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Looking at the weather forecast and knowing how the drs shades the pitch, whats the likelihood of this game going ahead?

Definitely looking touch & go.

http://metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/dayforecast.asp?zipcode=sn1&day=4

With frost it all depend what has happened two or three days prior. It wouldn't need a lot of covering of the pitch to ensure the game goes ahead.
We cant afford to get any further behind in the fixture list.

Annoying if it is. At least I should get to see the Charlton game if it is called off, they've got Undersoil heating.

Frost covers are good to -3 or -4 from memory. If we are using them that is. I think they were hired in for the snow game that never was last season.

It better not be, I am booked onto specific trains and spending a saturday in Swindon is not neccessarily my most favourite prospect to be honest! As the King was saying somewhere else, the condition of the Don Rogers stand might be a problem aswell, and the surrounding area. That's a pain, hopefully the game goes ahead on the day.

Of course, it wouldn't be the first time a game between us was off due to the weather. I wonder if we'll get as far into this one, as we did into that one....  :D

Cannot go so hope its frosted off! 

Aren't you giving Shoreham Moonraker a lift to the game?  :D

There are only enough covers to do 3/4 of the pitch. If it gets into the ground on fri night we're in trouble. The side of the DRS will be covered though and taken off sat morning.

What if the club allowed us to camp on the pitch on Friday night?  :)

No camping. But...............they said it's ok if everyone pisses on the frozen bits between 2 and 3 on Sat.

seriously why dont we get 50 volunteers to bring a hair dryer each at midday and use them?

anyway....it'll be a camp site in the top left of the arkells come 3pm

Ninja, do the gully's girls go to away games?  :)

JFW and JCP can bring their sunbeds.

Unfortunatly I dont own my own sunbed!

BBC preview to the Brighton game:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/brighton/8414832.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/brighton/8414832.stm)

My alzheimer's or the beeb going to the dogs?

Option b. We've been in the top half pretty much all season haven't we?!

On the last day of October we were 8th.
One place above our current position.
What a run it has been.

Me and my friend camped on the pitch the night before STFC played away to Bray Wanderers (Rep of Ireland) in the 80s - we managed to get the friendly game to go ahead.

I am travelling to Swindon on Friday with my shovel in case the club needs me to muck in and clear the pitch, just like we attempted to do v. Southend last season.

SONN :soapy tit wank:

booo.stop feeding the troll

This is my first home game in months.  I will cry lilke a big girl if it doesn't go ahead, I've been excited for weeks.

Hope this goes ahead dont want to start playing catch up already

I have to come to the ground whatever happens to collect my Fulham tickets. Will be really hacked off it it gets postponed.

hmmmm. snow is now fucking mental down here in sussex, if it carries on dont expect me or many away fans there.

Isn't Ninja giving you a lift?

No adje is, but supposedly worse in kent. I kid you not we have had about 4 inches in half an hour, forecast is for it to carry on all night

You lucky bastard. It's just freezing cold here.

I'd love it to snow, I even wouldn't mind if that meant football was off.

On that subject, I was walking past Rudi's earlier and noticed that it was snowing a bit, but it stopped almost as quickly as it had started.

Then walking back past later on I realised that they have a snow machine up on the roof.

Daft bugger ent I.

:D

unless they covered all the pitch i can't see this being on.
grass is pretty icy where i've been walking the mutt

Its due to go down to -4 tonight and barely get above freezing tomorrow. Not good really.

Difficult one to call, as it's not so much frost, but more of a dry freeze due to the wind chill.  Not sure what the frost covers would do with this.

BBC are saying sleet / snow early evening then -5 over night, -3 at 9am, then sleet at 3pm with a high of 0.

Not just about the pitch though is it? Wasn't the pitch fine for the game after the snow last season, with it being called off due to the state of the roads and paths around the ground? Or did I make that up?

I'd say its not looking good, especially if the roads from Brighton are fucked.

I know wycombe had a game called off due to how the snow effected the car park and stands. As they have under soil heating!!

You made it up.

The snow was forming a layer of insulation against the frost. We removed  a lot of the snow, but then the pitch froze!

It has been called of previous though due to conditions around the town due to fan safety in being able to get there etc, I'd be surprised if the pitch was not covered though, we don't want 3 games in hand, and after last week's defeat we need a game to get it out of the system.

Might depend if the Brighton coach has made it down today.

I doubt it'll be called off.

From the Brighton Official Site:

Swindon Town are confident that tomorrow's fixture with Albion will go ahead despite the possibility of snow in the town later today.

The Wiltshire club's stadium and operations manager Mark Isaacs provided an update for supporters on Friday morning.

"As a precuation the shaded parts of the pitch were covered on Thursday lunchtime, we expect some snow this afternoon, we temperatures expected to drop as low around minus five this evening. With the most vulnerable part of the playing surface under cover, at this stage
we believe there is a strong chance the game will be played."

Albion's squad will travel to Swindon Town, as planned, at lunchtime today.

I rekon it was -2 from about 4pm this afternoon. They need covers.

The grass will be fine, but the ground underneath is rock hard.

Its very un-British winter weather weve had here. Very cold, but very dry. It all depends how much heat they can get on the pitch.

There is a pitch inspection tomorrow morning at 9.15

The thermometer is reading about 0 right now and falling. I don't fancy the chances of this one being on.

Oh dear. Now a pitch inspection, which was always on the cards anyway, but I do fear the worst. Ground covers only offer limited protection and with temperatures not expected to rise above freezing today I think we're fucked. So now we can waste some more dosh on nuts, dates and bloody Quality Street. Hope I'm proved wrong.

Car wasn't even frozen at half 5 this morning. Its only been iced up once this week. Should be fine

The groundsman is getting there around 8:30 so we should know quite early today. Yesterday he was confident of it being on though.

no the heaviest frost this morning, should be ok

There's no frost because there is no moisture in the air.

Its not normal British weather, so the normal warning sign's arent there. The grass will be fine, but the ground underneath will be very hard.

It will depend on how much good the covers did keeping the pitch warm last night.

game on

I am flabbergasted, it's -4 out there! Good work groundstaff/ground covers.

"referee Jonathan Moss carried out an assessment at 9.15am and gave the fixture the go-ahead."

Look Stockport, this is how to do a pitch inspection.

yay for matches on cold winter days - wrap up warm

The Cheltenham home game is off.

I am still not convinced the Swindon game will go ahead. Keep checking the news for details.

fuck off I'm going anyway

Its supposed to be sunny all day as well so a great day to be outside when its freezing provided you wrap up!

Excellent news, hopefully I'll make it to the Merlin before the game

Hope the legends doesn't run out of hot food at half time. The boys get dead grumpy without their half time top up.

cunting fucking piss wank off then

I've just had a text saying its off, is someone on a wind up?

OS still says its on.

Still stuck in Paris working, is there anyone out there who can let me listen to the commentary via the official web site? Home last week for the rovers match, should have stayed in France I think! never mind, things can only get better, starting with three points today!!

Come on u redsssssssssssssssss