TONIGHT IS OFF - STFC v Hendon

[Emma-STFC]

 

Due to a waterlogged pitch, match has been called off.

[BFR]

Its the last thing we could do with at this stage, but I have to admit I'm not surprised. The rain on the way home looked as though it could do the damage and it seems it has. Fixture pile up!

[Tom]

Might be worth adding to the site too.

[Nathan]

Damn, was looking forward to that too.

[Nathan]

Thay'll mean more fixture congestion because now we've got another match to rearrange <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

[Woody SUFC]

Hopefully this will help protect the pitch abit however. Been a while since the last game on it

[Martin]

Yeah real positive that Woody. The pitch is now likely to have four games a week for the rest of the season minimum. That's if we can get through them. Let's hope this does not cost either club come the end of the season. But there is nowt we can do about the weather.

[Dominic]

Plus Windsor training on it!

[Woody SUFC]

Yeah that can't help at all but i guess they have looked at other places in the past but it's not be worth it.

 

Reports last year said that the area between the ground and the row of tree's would be made into a training pitch but that's over a year ago now!

[Woody SUFC]

Just realised it's a week until the derby...Gutted now as you get more rest!

[Guest]

It's one of those things - I wasn't at all surprised though when our secretary phoned me as I approached Junction 5 of the M4. It's no-ones fault that the rain came when it did. Means I get to watch the Sheff Utd replay instead.

[Martin]

I am starting to wonder if we will go the whole season without playing Hendon. This is getting daft.

 

The trouble is on here only the other day we discovered that every Tuesday is booked and well if you mention a Wednesday we have the joy of Mal telling us which Capital League game it is booked.

 

Let's hope for a dry moderately warm spell.

[Woody SUFC]

looked on the month ahead forcast on the bbc website...

 

It can change but expect much the same!

[Radders]

Have to say that once again tonight communication from the club was very poor about the likelihood of the game being off. On another thread Andrew S says that he spoke to the club at 5:45 who said the game was on and a guy we spoke to in the car park said he had rung at 6:15 and was told that the game was definately on. Yet when I looked at the pitch there were puddles so big that they must have been there easily by 5:30 as the rain had almost stopped by 6:30-7:00. With the fact that Slough play 'away from home' most people have to travel at least 20-25 minutes to get to the ground and most probably aim to arrive by no later than 7:15. Therefore to see another game called off just over an hour before kick off is bad enough, but not to be given an adequate report on the state of the pitch when ringing is even worse.

[Burnham Lad]

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Radders said:
Have to say that once again tonight communication from the club was very poor about the likelihood of the game being off. On another thread Andrew S says that he spoke to the club at 5:45 who said the game was on and a guy we spoke to in the car park said he had rung at 6:15 and was told that the game was definately on. Yet when I looked at the pitch there were puddles so big that they must have been there easily by 5:30 as the rain had almost stopped by 6:30-7:00. With the fact that Slough play 'away from home' most people have to travel at least 20-25 minutes to get to the ground and most probably aim to arrive by no later than 7:15. Therefore to see another game called off just over an hour before kick off is bad enough, but not to be given an adequate report on the state of the pitch when ringing is even worse.

Yeah Radders,

As a result of that, I left for Windsor, but due to the traffic in Slough it took me over 45 minutes to get to the ground from Burnham,and arrived in time to meet all the players leaving! I felt a right idiot having posted that message, and sorry if I misled anybody - it certainly fooled me!

We really do need to get a better system. I rang the Slough Town Office a couple of times in the afternoon to get the ansaphone message that the match was on tonight, but that message was for AFC Wimbledon last week!! So I rang the Windsor number given on our site each time, only to be asked to leave a message or send my fax now.
I must admit I was very tempted!

Finally at 5.45 got through to Roy to be told it was definitely on....

Still I did get to drink my half time cocoa for the Sheffield/ Arsenal Game, so it wasn't wasted!

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[HorshamRebel]

I'm just glad I couldn't make it, It would have been a 100 mile round trip wasted.

Especially if I had rung up before hand to be told it was on.

[A Rebel and a Saint]

it will be interesting to see where this one will fit in, along with the other matches to be rearranged

[GarySTFC]

Horsham, do you have a mobile? I text people the instant I hear the game is off (managed to get a fair few texts sent last night) and am happy to add your mobile to that list if you want?

 

If so, drop me an email with the details rather than post it on here. gary@sloughtownfc.net

 

This goes for anyone else as well.

[budman13]

Thanks for the text Gary got it just as we were leaving.

[GarySTFC]

No worries Budders. I'm not sure if everyone on the first list got it though as I had a phone call as it was sending it out and it appeared to stop sending.

 

Radders, did you get a text from me last night? You're some way in on that first list, so if you got it, the majority on there did at least!