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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Brian Flynn on January 30, 2015, 12:25:49 PM
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Tomorrow's game has been postponed due to snow.
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I wonder if we'll try and rearrange this match for next Saturday, subject to Halifax still being in the Trophy?
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I better find something else to do tomorrow afternoon now........must say, I wasn't expecting it. Snow on the fields here in Urmston / Davyhulme has almost completely gone
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Isn't it more likely the pitch is or will be waterlogged? Most of the snow surely would have melted by KO tomorrow.
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The pitch is almost totally covered in snow right now. Probably will have gone by tomorrow if the thaw continues but as Hale says, the pavements and road are now awash and my guttering is like Niagara Falls
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I've asked the question as to whether Trafford FC's game against Curzon Ashton is on tomorrow. If Urmston is clear, there is perhaps a chance it will be on. I'll update as I find out for anyone at a loss, and looking for a footy fix.
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I wonder if we'll try and rearrange this match for next Saturday, subject to Halifax still being in the Trophy?
Fax don't play Dartford till next Tuesday (Aldershot are due to play Fax on 7 Feb if they're not in the Trophy) so although we might try the position won't be clear for several days; the League might or might not play ball with provisional arrangements, too - I suspect they have the power to refuse a re-arranged date. Don't hold your breath.
I am a little surprised that the decision to postpone was taken quite so early, but perhaps Aldershot were travelling at least part of the way up today.
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I wonder if we'll try and rearrange this match for next Saturday, subject to Halifax still being in the Trophy?
Fax don't play Dartford till next Tuesday (Aldershot are due to play Fax on 7 Feb if they're not in the Trophy) so although we might try the position won't be clear for several days; the League might or might not play ball with provisional arrangements, too - I suspect they have the power to refuse a re-arranged date. Don't hold your breath.
I am a little surprised that the decision to postpone was taken quite so early, but perhaps Aldershot were travelling at least part of the way up today.
Apparently they had already set off.....leaving Aldershot around 11am.
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Snow falling again in timperley
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Snow falling again in timperley
It isn't about 400yds away from you!!
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It was brief
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Sounds like it would have been an ideal day to put Shots' fans in the away end, treating them in the same manner as they treated us ;)
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I was treated fine at aldershot wasn't aware anyone was badly treated
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Isn't it more likely the pitch is or will be waterlogged? Most of the snow surely would have melted by KO tomorrow.
does it not have to be a fact to call a game off, not just more likely
Odd postponement - league rules need to be tightened up
Maybe were tired again
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It is very seldom, if ever a FACT when a match is postponed or not.
More often, in fact most times, it is an opinion whether the pitch will or won't be playable at a particular time and date.
Aldershot were travelling today so surely it makes more sense to stop them and potentially save them some dosh when, in the opinion of what was a quite senior referee the pitch would not be playable tomorrow.
I bet people on here would kick off royally if the boot were on the other foot and we were allowed to travel down to a game (with overnight stay) which had no chance of being played
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Could they not forego the overnight stay and wait to see if they can set off on Saturday morning though?
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I think the match is off because the photo on the website shows we now have a 5-sided pitch. ;D
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Isn't it more likely the pitch is or will be waterlogged? Most of the snow surely would have melted by KO tomorrow.
does it not have to be a fact to call a game off, not just more likely
Odd postponement - league rules need to be tightened up
Maybe were tired again
When I made that comment the sun was out and the snow around me was thawing rapidly. As it turns out it's not thawed as much as I expected. As it turns out I don't think you could get a more valid reason for a postponement.
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Absolutely the game should have been postponed. Better than doing it this morning. Any snow has now become Ice after the rain last night.
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Trafford FC also off.
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The game probably would have been called off anyway but do we not own pitch covers?
I know we've been loaned one before and they are expensive apparently but wouldn't it be a good investment for the club to purchase one for the future to give us a chance of having a game like this go ahead?
This isn't a complaint, just an observation and query really.
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my garden perfectly playable ;D
...someone else suggest the winter break.....
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Item on main website - potential re-arranged date next Saturday (Feb 7) depending on Trophy progress (Fax v Dartford). Still won't know for definite till either Tues or Weds evening but the Conference have given permission for Feb 7.
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What bloody snow?
Hardly a flake here in two years. Gutted.
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So we are banking on Halifax taking advantage of home advantage.
It is sensible to fill next Saturday if available rather than play Shots on a Tuesday night.
I see none of the teams below us won today and we are now effectively at least 12 points clear of the drop.
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Item on main website - potential re-arranged date next Saturday (Feb 7) depending on Trophy progress (Fax v Dartford). Still won't know for definite till either Tues or Weds evening but the Conference have given permission for Feb 7.
Another variable to consider is the Gateshead v Wrexham FA Trophy Replay. If that is postponed on Tuesday, then I guess that, as for the Halifax v Dartford game, they may try for Wednesday night. If the game doesn't go ahead midweek, then I assume that they will play on Saturday, leaving Halifax, should they beat Dartford, without an FA Trophy Quarter Final tie to play on Saturday.If this comes to pass, I would have thought they would revert to playing Aldershot in a league game & we would be without a game once more. ???
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Item on main website - potential re-arranged date next Saturday (Feb 7) depending on Trophy progress (Fax v Dartford). Still won't know for definite till either Tues or Weds evening but the Conference have given permission for Feb 7.
Another variable to consider is the Gateshead v Wrexham FA Trophy Replay. If that is postponed on Tuesday, then I guess that, as for the Halifax v Dartford game, they may try for Wednesday night. If the game doesn't go ahead midweek, then I assume that they will play on Saturday, leaving Halifax, should they beat Dartford, without an FA Trophy Quarter Final tie to play on Saturday.If this comes to pass, I would have thought they would revert to playing Aldershot in a league game & we would be without a game once more. ???
Sound thinking as usual, Brian.
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Snow forecast for gateshead on Tuesday Wednesday and
Thursday