Re: MATCH OFF [ Sat 3rd Feb ] v AFC Dunstable, KO 3pm ESE HOME
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 5:45 am
To be fair, the game wasn’t in any doubt all morning. By the time it was the match referee and his assistants, players, management and club officials from both sides were already at the ground and supporters who have to travel were already on their way. If we’d called a pitch inspection earlier, a referee would have passed it as playable but as always the final decision rests with the match referee. He and his team spent quite a while looking at it before making the decision.
Unfortunately, we can not postpone a game due to the forecast and League rules dictate when the match referee should arrive at the ground. It’s frustrating and disappointing but these things happen - who remembers travelling all the way to Macclesfield many years ago or getting most of the way to somewhere else (was it Forest Green or Yeovil?) only for the game to be called off?
Unfortunately, we can not postpone a game due to the forecast and League rules dictate when the match referee should arrive at the ground. It’s frustrating and disappointing but these things happen - who remembers travelling all the way to Macclesfield many years ago or getting most of the way to somewhere else (was it Forest Green or Yeovil?) only for the game to be called off?