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i just don't know.

if there is any more rain between now and saturday then i am guessing it's a goner.

HOPE SO 8)

i should have done a poll shouldn't i?

shit.

How about the Best Calling Off and the Worst Calling Off, but make sure you do nomination threads first.

good idea.

do you have to have been at the game (or on your way) to nominate a calling off?

this needs to be established.

easy winner 4-0 up against brighton 77 i think ,snow came down and abandoned with 15 mins left, ray mchale had a hattrick wiped out

I see sub-section nomination threads here. Could include at/on way to/planning to boycott ... maybe best and worst abandonments too.

I think as long as those nominating planned to at least listen to commentary on the radio they should be allowed to partake, otherwise the forum might start getting a reputation for being too esoteric.  8)

Oy! Who said "go"? We haven't had time to check your voting rights yet.

I hope so, Then it can be played on a Tuesday and I can go. :beers:

 I remember it as being rain rather than snow, and it not being much worse when abandoned than when started.  We did win the replayed game , Brighton went up that season.

  My favourite abandonment was v Bradford City for fog.  Dear Mr Elleray tried to get it finished as we were 3-0 up.  But you could hardly see past the end of your arm.....definitely the thickest fog I've ever seen.  We then ended drawing the replayed game 2-2, when Bradford equalised in about the 7th minute of added on time,  this was of course before boards and announcements.

Grimsby a few years ago, Kevin watson screamer we were one up and i think they ahd ten men (IIRC?), then the ref inexplicably devided it had got more frozen than earlier in the match.  Drew the rematch too.

Remember driving to Bolton on tuesday night a few years back for cup game (quarter final i think) and got to Manchester and heard match was called off!

Actually was it semi-final?

My memory is not good :?

  That was when Grimsby had Clive Mendonca, who was one of those players who always seemed to score against us....Mark Halsey was the WitB

Yep, it was semi.

Leyton Orient in the cup in 92 was it?  Freezing cold, first half was awful most of the players could hardly stand up.  Kerslake in particular was struggling.

Half time comes along we were stood on the stratton bank during half time, microphone man comes out and says the ref has assured us the game will not be called off.  So we carry on standing there, freezing our nuts off, and low and behold five minutes in to the second half the ref calls it off.

I don't think I have ever been that cold and pissed off at the CG.

Hope it's not called off as driving up after work for this tomorrow.

Disclaimer: Obviously I mean to see Birdy too (in case she reads this).

I think she's trying to groom me. Please buy her a KFC to get it out of her system  :)

I was on the Bank that day, I think the reason given was the unsafe state of the terracing rather than the pitch,  You could literally skate along the concrete.  The one and only time I took a flask of hot stuff to a game and about 5 layers of clothes.

 :o  You are the one e mailing me begging to live in my shed and be my gimp  :wink:

According to todays adver we have hired a vertidrain which has been on the pitch since Wednesday and the Groundsman is very confident the game will still go on.  Thank god for that as I am quite looking forward to tomorrows game  :)

The radio reported that they hope that stfc don't see any reason the game will not go ahead unless we get lot's more heavy rain overnight

It best not be postponed.  Im looking forward to this one.  Its a long day in with Jeff otherwise  8)

Best calling off-Tranmere floodlight failure,2-1 down won the rematch 3-1.Even more enjoyable for the fact that it really pissed off John Aldridge!

How much is rent?  :wink:



Name for your rabbit?

hope its not called off, we are going to end up with 5 games in hand on some teams if we get any more games called off or go any further in the cup!

That was a fucking wonderful goal! I seem to remember the ref had to be escorted out by police...?

I can't see Town calling it off unless we really have to.  Forest bringing a few down, MM's first game, first home match of new era, they want a weekend match!

As for RobT and Leyton O in 92, you're probably right about the safety of the fans, but I do recall Dave kerslake struggling to stand up, control the ball, pass the ball and walk or run, due to the pitch.

Tranmere was the best calling off without doubt - although we'd have beaten them that day anyway 2-1 down, we'd just scored, Aldridge was a knob that day.

David Elleray has always been a titan among referees.

I remember the Grimsby game, that was weird.  

Also went to the Bolton cup game on the coach, which got as far as Keele services then had to turn around and go back....

And then when it was eventually replayed we got kept in their hole of a ground for 15 minutes in the snow...  Blimey that was depressing.

John Bloody McGinlay.. Fat bastard.   :evil:

and mcateer as well the scouse cunt :evil:  :evil:

Good call. This game was my first thought too.  I was on the bank as well. I'm sure the ref called it off due to a frozen pitch. Cue calls of shinanigans about not having to refund everyone if the game was called off after half time (doubt it was true though).
We got a fiver off the re-arranged fixture (or something like that).

Good Good!


http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10341~1218557,00.html

So unless a monsoon hits this eve I think we might be alright? Happy days.

Fuck me - they're communicating with the fans and keeping us informed  :shock:

The pitch looks shocking in that photo, which was apparently taken today.

Not as bad as Walsalls though!

I will actually cry if this gets abandoned, it was my 21st birthday yesterday and i got a minibus full of lads coming up from eastbourne for a mad weekend, which obviously include the game!!!

they are tempting fate with that headline!!

I assumed Gwen Stefani would be turning up.

We're playing in Gwen Stefanis chuff then? Cool.

EDIT: Axs got there first. Bastard.

am I missing something here?  :?

oh I get it.  :|

http://weather.msn.com/local.aspx?&wealocations=wc%3aUKXX0147&setunit=C

forecast is for showers almost constantly overnight. not sure how bad it is in swindon but the fields are full of puddles and standing water around here.

If they call it off, I hope they do it early in the morning, I have a long journey to make it get to the game tomorrow.


Question for anyone who lives near the ground - in your opinion what is the chance of the game being called off?

50/50 40/60 etc

I work next to it and although its pretty grey its not hammering down with rain or anything.

If their drainage works the way they say it does then I don't see a problem.

Ooh get you, the gardening expert  :wink:

If it keeps raining all night, which looks likely, I reckon it'll be off.

Thanks Lady - I better ask the same question about 9am tomorrow.

It just seems bizarre that they'd put a statement on the OS confirming the game when surely they can't confirm anything if theres torrential downpours overnight!!!!!

If it comes down tomorrow the game wont play, its only ok as it is and touch and go

i'm about 15/20 miles down the road admittedly but if the weather stays like this overnight, i think there's a strong possibility the game will be off...

unless it's tropical in swindon of course!

I was going to drive up from Falmouth tonight if the game was definitely on and then to Berkshire and then onto the game in Wiltshire on Saturday.
I suppose I better hang on down here then drive up about 10 if the game is on if it is off stay a few more days.
On the positive side, I can go out now for a few pints of Tribute now I'm not driving.

It looks pretty grim outside. I'm glad I've got nowhere to go. Unless I fancy walking to the shop, but that's not far.

whatever happens i'm going to the pub anyway. in fact if the game is called off it could be quite handy, i want to go see the new coen brothers film

Which film is that?

The new Coen Brothers one.

No Country for Old Men (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/)

Ah thought that was the one, shall i say i acquired this 2 weeks ago but haven't got round to watching it yet....suppose to be ace though.

Very heavy rain forecast all night and tomorrow morning over southern England.

12 PM tomorrow


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Ralphy-Boy/weather.jpg

It's only been spitting here all day and light drizzle at worst. Can't see a problem at all unless it's a lot worse in the centre of Swindon that it is in the Western area.

Spitting all day here but very heavy rain is due overnight.

My back garden is like a swamp. It's looking likely this could get called off.

You live in Westlea though and that's a flood plain  :wink:  

Seriously though it's not heavy yet but we have the night's rainfall to worry about. I don't know what it's like at the CG tbh.

basically what i posted earlier then.

well done

Oh fucking do one.

 :D

pedantic mood tonight Jim Lad ?

Better be on, I've just driven up here.

Hasn't really rained hard since Tuesday night...and live just down the road from the CG.

If it stays like it is...then there is no problem.

If it chucks it down....?

 The land around the CG doesn't drain too well.....its a clay based area.

  Which is why up until the late 19th century house builders avoided the area.

   A clue as to its nature can be found tucked away off Shrivenham Road, the 18th Century enclosure act farmhouse.....Marsh Farm.

didn't tesco in swindon flood last summer?

might have been abingdon, i can't remember. actually it was probably abingdon as the ock runs by it.

i have a contact!!!

good news: the drainage measure is working (or at least it was this afternoon).

bad news: there are tyre tracks all over the pitch.

only 1 hour to go until i cook along with gordon ramsey.

Is that good or bad news?

on a friday night?

i would say sad, more so than bad.

 :cry:

Trust me noone will get as much rain as the media is saying. At work we get all the updates by the hour from the met office, its the media overhyping eveything again.

half an hour now.

i will start pre-heating the oven at about 20:50 i think.

would you like to come and say that to the people around here who have been flooded again?

probably not, isn't he at work?

im at home

well dodged

Better not rain much as they've only just started repairing my house from last time............ Anyway the game best be on as I just turned down the offer of playing a game tomorrow