Friday Night March 28th 2014 Football at 'The Mill - Postponed

[The Windmill On The Shirt]

Friday 28th March 2014

KO 7:30pm

Carlsberg South West Peninsula, Premier Division

Torpoint Athletic v Saltash United

Tea Hut & Bar Open

Programmes £1

50/50 Draw on sale at gate

[The Windmill On The Shirt]

Game off due to a very bad hail storm at 4pm

[Dave Deacon]

Press release from the League:

Heavy downpours have left the pitch at The Mill under water hence tonight's Torpoint v Saltash premier division game is postponed

[Paul]

Surly the hail and rain cleared by 7pm. Was the pitch really that bad?? Seeing as Torpoint were playing a side not far away surly that could have been left til the final hour on a decision. If its flooded fair enough but surly not.

[Hoofer]

yeah whats all that about?

[quiksilver]

Maybe torpoint had players unavailable......

[Parkway Follower]

Maybe the pitch was waterlogged!!!!!!!!

[BIG AL]

once again games being called off without much thought!

[rocky170267]

Maybe bodmin are short on numbers aswell ! Considering that throughout all the bad weather last month most of their home games were on ???? Sometimes I wonder if a check before noon is a good idea !!?

[The Villains]

Engaging ones brain before making a post sometimes helps........It's the referee that calls the game off, not clubs, he wants the game played as much as the next person, but, If the pitch is waterlogged there is nothing he can do other than to call it off!! At this stage of the season clubs want to play the games as the back log is already staggering,

[rocky170267]

The pitch is perfectly playable right now ! Great !!

[Dave Deacon]

Engaging ones brain before making a post sometimes helps........It's the referee that calls the game off, not clubs, he wants the game played as much as the next person, but, If the pitch is waterlogged there is nothing he can do other than to call it off!! At this stage of the season clubs want to play the games as the back log is already staggering,

However perhaps half ten is a little early. I think that is what the post was suggesting - just delay the decision a little

[The Smiling Assassin]

A few seasons ago I did an early pitch inspection at parkway and called the game off. The staff at parkway were grateful and said that there was no way the pitch could have been made playable. However, I received the mother of all bo***ckings from Phil Hiscox when I told him. He said the earliest I could do a pitch inspection for a midweek game is 1400. Lesson learned!

However, as the inspection at Torpoint was around 1600, I fail to see what else could be done. Damned if you do and damned if you don't it would seem.

[The Villains]

Engaging ones brain before making a post sometimes helps........It's the referee that calls the game off, not clubs, he wants the game played as much as the next person, but, If the pitch is waterlogged there is nothing he can do other than to call it off!! At this stage of the season clubs want to play the games as the back log is already staggering,

However perhaps half ten is a little early. I think that is what the post was suggesting - just delay the decision a little

I take it you mean the Bodmin game and not the topics game? Parkway would have had to leave at midday anyway, so can't really see how the pitch would be any different 90 mins later!!

[jft96]

If a ref turns up and has to call the game off do they still get their expenses?

[Ian Pethick]

Engaging ones brain before making a post sometimes helps........It's the referee that calls the game off, not clubs, he wants the game played as much as the next person, but, If the pitch is waterlogged there is nothing he can do other than to call it off!! At this stage of the season clubs want to play the games as the back log is already staggering,

However perhaps half ten is a little early. I think that is what the post was suggesting - just delay the decision a little

I take it you mean the Bodmin game and not the topics game? Parkway would have had to leave at midday anyway, so can't really see how the pitch would be any different 90 mins later!!

Possibly I am being antagonistic here , and I do apologise if I unintentionally offend anybody in positions of authority at both Bodmin and Parkway , but given the fixture pile up situation , and the way the weather turned out yesterday , was the possibility of putting the kick off back to the early evening or even Sunday explored ?

I am only looking on as a naive bystander , but are these things considered ?

[The Smiling Assassin]

If the ref inspects, he Is entitled to his expenses, but as far as I am aware, if they are local they don't bother. However, I am also aware of some, who get blamed for everything, from the pasties being too cold to the showers being too hot, claim everything they are entitled to.

To answer your question Way of the Park, such a decision can only be made by the league and not the referee or the clubs.