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[Paulstag]

Surely this can be arranged for Saturday 6th January.

[Martin Shaw]

Surely this can be arranged for Saturday 6th January.

At the moment we play Crewe. But depends on their replay on Tuesday.

[Ralphy]

Can’t believe that Mez didn’t shut the roof on Thursday!!

[Rigsby]

The likes of Clipstone and Shirebrook has nothing to do with Field Mill.

We are aware that there are different types of properties of ground in one place to another, aren't we?

Your back garden might be sandstone, whereas your mates might be clay. We do understand this don't we???

I mean, it’s still laughable/ludicrous that Clipstone played at home when we were off for the FGR game and today are playing when we’re off again.

I give up.

I should save your breath, mate.

[georgefostersbeard]

There aren't any games off in League 1 or higher, so does this mean that the budgets of League 2 for grounds maintenance do not meet the expectations to the league anymore. It does seem that games are being called off which would have gone ahead in the past so there seems to be a tension

[Elkesley Stag]

Took the dog for a walk this morning and when I returned home I told the missus , no way they will be playing today , spooky.

Genuinely cannot believe that people are surprised this game is off. , I don’t necessarily agree with it being off but I am not in the least bit surprised it is.

[HitchcocksShins]

Took the dog for a walk this morning and when I returned home I told the missus , no way they will be playing today , spooky.

That is very spooky

[Jamie]

No it's not surprising, but yes it should be on... We're supposed to be a professional football club and our pitch that we've spent a lot of money on year after year can't cope with a few rainy days. Serious questions need asking.

The pitch may well be unplayable, but the real problem is why no one can sort this ongoing problem out.

Get some massive plastic sheets, 10 pitch wide inflatable sausage things, some run off drainage. Problem solved.

[1966Stag]

Only 2 possible reasons why this game (and previous waterlogged home games) is off - either the club are not prepared to spend the money needed to lay a decent pitch or the people laying the pitch in the close season are not up to the job.

Just hope that the state of the pitch does not cost us our best chance of promotion in years.

[part time pete]

Only 2 possible reasons why this game (and previous waterlogged home games) is off - either the club are not prepared to spend the money needed to lay a decent pitch or the people laying the pitch in the close season are not up to the job.

Just hope that the state of the pitch does not cost us our best chance of promotion in years.

If I was putting a theory up of why the pitch seems to get waterlogged so much, I would suggest that sand is partly blocking the drains due to sand having being washed out of the ground from leaking sprinkler pipes under the pitch.

[wink68]

I don't think the pitch is in any worse state than previous years. It's just what is seen as a playable pitch has changed. 30 years ago we would have played then spent the rest of the season playing on a beach. Rightly or wrongly we don't want to churn it up but want to make sure that it stays in good nick till May. I'm sure both the chairman and manager would have a say in this. I now nobody at the club called it off it was a local ref. But he would talk to the ground staff and be heavily influenced by them.

[adamstag]

Concerned that we might we called off on boxing day as it’ll be snowing in norway.

[Amber Andy]

Surely this can be arranged for Saturday 6th January.

Hopefully.

[Stoney]

It is quite embarrassing that our game is off but Shirebrook Town can get their game on.

[adamstag]

It is quite embarrassing that our game is off but Shirebrook Town can get their game on.

And clipstone, chesterfield and county.

There’s something badly wrong.

[Costastag]

Rain has to start and stop,somewhere it might not be so bad in nottingham ,clipstone or chesterfield just a thought

[georgefostersbeard]

It is quite embarrassing that our game is off but Shirebrook Town can get their game on.

You are comparing apples and oranges

[Stoney]

It is quite embarrassing that our game is off but Shirebrook Town can get their game on.

You are comparing apples and oranges

How so?

[Spiritater]

We should get Ted in to sort the drainage out. He did a magnificent job in the lower field.

[HitchcocksShins]

We should get Ted in to sort the drainage out. He did a magnificent job in the lower field.

Father or Lasso?

[St Hilary Stag]

Stop putting tonnes of sand on the pitch, cos sand granules & drainage vents don't go together, hence poor drainage

[Rob]

It is quite embarrassing that our game is off but Shirebrook Town can get their game on.

You are comparing apples and oranges

How so?

A few years ago I referee'd a Middx County Cup game at Flitwick, next to the ground I was on was another pitch which was being used by the club's Reserve side - the referee on that game came over to have a chat with me about the pitch so I went over and we immediately agreed the pitch was waterlogged and unplayable - the pitch I was on, just 25 yards away, was fine. This facility is one of the new FA funded grounds and the pitches are normally excellent. It happens.

[Amber Andy]

Five games off in League 2 now.

[Chrisuknottm]

We should get Ted in to sort the drainage out. He did a magnificent job in the lower field.

Father or Lasso?

Honestly HS Where's your culture gone.....out of the Fast Show ....Ted played by Paul Whitehouse

[Stoney]

It is quite embarrassing that our game is off but Shirebrook Town can get their game on.

You are comparing apples and oranges

How so?

A few years ago I referee'd a Middx County Cup game at Flitwick, next to the ground I was on was another pitch which was being used by the club's Reserve side - the referee on that game came over to have a chat with me about the pitch so I went over and we immediately agreed the pitch was waterlogged and unplayable - the pitch I was on, just 25 yards away, was fine. This facility is one of the new FA funded grounds and the pitches are normally excellent. It happens.

That's fair enough Rob, my knowledge of drainage and soil is limited to growing a few veggies in my allotment but my point was we are in a greater financial position than the likes of Shirebrook so we have got to be sorting this drainage out once and for all as there is clearly an issue.