swindon v brighton: frozen pitch?

[tans]

[Arriba]

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

[Batch]

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

[Reg Smeeton]

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

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.

[jonny72]

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.

[DV]

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!!

[Batch]

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?

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!

[Power to people]

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.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

I doubt it'll be called off.

[stfc11]

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.

[Spencer_White]

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.

[Summerof69]

There is a pitch inspection tomorrow morning at 9.15

[Batch]

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

[Hammer]

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.

[DV]

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