New Year's Day

[David Holden]

Because Dover played at home yesterday, the Crabble pitch will now not be useable for the match on New Year's Day, and so the fixture against Margate has been switched to Hartsdown Park.

 

 

[Guest]

By all accounts the pitch at HP is very heavy and holding a lot of standing water after the deluge of rain and we are not that confident that the game will go ahead with even more rain forecasted

[David Holden]

There is also the Kettering match to get through tomorrow.

 

Has anyone cut the grass this season?

[Alan W (GNFC)]

I thought there was a poroblem with HP and Conference footie this season ??

 

Still, it sounds touch & go whether we'll play or not anyway.

 

 

[David Holden]

According to the Margate site, it has been agreed with the Conference.

[Guest]

The pitch at HP is near on perfect. And yes the grass has been cut! The playing surface had been used for private bookings and reserve games up until a few weeks ago. There are very few muddy patches. Even the goalmouths are almost totally grassed over. The soil is not clay based, it is chalk based so there is good drainage. The game will go ahead unless we get some monsoon or something.

[Guest]

"private bookings".......?

 

What does that mean ?? some wedding reception ??

 

You either have a pitch to play on....or you don't !

 

...it's this shilly shallying that is so undignified !

 

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[Guest]

Well the last time I went to Hartsdown Park it was a brilliant game, end to end stuff, nip and tuck throughout, could have gone either way....we managed to scrape a lucky 5 : 0 win.

 

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[FleetFanatic]

without any offside help from a twit of a linesman.

 

 

[Guest]

re joe swift private bookings-the public can hire the pitch to play on if they wish.

[Jessica]

Can someone from the Club please inform us as soon as the match is confirmed or not. as soon as the coach leaves the coach park we have to pay for it!!!

 

It is still raining!!!

 

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[Guest]

Well I travelled all the way to you to read a tiny sheet of paper saying "POSPONED-WATERLOGGED PITCH!"

You should all do the same as us. Just come! Its costed all of us money and the traffic Boxing day was dreadful!!!

The pitch looks pretty good and it does drain quite quick but its still 50/50. Nobody can tell yet whether its going to be posponed. Lets hope not!

But the Margate Lads are up for this game,After they ran all over Kettering for the first half then laid back and let one in they really disappointed the Gate fans!

Even though Phil scored for us again to make it 3-2 but the linesman gave it offside! This one was NOT offside,the one against you was so offside i thought "Your Joking Lino!"

So we should of had the 3 points to drag away from this relegation battle which both of us look like we're going to be fighting if we don't start taking 3 points!

Fingers crossed tomorrow goes ahead. And we can all have a good day!

Happy New Year to you all and G&N.

[Jessica]

Point taken, but we could spend the supporters £345 on a better cause than keeping Kings Ferry going

[Alan W (GNFC)]

If the game is on, it could potentially attract a really good crowd & will definitely get pole position on Radio Kent, as I see the Gills game has already been postponed for a waterlogged pitch.

 

 

[David Holden]

Radio Kent announced on saturday that they are doing live commentary on 77thingy

[Alan W (GNFC)]

I guess its likely to be live on FM as well now.