cod'ead wrote:
Ah great, another know-nowt numptie joins the discussion.
I once refereed a Friday night game at Fartown. I arrived at 6.30pm, an hour before the scheduled kick-off time and immediately put my boots on and the two TJs and I walked every square metre of the pitch. I never used Phil Clarke's "trusty stick a key in the ground" method because I don't know of many boots with key blades for cleats. We and both clubs' coaches decided the match would go ahead: the pitch was flat with no divots and was easily taking a stud. At kick off and throughout the first half, there were no problems at all. Five minutes into the second half I heard the Batley winger running down the touchline, the noise resembled a carthorse on a cobbled street. As soon as he'd been tackled I stopped the game and did another mini-pitch inspection. Frost had started to creep from touch, into the field of play. By the time I'd stopped the game, the ground was solid for two metres in from touch.
I called the game off immediately and although the players and staff were disappointed at not being able to see the match to conclusion, they all understood that it would be too dangerous to continue.
If Catalans had covered the pitch and kept hot air blowers going through the night, there's still no guarantee the game would have gone ahead.
Shit happens, get used to it. Sometimes there really is nobody to blame.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane it was lovely.
That's the point though isn't it, they didn't try & prevent it did they numpty.
If they had tried & failed I suspect there wouldn't be all this debate!
