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[b23]

5pm pitch inspection

[rorysgrandad]

5pm pitch inspection

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[Alty Dave]

Pitch inspection at 5pm

[robininstockport]

If there is standing water on the pitch it wont go ahead.

Its 2024

[MarpleAlty]

Obviously hindsight is a wonderful thing, however we had a perfect chance to play this on 4th November (FA Cup 1st round weekend) when the pitch was in much better condition.

I get that we wanted to wait to get some players back, but surely we'd have backed ourselves at home to Dorking and then we wouldn't be facing this backlog.

[distancetraveller]

Just rang the club again to find out if it’s on or not…. no reply… will stay in Shropshire then.

[altycliff]

off

[Mick]

off

Anyone any ideas when it may take place....trying to book a few days away and need to avoid clash

[Alty Dave]

As I said previously, the drainage has huge issues again. Just 8mm of rain today and off. Not good enough. Hope it can be resolved in the summer.

Frustrating for all parties.

[distancetraveller]

This pitch situation is going to cost us points later in this season when we are playing catch-up… Not the fault of the ground staff, but questions need asking about the company who rebuilt the pitch a couple of years ago and whether the drains installed were adequate, or is there some other problem stemming from the design

[Amsterdam Alty]

Terrible comms from the club this. Pretty livid we can't manage expectations better than this.

Probably time to roll someone out to make a statement about the pitch.

[MarpleAlty]

Should have been called off at lunch for Christ's sake.

The pitch has taken an absolute battering this season - someone shared a timehop on Facebook that showed the pitch underwater a decade or so ago, so this isn't new.

From a timing point of view, I can't remember a season that we've had so many games due after 6 hours plus of quite heavy, persistent rain - I'm not miles away and it's been coming down all day here.

What I can't fathom is how we don't own pitch covers which would negate the need to rip the entire pitch up and sort the drainage out - surely a much cheaper investment?

I also moaned at the time about choosing not to play a game (likely THIS one) on 4th November when we had the chance to do so.

Really annoyed tonight - as much as the club is heading in the right direction there's clearly still a LOT they need to sort out.

[distancetraveller]

I don’t understand why the club couldn’t publish updates throughout the day.

 I live in Shropshire and I leave around 5-00pm to get to Moss lane, in plenty of time.

The club sadly do not seem to bother keeping fans updated other than when they want you to purchase something.

The communication side of the club needs to improve… it’s a two way thing.

[CRT Butty]

That's embarrassing. Sorry Dorking.