality of the playing surface and ensure games went ahead as scheduled almost regardless of such weather. You would think someone would invent it and we’d all be playing on it !😉

[Curtis]

Local grassroots youth football has been seriously impacted by all the wet weather….. nearly all matches in & around Slough were postponed last weekend.

[GlenSTFC]

So Truro have pulled their finger out and their next ‘home’ fixture is at Gloucester again so looks like they’ve sorted a solution. So why can’t Taunton do the same or are they just keeping their fingers crossed that their pitch will sometime soon become playable? It might not be ideal but if you have to play further away than Gloucester so be it.

[Curtis]

Flashscore reporting

MATCH POSTPONED 

[Reading Rebel]

48 minutes ago, GlenSTFC said:

So Truro have pulled their finger out and their next ‘home’ fixture is at Gloucester again so looks like they’ve sorted a solution. So why can’t Taunton do the same or are they just keeping their fingers crossed that their pitch will sometime soon become playable? It might not be ideal but if you have to play further away than Gloucester so be it.

I would say Taunton want to play at home for the income.

[Reading Rebel]

Obviously no surprise but also not overly concerned.

We are well up to date with our games and gives us a bit of respite before our massive game away at Braintree on Saturday.

Just seen this:

https://thefishy.co.uk/formtable.php?table=21

[GlenSTFC]

14 minutes ago, Reading Rebel said:

I would say Taunton want to play at home for the income.

But they’re already playing at least twice a week, how many more games are they going to let slip by before they take action or the league force them to? Truro have the same problems if not worse but they’re doing something proactive and seem to have found a solution (hopefully they’re still at Gloucester when we play them Good Friday as they have a 3G pitch we’d be more accustomed to plus we should outnumber the near non existent home support). I just get the impression the TTFC hierarchy are a bit clueless and crossing their fingers hoping the rain stops!!! If not you’d like to think they’d release a statement stating they’be tried a,b,c etc…

[Scott Davies]

Taunton sadly don’t have the necessary finances to go and play elsewhere. Spoke to their manager on a number of occasions over the past few days and he’s gutted being in the situation that they are. I feel for him as it’s out of his control. No team wants to play 3 times a week to try and stay in the league after all their hard work to get to this level. 

[Irishadrian]

The Taunton Town Supporters Page has photo from earlier  Its an absolute swamp How anyone thought  it might be playable is beyond me!

Edited March 5 by Irishadrian

[Holyport Rebel]

Just seen a video on Taunton's twitter page of the pitch I guess from this morning and it looks totally unplayable.

The weather forecast for Taunton for the next few day's seems better, but from Saturday onwards for at least a week it looks like constant rain in their area. ( If you can believe the weather forecast ! )

How is that pitch going to get fit to hold the number of  matches it needs to by the 20th of April ? 

Edited March 5 by Holyport Rebel

[Holyport Rebel]

Hopefully you will be able to see the video below. ( Might take a few seconds to load. )

 

 

Edited March 5 by Holyport Rebel

[GlenSTFC]

20 minutes ago, Scott Davies said:

Taunton sadly don’t have the necessary finances to go and play elsewhere. Spoke to their manager on a number of occasions over the past few days and he’s gutted being in the situation that they are. I feel for him as it’s out of his control. No team wants to play 3 times a week to try and stay in the league after all their hard work to get to this level. 

You can sympathise with the management and players as it’s those above them who need to sort this mess out. They can’t just keep sitting and hoping for the best either, they may need to spend money to get games played otherwise they’ll be fined for not fulfilling matches. Plus if they do somehow start playing at home they could end up playing 2 or 3 in a row which won’t attract great crowds. Maybe they need to use some of that Truro groundshare money (if they actually received any up front!).

[Holyport Rebel]

I make it Taunton have 8 home league matches to play on that pitch.

And if Truro are having to pay Gloucester for the use of their ground to stage Truro's home fixtures, I would think that is going to cost them a pretty penny as it looks to me like they have 11 home fixtures still to play ! 

[Sir Rebel1965]

Solution is simple - if both Taunton and Truro can't play these games, then they forfeit and we pick up 6 points.

Will help get into the playoffs without the risk of injuries by playing on a cabbage patch.

[Irishadrian]

Gloucester are playing Boston at 3pm on Saturday followed at 7.30 by Truro v Chelmsford ! Where theres a will!

[Holyport Rebel]

Ah well, somebody in Billericay is trying to make some profit from tonight's postponement.

They've put up for sale on ebay a copy of what would have been the match programme.

Taunton's website yesterday said that no printed match programme would be on sale this evening, but  that you could read ( or download  ) the online version that they do. 

Bargain price on ebay at 4 pound 99p. ( plus 1.95 postage.)

Edited March 5 by Holyport Rebel

[DonnyNo6]

I was curious so I just looked at Gloucester City's home fixtures given Truro are trying to be proactive and play some matches there.

On the 29th Good Friday we are due at Taunton to play Truro so I was wondering if they'd move it to GCFC, they are playing at 3pm but the other day Truro played at 7.30pm I think it was.

Guess it will be weather dependent that week.