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Question to Airman re Walsall pitch

Covered End
Covered End Posts: 52,335
edited December 2011 in General Charlton
Bearing in mind, the temperature overnight Friday, in Walsall, is forecast to be sub zero. Is anything being done to ensure that the pitch is protected to prevent another Walsall postponement ?

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  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,685
    Pitch will be covered in Black Country best meat and potato pies.
  • palcafc
    palcafc Posts: 394
    Looks like we might be going to watch brum
  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,684
    edited December 2011
    not again pleaseeeeeeeeeeee. You dont know how much stick Choice will give me if this gets called off as he cant go.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 25,027
    gonna be - 4 overnight. Bbbbrrrrrrrrr
  • numberten
    numberten Posts: 71
    Let's hope Hurricane Bawbag doesn't head south either.
  • incorruptible addick
    incorruptible addick Posts: 2,125
    This is not allowed to be called off.

    I predicted on CL six weeks ago that we will have 50 pts by Christmas. Jack Frost cannot do this to me us !!!
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,346
    Pitch will be covered in Black Country best meat and potato pies.
    One squirt of hot balti filling and it will be like playing on hot coals.
  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,684

    my mate emailed the club after seeing the forcast and also mentioned about 2 years ago.

    Dear Andy,

     

    Pitch covers are on and will protect the pitch down to minus 5°c.

     

    The pitch was fit for purpose two seasons ago but the game was called off in light of your manager's reluctance to play.

     

     

     

    Kind Regards,

     

     

    Walsall FC

     

     
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,724
    What time will the game be called off?   :-0
  • E_cafc
    E_cafc Posts: 2,617
    Approximately 14.50 just as the teams are getting ready to come out! ;)

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  • Airman Brown
    Airman Brown Posts: 15,795
    I am travelling so I will be as hacked off as anyone if it is called off. I'll share any information that we get.
  • DRF
    DRF Posts: 2,455

    Am I right in think it is not usually cold temperatures alone that lead to games being called off? Isn't it more when there is heavy rain and then cold or snow (which I suppose is effectively the same thing)?

  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 11,215

    To be honest, it will take a prolonged cold spell before whole pitches are frozen and games off.

    Met Office says a low tonight in Wallsall of 0c. So thats fine.

  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 34,470
    weather forecast is that DAYTIME temperatures (because that is when we play the game) will be around 6/7 degrees............so hopefully no problems.
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,289
    So long as
    d'Urso isn't the ref, in which case I expect it to be called off at 2.30 because one of the linos complained of cold toes.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,598
    Wonder why Wallsall is so cold all the time...........rather like why is Gravesend the hottest?
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456

    "The pitch was fit for purpose two seasons ago but the game was called off in light of your manager's reluctance to play".

    Funny that, as I spent a few minutes talking to Parky at about 1.45pm in the car park at The Bescott that day. He was fuming that the game had been postponed and was blaming it on one strip of frozen pitch that had'nt been covered correctly at Walsalls ground staff unable to actually put their hot air blowers over the spot that was frozen.

    He wasn't amused when I said "It's a bit parky, Parky".

    To be fair their was a lot of frost and snow about on the local roads.

  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,335
    Wonder why Wallsall is so cold all the time...........rather like why is Gravesend the hottest?

    Because it's the end of the world (or just seems like it )    :-)
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,994
    Wonder why Wallsall is so cold all the time...........rather like why is Gravesend the hottest?

    Because it's the end of the world (or just seems like it )    :-)
    Walsall is one end of the world. I believe Gravesend is the other.


  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    Oggy, Gravesend was bloody cold in January 1962 when a crowd of us Gravesend Tech. boys helped clear the pitch of snow so that the 'Fleet' could take on the mighty Sunderland in the 3rd. round of the Cup. I haven't been back for a while so perhaps the weather's improved!  I've just realised as I wrote that, that's nearly 50 years ago.Oh dear, I'll have take one of me pills now and have a lie down.

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  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,994
    edited December 2011
    What's 50 years to a venerable old chap like you, March?
    After all you remember riding on trams to The Valley and Hans Jeppsen.

    And don't forget to wash your pill down with a nip of something to warm your cockles, me old mate.
    You know it'll do you good.
  • March51
    March51 Posts: 3,256
    edited December 2011

    Good advice, perhaps just a nip of the Talisker (and no pill!). But you're right about Walsall, Oggy. Saw us win in the Cup there (King Arthur and a Bob Curtis pen, I think) and it was absolutely freezing but the locals seemed to think they was pretty normal conditions.

  • ISawLeaburnScore
    ISawLeaburnScore Posts: 9,783
    Good to see Walsall lying.

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