Anyone else had the most call offs they've ever had? I've had two middles since the start of November and about 4 call offs due to the weather. Now had 9 call offs since the start of the season (a couple were due to rearrangements because of teams' involvements with the FA Youth Cup). Is it just me who's experiencing way more call offs than usual?
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Wow, that was the year where I stopped playing and just before I started refereeing, which would be why I don't remember that
Played in 4’ snow, a few years back, best game I reffed that year, I didn’t buy into this see a puddle and dive for the duvet namby pampyism routine. hard iced pitches were different but we played most of the others!
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Done only 2 Saturday matches since 19 Oct (and one of those was on 3G). All rained off.
It's worrying in as much as it's only pre-Christmas and traditionally, (certainly around these here parts) it's Feb and March that sees the heavy rain come and matches getting postponed. If that happens as usual, our grass roots leagues aren't going to finish until late June or even July!!
It's worrying in as much as it's only pre-Christmas and traditionally, (certainly around these here parts) it's Feb and March that sees the heavy rain come and matches getting postponed. If that happens as usual, our grass roots leagues aren't going to finish until late June or even July!!
I'd expect lots of pitches to be truly waterlogged this weekend. Ordinarily however, the game has somehow morphed into a summer sport at grass roots. As soon as the concrete softens up, the pendulum swings towards protecting pitches until the concrete returns. The expectation gravitates towards an exact science instead of what was once known as sport. The excuse that the ground becomes unsafe is ridiculous when compared to the average player competing in warm weather and hard ground
Yeah, one of my middles was on 3G. Definitely worried for the early months of next year. Last year wasn't that bad at all other than January for meDone only 2 Saturday matches since 19 Oct (and one of those was on 3G). All rained off.
It's worrying in as much as it's only pre-Christmas and traditionally, (certainly around these here parts) it's Feb and March that sees the heavy rain come and matches getting postponed. If that happens as usual, our grass roots leagues aren't going to finish until late June or even July!!
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39 middles in our season in 2019. All on 3G. No matches postponed for weather. Mwah ha ha!
(Brass monkeys now though)
(Brass monkeys now though)
I tried to walk to the supermarket through my local park earlier, had to give up as even the path was under water. The pitches resembled a lake, no one is playing on those for some time, at least not without canoes. It's been biblical down here, so much rain in the past 24 hours that both road and rain links to Gatwick were closed earlier today, ruining a good few Christmas getaway plans I would guess.
7 out of 10 games in Spartan South Midlands Premier tomorrow have gone down already, and I suspect the others will suffer the same fate. We aren't talking puddles here, rather lakes ..!
No floods up here at the moment, looks like our Southern Softies are worse off this time! Keep the faith boys and don't go booking and holidays till May!!!!
My mate who plays step 7 (I think that's what step it is) hasn't had many call offs surprisingly but his today is off. Hoping it isn't going to be as bad in a couple of months when it usually is...
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Makes my day when that happensnanny state health and safety grrrr