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Aldershot Match OFF

PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:43 am
by quinny
The game against Aldershot has unfortunately been called off after a pitch inspeciton this morning by a Football League official.

Re: Aldershot Match OFF

PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:46 am
by marky No.1
at least the massive turn out last night will have kept the coffers well stocked to pay all the wages

Re: Aldershot Match OFF

PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:55 am
by halftimeresults
marky No.1 wrote:at least the massive turn out last night will have kept the coffers well stocked to pay all the wages

No mate, we made a loss last night.
somebody has to pay the costs for the bloody hats they were handing out ;)

Re: Aldershot Match OFF

PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:36 am
by marky No.1
halftimeresults wrote:
marky No.1 wrote:at least the massive turn out last night will have kept the coffers well stocked to pay all the wages

No mate, we made a loss last night.
somebody has to pay the costs for the bloody hats they were handing out ;)


We beat the quiz machine a few times as well, until somebody thought it was a good idea to keep hitting the wrong button anyway :lol:

Re: Aldershot Match OFF

PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 10:54 am
by Wild Bill
Bollocks! :evil: Thought there would be no worries with the relatively milder weather but I guess the pitch will take a while to thaw with two weeks of sub-zero temperatures. Long way for the Aldershot fans to come just to have the game called off at 10.00am tomorrow. :(

Re: Aldershot Match OFF

PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:01 pm
by Little Shrimp
Wild Bill wrote:Bollocks! :evil: Thought there would be no worries with the relatively milder weather but I guess the pitch will take a while to thaw with two weeks of sub-zero temperatures. Long way for the Aldershot fans to come just to have the game called off at 10.00am tomorrow. :(


Totally agree with you there :evil:

Re: Aldershot Match OFF

PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:14 pm
by Christies Child
Little Shrimp wrote:
Wild Bill wrote:Bollocks! :evil: Thought there would be no worries with the relatively milder weather but I guess the pitch will take a while to thaw with two weeks of sub-zero temperatures. Long way for the Aldershot fans to come just to have the game called off at 10.00am tomorrow. :(


Totally agree with you there :evil:


......more importantly it saves us having to pay for Aldershot's travel and overnight costs IF the game had been called off on match day.

Re: Aldershot Match OFF

PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:18 pm
by Wild Bill
I think the club has aired on the side of caution. If it was a local team I am sure they would have waited until tomorrow for the pitch inspection and we would have a game.

In saying that, looking around today there was a lot of rain puddles sat on semi frozen grass. :roll:

Re: Aldershot Match OFF

PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:46 pm
by seasonsinthesun
Wild Bill wrote:I think the club has aired on the side of caution. If it was a local team I am sure they would have waited until tomorrow for the pitch inspection and we would have a game.

In saying that, looking around today there was a lot of rain puddles sat on semi frozen grass. :roll:


Which then begs the question: why does the fixture computer churn out a local derby v. Aldershot :roll: when we could have played say Bury tomorrow instead of September 28th,
which would have got a pitch inspection tomorrow morning and a bigger crowd as well!

Re: Aldershot Match OFF

PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:48 pm
by Bare Ben
seasonsinthesun wrote:
Wild Bill wrote:I think the club has aired on the side of caution. If it was a local team I am sure they would have waited until tomorrow for the pitch inspection and we would have a game.

In saying that, looking around today there was a lot of rain puddles sat on semi frozen grass. :roll:


Which then begs the question: why does the fixture computer churn out a local derby v. Aldershot :roll: when we could have played say Bury tomorrow instead of September 28th,
which would have got a pitch inspection tomorrow morning and a bigger crowd as well!


http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2009/06/secrets_of_the_fixture_compute.html

Re: Aldershot Match OFF

PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 7:09 pm
by Sammy h
A great article. I have read that before.

Re: Aldershot Match OFF

PostPosted: Mon Dec 27, 2010 9:36 pm
by heysham_mfc
seasonsinthesun wrote:
Wild Bill wrote:I think the club has aired on the side of caution. If it was a local team I am sure they would have waited until tomorrow for the pitch inspection and we would have a game.

In saying that, looking around today there was a lot of rain puddles sat on semi frozen grass. :roll:


Which then begs the question: why does the fixture computer churn out a local derby v. Aldershot :roll: when we could have played say Bury tomorrow instead of September 28th,
which would have got a pitch inspection tomorrow morning and a bigger crowd as well!

The way the fixture list is generated needs to be looked at so we don't get too many situations like this. In an ideal world we would be playing a north west team around this time of year then if the game has a chance of being on the pitch inspection does not need to be done untill the morning of the game. Can't be that easy though can it?

Re: Aldershot Match OFF

PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:45 am
by Bare Ben
heysham_mfc wrote:
seasonsinthesun wrote:
Wild Bill wrote:I think the club has aired on the side of caution. If it was a local team I am sure they would have waited until tomorrow for the pitch inspection and we would have a game.

In saying that, looking around today there was a lot of rain puddles sat on semi frozen grass. :roll:


Which then begs the question: why does the fixture computer churn out a local derby v. Aldershot :roll: when we could have played say Bury tomorrow instead of September 28th,
which would have got a pitch inspection tomorrow morning and a bigger crowd as well!

The way the fixture list is generated needs to be looked at so we don't get too many situations like this. In an ideal world we would be playing a north west team around this time of year then if the game has a chance of being on the pitch inspection does not need to be done untill the morning of the game. Can't be that easy though can it?


http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2009/06/secrets_of_the_fixture_compute.html

Re: Aldershot Match OFF

PostPosted: Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:53 am
by Christies Child
Which then begs the question: why does the fixture computer churn out a local derby v. Aldershot :roll: when we could have played say Bury tomorrow instead of September 28th,
which would have got a pitch inspection tomorrow morning and a bigger crowd as well![/quote]
The way the fixture list is generated needs to be looked at so we don't get too many situations like this. In an ideal world we would be playing a north west team around this time of year then if the game has a chance of being on the pitch inspection does not need to be done untill the morning of the game. Can't be that easy though can it?[/quote]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2009/06/secrets_of_the_fixture_compute.html[/quote]

A serious case of repetition I fear caused by a lack of a live footballing 'fix'..... :shock: