Game in Doubt, Pitch Inspection at 11

I'll be absolutely astonished if this is called off

Quoted from Davec

I'll be absolutely astonished if this is called off

My thoughts exactly, Its not been chucking it down for days, and if this is off, then wtf is the new drainage system doing

Light precip at the moment but should clear up by kick off according to the forecast. Hopefully just a precaution.

Quoted from Davec

I'll be absolutely astonished if this is called off

Really ? There must be standing water to call for an inspection and with rain forecasted for the next two hours there must be serious doubt

I’d imagine it’s been called just to give people ample time, the weather is due to ease off by 12 and stop by 2pm

Quoted from Hagrid

My thoughts exactly, Its not been chucking it down for days, and if this is off, then wtf is the new drainage system doing

The water table is really high, there's standing water near us where I haven't seen it before (near Louth). Just surprised at the timing as it will still be raining then but is more likely to be fit by kick off time.

Quoted from Hagrid

My thoughts exactly, Its not been chucking it down for days, and if this is off, then wtf is the new drainage system doing

According to my weather station 4mm since midnight
Not much yesterday
Thursday 10mm
We’d 2mm
Tues 4mm
Monday 10mm
And on top of Novembers double the average rainfall the ground is pretty sodden

My garden is ankle deep in water. It's the cumulative effect of many days rain. The water table is very high.

If it is on, the pitch will be very heavy and we also have the usual matchday wind, so it won't be a great day for football.

I’m in Cleethorpes, been steadily raining all night and morning, standing water everywhere.

Well I'd be amazed if its off but you chaps seem to know a bit more about water levels than I.

Be very disappointed if a new drainage system is unable to handle this though

I know a couple of stewards who say they have heard it's likely to be off but then a couple have also said they have heard it should be ok so make of that what you will🤣

Quoted from Davec

I know a couple of stewards who say they have heard it's likely to be off but then a couple have also said they have heard it should be ok so make of that what you will🤣

It’s 50/50 than mate

Good to see the sustainable drainage system is working

It’ll be on. And the sprinklers will be on before KO and at HT.

Just a ploy to put doubt into the opposition.

Sat on the seafront about a mile from BP and the weather is minging.

I wouldn't be bothered if it was called off if I'm honest.

Quoted from ginnywings

If it is on, the pitch will be very heavy and we also have the usual matchday wind, so it won't be a great day for football.

For a sport played between August & May, “great days for football” seem to be limited to a couple of weeks in early September and after Easter. It’s always either too wet, too dry, too windy, too dark, too cold, too hot, waterlogged pitch, frozen solid, baked solid, or under various levels of threat from the Met Office.

Regardless, I’ve got my frog suit on and looking forward to a footballing masterclass from the black & white wizards.

Quoted from Davec

I know a couple of stewards who say they have heard it's likely to be off but then a couple have also said they have heard it should be ok so make of that what you will🤣

well considering they dont get there till 12 I'm saying that they know sod all

Quoted from ginnywings

Sat on the seafront about a mile from BP and the weather is minging.

I wouldn't be bothered if it was called off if I'm honest.

As an exile, personally there’s not a lot I wouldn’t give to walk up Grimsby Road getting urine wet through to watch town at home to be fair.

Lots of inspections about in L2 today at similar times. Either Blundell Park is absolutely drenched and no prospect of play and we want to call early, which I’d be surprised about,  or the refs are doing them as a default with the weather that’s been around - Towns statement on OS mentions forecast.

Weathers bloody awful, I’ve made it to GY early and at my Mothers. Her garden is inch deep in puddles all over……..Hopefully on but wouldn’t be at all surprised if called off.

My bet would currently be OFF. I know the BP pitch is likely to have far better drainage than my garden, but the grass is flooded. Pretty awful really.

Well it’s been lashing down in Grimsby for the past couple of hours, so wouldn’t be surprised if it’s called off.

Match on according to Town X


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That's a scheduled tweet. Ignore it,

Quoted from DB

Match on according to Town X


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⌛ Kick-off is coming up in four hours!

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That's a scheduled marketing tweet, it is not confirmation of whether today's game is on or off.

Quoted from DB

Match on according to Town X


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⌛ Kick-off is coming up in four hours!

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Scheduled tweet, take no notice.

Having thought about it more I expect it may be off

Pitch inspection scheduled during when it was forecast to rain with more to come, seems to me that may be a pitch inspection just to confirm the inevitable?

Quoted from Davec

Having thought about it more I expect it may be off

Pitch inspection scheduled during when it was forecast to rain with more to come, seems to me that may be a pitch inspection just to confirm the inevitable?

I’d have thought 11am is when the ref is getting to the ground tbf.

Quoted from DB

Match on according to Town X


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Sorry about this everybody, they've now taken it off.

Further inspection 12.00

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After conducting an 11am pitch inspection with both Head Coaches present, the match officials have determined that there will be a further inspection at 12pm.

We will update supporters as soon as possible on the outcome of that.

Another inspection at 12

Stupid, Rain stopping at 1... If its no good now, it wont be at 12 with a further hours rain on it

Feel for those travelling from Crewe

High water at 2:30ish so there very little draining from the land

Quoted from Hagrid

Stupid, Rain stopping at 1... If its no good now, it wont be at 12 with a further hours rain on it

Feel for those travelling from Crewe

And us Exiles ….. 🙄

Another check at 12 is the equivalent of VAR sending the referee to the monitor

Rain is lighter now in Cleethorpes. There's no standing water on my lawn, about a mile from BP. If the pitch can survive the next hour it should be fine.

Quoted from buckstown

Another check at 12 is the equivalent of VAR sending the referee to the monitor

Correct. If it isn't fit at 11, I'm not expecting another hour of rain to make it better!!

The decision is that there is no decision.

Was out walking with my brother yesterday and we were saying what a lovely day it was for a game of footy. Very still and not too cold.

The wind and rain arrives all too frequently on match days. It's uncanny.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

Correct. If it isn't fit at 11, I'm not expecting another hour of rain to make it better!!

Perhaps it was fit at 11 but only just so they have to confirm whether it's ok after another hour of rain?

I could be wrong but read it differently as the ground staff and ref must think there’s a chance of getting it playable.

Would assume it’s not a total write off as they’d just call it there and then. If that’s true, then 3 hours working on it with some improving weather maybe enough to get a game on.

Would rather they try get a game on than not tbh.

Without wanting to sound pessimistic, in the past it’s been pretty rare to see a second inspection see the game on. Was it Harrogate last season where there was a third inspection at 1pm, which was described as precautionary with officials hopeful the pitch would be playable, only for it to be called off? That was a frozen pitch mind, so slightly different.

Multiple inspections usually results in the game being off, but my fingers remained crossed. I’d rather play on a Saturday than have a rearranged game for a Tuesday night in January.

Say it quietly, but the rain has now stopped.

8mm of rain today according to my weather station it was showing 3.5 at 9:30 this morning so been significant rain this morning

Not even raining get it on ref!

What do the stewards think

If the groundstaff have been working to remove water from the worst areas this morning then it should go ahead

The Worst Areas under the findus

Be amazed if it's on seeing that pick. Hopefully they can get the big roller on it though.

Of course the issue isn't just clearing the standing water, it is about the conditions under foot, what we don't know just by looking at pictures

Quoted from headingly_mariner

Be amazed if it's on seeing that pick. Hopefully they can get the big roller on it though.

Do we have a big roller

Another inspection at 1.00pm

Following a 12pm pitch inspection conducted by the referee with both Head Coaches in attendance, a further inspection will take place at 1pm with further work to take place on areas of concern to clear water from the pitch.

The ground staff are working hard to get the game on.

I’d rather it be called off than have a farce for 20 mins followed by an abandoned game.

Quoted from crusty ole pie

Do we have a big roller

Someone's just put a video of a roller on it on Twitter.

Be great if we get it on.

I say fair play to the club for doing all they can. The ref clearly thinks it's possible to clear the water

Can anyone with a wet vax pleas report to the club lol

Once again there’s no regard for the travelling fans be they exiles or the Crewe fans

Another inspection at 1 tells me this will be on . No further significant rain forecast

If the ref thinks its playable and wants another look thats his decision, nowt to do with the club

Rather worryingly its raining again

Absolutely not the clubs fault, I get that, but two hours before the game is too late. It’s pushing it for even surrounding areas like Lincoln let alone the Crewe fans who will be almost here. We’ve all had it happen to us, and it’s rubbish. There should be an arbitrary time the last inspection can be made and it should be earlier than 1pm for a 3pm kick off. To confirm, that is a dig at the league and not the club.

I see the usual non-attenders on twitter think it’s a cracking idea though. I guess they’ll just put a film on instead of the match eh.

Quoted from ginnywings

Sat on the seafront about a mile from BP and the weather is minging.

I wouldn't be bothered if it was called off if I'm honest.

HHHMM Give my back teeth to sit on the "Prom Wall" with a bag of Chips and a can of "pop" what ever the weather!
"Costa Del Caterham" does not have a clue on chips as for the game if its on I am listening at the dining room table via Radio Humberside.
UTM

Blue sky just coming out in Lincoln so hopefully the weathers travelling eastwards.

Met office forecast heavy rain at 1……

My canoe is ready to go……

If we play, what damage will it do to the pitch? It will be a quagmire and get badly churned up. The game itself will be a lottery with ball ball getting held up and not bouncing

Surely holding off the pitch inspection is helping the away fans? They've already left so the more work we put into it the better chance the game goes ahead

Quoted from Hagrid

The Worst Areas under the findus

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That looks terminal to me

Quoted from quebec38

Absolutely not the clubs fault, I get that, but two hours before the game is too late. It’s pushing it for even surrounding areas like Lincoln let alone the Crewe fans who will be almost here. We’ve all had it happen to us, and it’s rubbish. There should be an arbitrary time the last inspection can be made and it should be earlier than 1pm for a 3pm kick off. To confirm, that is a dig at the league and not the club.

I see the usual non-attenders on twitter think it’s a cracking idea though. I guess they’ll just put a film on instead of the match eh.

I can’t imagine anyone involved in the decision making calling it off if it was borderline at 11am with the rain set to ease. It still may well be off but if it turned out it could be played and they had postponed it I’m sure those travelling wouldn’t be happy with that either - especially when faced with another trip on a Tuesday evening instead.
It’s just our crap weather, it will cause disruption even with the best of efforts.

Some of the comments around are just simply ridiculous. Firstly the club doesn’t make the call, the officials do. Some just happy to find a reason to have a moan at the club.

Also I’ve never really understood the “for the sake of the fans” argument. Sure, if it’s beyond doubt call it as early as possible. However if there’s a realistic chance of getting a game on, you have to give it as much chance as you can, surely? Anything other than that would just be a bit odd in my opinion..

I’m sure fans would be equally drunk off if a game was called off that could have been on.

Weather Radar shows the movement of the front going out to sea, and nothing behind it.

https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar

I don't know how effective they are, but do we know if we had any covers on the pitch in the last 24 hours?

Hasn't been raining in my part of Cleethorpes for about an hour now. There's a heavy shower forecast at 1pm but it should be short lived.

Quoted from Mikey_345

Some of the comments around are just simply ridiculous. Firstly the club doesn’t make the call, the officials do. Some just happy to find a reason to have a moan at the club.

Pretty sure everyone knows who makes the call and no one blames the club.

Quoted from 123614

I don't know how effective they are, but do we know if we had any covers on the pitch in the last 24 hours?

I think they're designed for frost.

Quoted from Mikey_345

Some of the comments around are just simply ridiculous. Firstly the club doesn’t make the call, the officials do. Some just happy to find a reason to have a moan at the club.

Also I’ve never really understood the “for the sake of the fans” argument. Sure, if it’s beyond doubt call it as early as possible. However if there’s a realistic chance of getting a game on, you have to give it as much chance as you can, surely? Anything other than that would just be a bit odd in my opinion..

I’m sure fans would be equally drunk off if a game was called off that could have been on.

I used to live a couple of hours away and it used to tick me off when the game was called off last minute or were started then abandoned (like the Sunderland TV game). I see the Barrow, Bradford, FGR, Mansfield and Sutton games are all off

Quoted from pizzzza

Pretty sure everyone knows who makes the call and no one blames the club.

Talking generally around Social Media not just here - I’m afraid many do not and do blame the club.

Quoted from MarinerDevil

I think they're designed for frost.

Pretty sure rain as well, covers the whole pitch, how is it going to get wet and have big puddles on it?

Quoted from HerveJosse

That looks terminal to me

Is this the best equipment we have for clearing water off the pitch?

Quoted from Mikey_345

Some of the comments around are just simply ridiculous. Firstly the club doesn’t make the call, the officials do. Some just happy to find a reason to have a moan at the club.

Also I’ve never really understood the “for the sake of the fans” argument. Sure, if it’s beyond doubt call it as early as possible. However if there’s a realistic chance of getting a game on, you have to give it as much chance as you can, surely? Anything other than that would just be a bit odd in my opinion..

I’m sure fans would be equally drunk off if a game was called off that could have been on.

Not seen anyone knocking the club myself. I think most people are quite aware it’s the league and it’s rubbish. Remember getting to Southend in the middle of winter in severe weather for the game to be called off 3 hours before? That sort of thing needs to stop. There needs to be some sort of cut off point.

The only people that seem in favour of a last minute inspection seem to be those that have no intention of going.

Ref will be keen for the game to go ahead, its his first ever EFL game.

The club have put a video on of the ground staff using a motorised roller. We didn't have that when Fenty was here, just the manual push ones.

Quoted from headingly_mariner

The club have put a video on of the ground staff using a motorised roller. We didn't have that when Fenty was here, just the manual push ones.

That's good to know.

Quoted from quebec38

Not seen anyone knocking the club myself. I think most people are quite aware it’s the league and it’s rubbish. Remember getting to Southend in the middle of winter in severe weather for the game to be called off 3 hours before? That sort of thing needs to stop. There needs to be some sort of cut off point.

The only people that seem in favour of a last minute inspection seem to be those that have no intention of going.

Ok twitter or X as it is now there are people commenting with things like "joke of a club" etc

I can remember the groundsman pushing that little roller in the Derby cup game with the Derby fans taking the micky. It made us look very amateurish

There's some breaks in the cloud now in Clee. As long as this incoming shower isn't too heavy it will be on.

Quoted from Davec

Ok twitter or X as it is now there are people commenting with things like "joke of a club" etc

They are just simpletons.

Sun has just come out and I can see a bit of blue sky. Wind dropped too.

Now hoping this is on after being against it earlier on the seafront. I'll put it down to my wine hangover and Maccies getting my coffee order wrong. Asked for black and got caramel latte. It was disgusting.

Quoted from mimma

If we play, what damage will it do to the pitch? It will be a quagmire and get badly churned up. The game itself will be a lottery with ball ball getting held up and not bouncing

Hmm true remember "footie " games back in the day (1970's) come winter they were playing on "The Somme!" You what i mean i guess abit of exaggeration,  plus now adays H&S the players and injuries.
We wait and see.

Staff at the ground reckon it should be on .

Which was the match that was abandoned after our LB(?) made a 15 yard slide tackle by the corner flag in front of the Osmond corner, that threw up a sh!t load of water?

On

Saying game on on FB

Game on!!

That was the Derby cup game that was called off

Quoted from 123614

Which was the match that was abandoned after our LB(?) made a 15 yard slide tackle by the corner flag in front of the Osmond corner, that threw up a sh!t load of water?

Carlisle ?

Congratulations to the staff and the owners for having the right gear to sort it

game on



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After a further pitch inspection from the officials along with both Head Coaches, we can confirm that this afternoon’s game against Crewe Alexandra is on.

👋 See you soon, Mariners!

Come on!!!

Quoted from It Bites

Congratulations to the staff and the owners for having the right gear to sort it

Yep, it's not only the obvious stuff they have updated. They have spent loads on stuff you don't even think about.

When I was working there, they had reps showing up with new lawn mowers for the groundsmen to try out. The old one was held together with spit and sawdust.

Quoted from 123614

Which was the match that was abandoned after our LB(?) made a 15 yard slide tackle by the corner flag in front of the Osmond corner, that threw up a sh!t load of water?

Carlisle last season on that Tuesday night

Glennon it was

So for those who have said this is unfair on exiles and away fans, I’d actually argue the opposite and say that everyone involved have done all they possibly can to ensure no wasted journeys. Would’ve been easy to call it off at 11am, after most Crewe fans had left anyway. Credit to the club and staff getting the surface playable, and to the ref for making the right decisions, they’ll probably be his last ones of the day mind.

Quoted from Davec

Carlisle last season on that Tuesday night

Glennon it was

Thanks for that.  Just hoping something similar won't happen today, leading to an abandonment halfway through the match.

Quoted from Davec

Ok twitter or X as it is now there are people commenting with things like "joke of a club" etc

Here I am blissfully unaware there are plonkers Tweeting/Xing rubbish about our club.
Is it because I don't follow plonkers/anybody on X I ask myself?

Let us just pray that it doesn't start raining again and the game gets abandoned like that Derby game a few years ago

I’m on holiday and I’m trying to buy a match pass but when I go on mariners tv it’s just showing audio passes or midweek matches available to buy can anyone help

Quoted from Wiley2405

I’m on holiday and I’m trying to buy a match pass but when I go on mariners tv it’s just showing audio passes or midweek matches available to buy can anyone help

Depends where you are on holiday.  Not wanting to teach you to suck eggs, but you cannot watch the stream live in the UK, unless you use a VPN.

Quoted from 123614

Depends where you are on holiday.  Not wanting to teach you to suck eggs, but you cannot watch the stream live in the UK, unless you use a VPN.

Lanzarote mate 😂

Quoted from jimgtfc

So for those who have said this is unfair on exiles and away fans, I’d actually argue the opposite and say that everyone involved have done all they possibly can to ensure no wasted journeys. Would’ve been easy to call it off at 11am, after most Crewe fans had left anyway. Credit to the club and staff getting the surface playable, and to the ref for making the right decisions, they’ll probably be his last ones of the day mind.

Yes people speaking on behalf of exiles talk crap most of the time. I’m an exile and you expect this kind of thing occasionally. I knew there was a chance it could be called off but I still came and I certainly wouldn’t have thrown a wobbler if it got cancelled. Anyway game on, UTFM!!!!!

Quoted from Wiley2405

Lanzarote mate 😂

Then you shouldn't have any problems, as long as you are logged into Mariners TV.  I just logged in to the matchday stream to see if it was working ok, and it is.

Quoted from Wiley2405

Lanzarote mate 😂

Just tested with VPN and I could if wanted to buy a sub-pass for the match at £10.

Quoted from GrimPol

Just tested with VPN and I could if wanted to buy a sub-pass for the match at £10.

Sounds like a plan.

Many thanks to the ground staff and anyone who helped in any way get this game on , valuable three points