Serious weather question

[Tuffley Rebel]

Before I drive 90 miles for tonights game, can someone tellme what the weather is like in Windsor. Whats the probability of the game being called off.

I'm asking because in Gloucester trees have been blown down. Weather quite bad here.

Cheers.

[Guest]

Weather looking OK in Slough, Sunny but windy.

 

Game "should" be on.

[Martin]

Blustery showers with sunny spells. I would say it will definately be on.

[Woody SUFC]

The pitch was in great all last season. A bit of wind isn't going to get a game called off.

[Tuffley Rebel]

Woody, I was thinking more along safety grounds. do you not remember the wind blowing away the covers behind your goals?

Oh no, there never were any covers.

[Guest]

Bet you wished it had pissed with rain now!!!

[Guest]

hi there staines rebel and all.

looks like i dry end to the week but weekend turning very wet so could some games be called off. i have to get at least two buses to slough especialy if wet and proberbly blowing a gale too. lets hope we can at least get it together for the F,A,C on saturday cheers heads up all we have to get through this together

 

cheers dave programes <img src="/images/graemlins/achso.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/angel.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

[Woody SUFC]

It's non-league football. A bit of wind will not put off two teams and the ref. I remember seeing near gale force winds and it was still being played!

[GarySTFC]

And who can forget Worthing at home last season. Proper football match that was.

[Ian]

Quote:

Woody WEFC said:
It's non-league football. A bit of wind will not put off two teams and the ref.

I think you'll find adverse weather does put them off! At the back end of last season the referee and Slough players refused to leave the dressing rooms for the start of the second half and the Worthing players hopped over the barrier and sat in the stand whilst we stood behind the goal in a torrential downpour. Has anyone ever thought of covering at Stag Meadow?!! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

[Woody SUFC]

Yes Ian but that's rain not wind!

[PJ-STFC]

Surely, one of the main reasons for the teams changing ends at half time is to even-out any benefits/disadvantages caused by the prevailing wind? (OK, and the direction of the sun, and the slope of the pitch too...).

 

So, there would have to be severe danger - like the risk of the roof being blown off the stand, or the lighting towers toppling - before a match was called off.

 

 

And anyway, what self-respecting team could possibly consider having a game called off because they were suffering from wind? <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

 

PJ <img src="/images/graemlins/chat.gif" alt="" />

[GarySTFC]

You can imagine Daly letting one go in the box... That's one way of clearing a corner - free header!