Ebbsfleet Game OFF

[Cokey]

Do we have any more free Tuesdays?

Tuesday 16th April.

But they play Tamworth that night. Ouch!

[Bingo]

[SwearFilter] happens ! No one is hurt no one is dead, a game of football is off ! Why whine about it !

If you don't like people whinging your living in the wrong town and certainly supporting the wrong team

[GTBLUE]

The weather is changeable isn't it thats why hate these weather threads days before a game. The forecasters can't even get it right. Clearly a large amount of snow has come down overnight - I wonder tho if the club asked Ebsfleet about the posibility of playing tomorrow instead.

The last thing either of these clubs is going to need is a Thursday night game squeezed in sometime before the end of the season - altho I suspose that might suit us better than them.

I'm not sure if there are any other games called off today but the league has backed itself into a corner insisting the league finishes on April 20th.

Ebsfleet already have a game on our spare Tuesday.

I did say on Thursday it would be off Charlie, especially for you Did anyone at the club take any notice of the forecast from Thursday onwards, obviousley not. Now Ebbsfleet are going absolutely mad and quite right as well.I'm damn sure we would be if it was the other way round.It will cost them a fortune as well, like us, money they don't have. A 600 mile round trip for nothing and they will have to come back again in midweek. Lunatics in charge of the asylum !

[boyliegladbach]

Tuesday 16th April.

But they play Tamworth that night. Ouch!

I am predicting it will be 3rd april.

[Holkerbird]

Is this OFFICAL news yet?

then plans should have been made to get it on for Sunday.ebbsfleet are already here.

It isn't only the teams though Messy, it's whether the officials are available too. More costs for Ebbsfleet having to stay over another night.
How many fans would be willing to clear the snow is another factor. How many were there today?

[Wintergreen]

Most people in Barrow will have realised by Friday afternoon that this game would be off. The call to arms to get to the ground at 9 am was a non starter given that people have their own manor, families, plans and transport difficulties to juggle with too.

Ebbsfleet have only got themselves to blame I'm afraid, the BBC have been warning of HEAVY SNOW in the north west since Monday night.

[Holkerbird]

Their own manor? That sounds like a southern saying Wintergreen---off with your head.

[spirit of 1990]

I had a look in at the pitch before & it would've taken a small army to get that shifted, quite biggish drifts at the cross bar end as well.

[barrowfan]

Not surprised but I am getting a bit fed up of the club (not for the first time this season) suggesting that unless the current forecast changes games should still go ahead.

Completely agree.

Whoever puts out these statements about games going ahead has a completely gung-ho attitude with little thought for the spectators be they local or travelling. It borders on arrogance.

I'm all for having a positive attitude, but whoever makes these decisions and puts out the statements is setting expectations that most sensible thinking people know cannot possibly be met.

[barrowaberdeen]

There were 10-15 down with a few more 'drifting' in. More snow than forecast on the pitch had fallen overnight. It would have taken a lot more people, with the snow drifting and falling at that point offering little guarantee of success even then. In addition, snow had got onto parts of the Pop Side that would have had to have been cleared and one of the back panels of the H.S.E has come away. Nae chance.


Cheers for the lift back GT

[Wintergreen]

Their own manor? That sounds like a southern saying Wintergreen---off with your head.

Leeeeave it aht mrs aitch!

[SKIPPER]

Think there needs to be some serious head-wobbling. We've had a game postponed as have numerous others because of freak seasonal weather . Think of Wrexham fans who have spent hundreds of pounds on Wembley tickets,travel and merchandise. One I've heard has a dozen tickets to give to relatives in London. They can't even get cars off their own estates because they are snowed in feet deep. There is a big chance that coaches booked won't even get to their starting points and many have booked on trains which may be cancelled. They have waited 150 years for this !

[Holkerbird]

The "powers that be" are to blame for moving the fixture from the traditional end of season game. They should pay compensation to those who have lost out.
It demeans the competition to stick it in whilst the league games are still being played. Idiots.

[Messy]

then plans should have been made to get it on for Sunday.ebbsfleet are already here.

It isn't only the teams though Messy, it's whether the officials are available too. More costs for Ebbsfleet having to stay over another night.
How many fans would be willing to clear the snow is another factor. How many were there today?

it was only a thought and as for how many were there today,I wouldn't have a clue because I was at work.If I hadn't been at work I still wouldn't know because I wouldn't have been there anyway

[Si_Nichols]

The "powers that be" are to blame for moving the fixture from the traditional end of season game. They should pay compensation to those who have lost out.
It demeans the competition to stick it in whilst the league games are still being played. Idiots.

It all comes down to money once again and fitting in everything around the Champions League Final. The FA Cup Final has been undermined in recent seasons and I believe this year it has been moved to 5.30pm to please TV companies. This is all in a year that the FA is celebrating its 150th anniversary. You would think they should be thinking of the fans for these showpiece games.

Thanks again to everyone who gave me a weather update this morning that stopped me travelling. It has saved me some money. I am wondering when it is will be replayed and from a purely selfish point of view Thursday 18th April would be great as I would then take a day and a half off work and come up for the double header v Ebbsfleet and Braintree - imagine that as an end to the season relegation fight. This actually may work well for Ebbsfleet as they have Gateshead away on the Saturday as well so it may make sense for them (it is due to be played at the Riverside). I suspect though it may be attempted to squeeze in before then (perhaps 3rd April as was suggested)