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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: Brian Flynn on December 22, 2015, 07:02:42 PM
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Tonight's FA Trophy game at Leamington has just been called off, due to a waterlogged pitch.
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Outrageous
What else can be said................pity those who have travelled for nothing
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Shocking.
Aĺl I've heard all pitch fine and game on.
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facebook says ; <quote>
Altrincham FC
3 hrs · .
No pitch worries tonight for the FA Trophy replay at Leamington as the home club advise us:
"Leamington have confirmed that "The playing surface at the Phillips 66 Community Stadium was checked this morning and is currently firm and dry thus tonight's scheduled replay against Altrincham FC in the First Round of the FA Trophy goes ahead"
Come on you Robins, safe journey if you are making the trip there this evening.
And facebook is gonna start charging soon, please share not many will... will you?... goodnight bookface (sad face)
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Absolute joke should be given a bye now , although looking at other posts since stating this I may have gone ott.
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Very poor show to leave it so late.
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And there was me annoyed because I couldn't get Radio Robins to work! I feel for the guys that have had a wasted trip.
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Absolute joke should be given a bye now
It's essentially a mess of our own making though, isn't it?
Whilst I feel for those who have endured a wasted journey, any wrath should really be directed towards the Alty management/players for the substandard performance in not winning the original game.
At least we've been spared any potential injuries/suspensions with three important league matches on the horizon.
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Shambles that for those that had travelled, I assume it'll be on 5th Jan now
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More reason scrap replays and finish at the first game
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Just back from the not to be game. 1.5 hours each way for a pint of lemonade. 5th January was muted for the rearranged game.
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Piss poor. Sorry for those that wasted time and money tonight.
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only just over an hour from work and an hour home for me - still bloody annoying though having checked before setting off
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More reason scrap replays and finish at the first game
If they applied that to the FA Cup as well we'd miss out on the money spinning replays on TV.
I say we, I mean Salford!
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To be fair why do we need to pass the blame it might just be an unfortunate hour where it rains.
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I wouldn't have been so annoyed if they had not been so sure it would be on because it pissed it down all day not that far away in the Cotswolds so I was unsure of risking it but encouraged by their "dry and firm" quote I decided to travel
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Just this second got back with a car load of 4 of us and very disappointing. It was hammering down all the way there. 230 miles for a soggy burger and a programme !
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I'm not sure what it is that people would like Leamington to have done differently. I've no reason to doubt that the pitch was as described this morning but then they had four hours of some of the most torrential rain I've ever experienced, which left the pitch clearly unplayable by the time the ref arrived.
One small comfort is that Richman would have missed tonight through illness apparently, so let's hope he and Densmore are fully fit by the time the match is played.
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Just back with my lad having driven down, been royally ripped off at a Service station for food, to arrive at the ground just as they called it off. Was actually stood with the players when the decision was made, they were gobsmacked to say the least. Had a good chat with Neil about it and he reckoned it was the correct decision , admittedly it was extremely boggy from what we could see.
Question for me is how can their Twitter feed say " dry and firm " earlier to get to the state that pitch was in. Ok , I appreciate it had rained heavily and that is unavoidable...however I cannot believe it was " dry and firm" before the rain came down. It rained yes, but not in biblical proportions.
Gutted to say the least, not so much at the expense of the trip because I guess that is the chance you take, more at the apparent amateurism of the folks who implicated conditions were fine. I had double checked before setting off, now having to explain to a gutted 12 year old on how this can happen.
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I got down there at 5 o'clock this afternoon, me and my lad had tea in the car park and watched Snatch (highlight of the day) it was raining, but looked OK.
By 7pm corner flags puddled and goal mouth.
A Leamington director I was talking to said they would try for 5th Jan - they will have to cancel league game against Kettering, he also said they wanted to get the game played today.
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Just got back with four others yes a wasted journey but the ref made the right decision
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Wow that was a close shave. I said to my kids at 3.30pm do you fancy going, and they agreed but my Mrs reared up big time.
I wouldn't have checked the weather before leaving. It only started raining heavily here at 4pm but has lashed down since.
I don't see how Leamington can be blamed for not foreseeing the damage done by a later downpour. I am surprised that Braintree was on.
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Well that was one expensive pint!!
Had a look at the pitch as soon as I got there.
You just new we wouldn't be playing on that.
It was saturated.
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Just worked it out and after petrol and m6 toll charges our two drinks cost us £36. Ouch!
Never mind as the pitch was in a right old state and if we'd have played, we'd have added a few to our injury list.
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As our players had to finish work and travel to the various meeting points for the Coach (left Moss Lane at about 3.30) any decision would have been made as to fitness of the pitch at probably 1.00pm latest the best part of seven hours before Kick Off.
Maybe there was rain forecast for later on but we all know how trustworthy the weather forecasts can be don't we?
Have spoken to a former work colleague who lives in the area and, had the rain come down say an hour later in the quantities she describes then we may well have started but not finished the game.
It's happened before and I suspect it will happen again. It's only due to luck really that we haven't been in the Leamington position ourselves once or twice in the past couple of years
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To be fair why do we need to pass the blame it might just be an unfortunate hour where it rains.
Exactly.
Anyone else remember this one?
http://www.altrinchamfc.co.uk/050101ss.htm (http://www.altrinchamfc.co.uk/050101ss.htm)
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I remember an APL Cup match against I think Wealdstone in the late 1970's. There had been no rain all day or that week for that matter. Then there was an almighty downpour at about 5.30pm as I was coming out of work in Manchester. When I got to the ground the pitch was waterlogged and the area in front of what is now the family stand was like a swimming pool. Alty fans scooped and shovelled the water to no avail. When the Wealdstone supporters coach arrived they were horrified as they hadn't come across any rain on their journey up.
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I feel very sorry for everyone who had a wasted journey and the unnecessary expense that went with it.
At the end of the day, though, the situation was beyond everyone's control and it's just one of those unfortunate things that happens occasionally. Had the shoe been on the other foot I think we would have been a bit bemused by Leamington fans slating our club for extreme weather causing a postponement.
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I feel very sorry for everyone who had a wasted journey and the unnecessary expense that went with it.
At the end of the day, though, the situation was beyond everyone's control and it's just one of those unfortunate things that happens occasionally. Had the shoe been on the other foot I think we would have been a bit bemused by Leamington fans slating our club for extreme weather causing a postponement.
Absolutely right. Given the amount of rain that fell here in the early afternoon in particular I would have been very surprised had a match gone ahead at say Curzon or Ashton in the evening, and evidently that rain hit Leamington from about 4pm. Nothing they could do about it - the expression 'act of God' covers the situation perfectly. The next available date is probably Jan 5 - I assume the FA will simply tell Leamington to postpone any existing fixture & prioritise the Trophy game. The delay won't help travel arrangements for any 2nd Round game, of course, but that can't be helped either.
Let's hope Moss Lane isn't similarly awash on Saturday - the forecast doesn't look exactly promising!
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It's now confirmed as 5th Jan, Leamington only haw games on Boxing Day and the 2nd as opposed to three like us. They were due to play Kettering on the 5th but now play us
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More concerning is that we didnt train last night just spent time travelling.
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We'll be in Thursday, depending on people's working pattern maybe in the afternoon
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I feel very sorry for everyone who had a wasted journey and the unnecessary expense that went with it.
At the end of the day, though, the situation was beyond everyone's control and it's just one of those unfortunate things that happens occasionally. Had the shoe been on the other foot I think we would have been a bit bemused by Leamington fans slating our club for extreme weather causing a postponement.
I don't think the fans that travelled down were slating Leamington off.
We new it was the correct decision .
The frustrating thing was the expense , but these things happen.
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I don't think the fans that travelled down were slating Leamington off.
I didn't say they did.
However some people were mouthing off on Twitter last night saying what a disgrace it was etc. and I don't see how Leamington could have done any more.
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I don't think the fans that travelled down were slating Leamington off.
I didn't say they did.
However some people were mouthing off on Twitter last night saying what a disgrace it was etc. and I don't see how Leamington could have done anymore.
And indeed on page one of this thread.
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I don't think the fans that travelled down were slating Leamington off.
I didn't say they did.
I didn't say you did.
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I remember an APL Cup match against I think Wealdstone in the late 1970's. There had been no rain all day or that week for that matter. Then there was an almighty downpour at about 5.30pm as I was coming out of work in Manchester. When I got to the ground the pitch was waterlogged and the area in front of what is now the family stand was like a swimming pool. Alty fans scooped and shovelled the water to no avail. When the Wealdstone supporters coach arrived they were horrified as they hadn't come across any rain on their journey up.
George Heslop was talking about this game in the bar at Leamington last night, as an example of a similar situation that we had faced. George was one of the people working on the pitch that night.
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I don't think the fans that travelled down were slating Leamington off.
I didn't say they did.
I didn't say you did.
In fairness, you directly quoted my post and then made a defensive comment about the people who travelled down, so it was certainly implied.
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I don't think the fans that travelled down were slating Leamington off.
I didn't say they did.
I didn't say you did.
In fairness, you directly quoted my post and then made a defensive comment about the people who travelled down, so it was certainly implied.
I think we were singing from the same song sheet.
But on many occasions there are cross wires.
See you on Jan 5th.
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I won't be there unfortunately, but Merry Christmas to you, hope you have a good one! :)
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Really the issue here is the original over confident club statement, should have said - playable now a pitch inspection is scheduled for 7pm
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I won't be there unfortunately, but Merry Christmas to you, hope you have a good one! :)
Many thanks, and the same to you🍻🎄