Crawley offered to play the game tomorrow night, yet Tranmere refused - wonder what their reason for that is.
Their manager probably had a bet it was another day.
Crawley offered to play the game tomorrow night, yet Tranmere refused - wonder what their reason for that is.
Just awful.
Called off at 1820.
At least the away team and fans only travelled from Merseyside this time.
Sooner this outfit regain their non league status the better.
I think it's great having 2 league clubs in Sussex. Maybe there will be more one day.
Why so late? They're a joke, a laughing stock, and deserve to go down. Absolutely pathetic.
Yet again the fans suffer. Why could a local referee not be called in at say 3 pm to make a decision? Yes, it rained in Crawley this afternoon, but perhaps if they paid for some work to be done on the pitch, and for a decent ground staff team instead of overspending on players, this wouldn't have happened.
Why so late? You need to ask the ref that. 2nd ref in 4 days that decide that with a little time / work that game can be played. Then they call it off. If it's unplayable, why not call it off immediately ?
Why so late? You need to ask the ref that. 2nd ref in 4 days that decide that with a little time / work that game can be played. Then they call it off. If it's unplayable, why not call it off immediately ?
Rubbish.
On both occasions the pitch was never going to be ready.
We are a laughing stock I'm sorry too say.
Was a local ref called in during the afternoon?
Nope.
The club stated the pitch was fine and no inspection would be needed.
The Football League must be able to do something about it. Once is bad enough, twice is a joke but three times? You don't even get it at County League level
Crawley offered to play the game tomorrow night, yet Tranmere refused - wonder what their reason for that is.
It was ref's call, local ref they got to inspect yesterday gave it the ok, match ref turned up and wasn't happy with soft patch in one of the penalty areas. Hardly Crawley's fault, they've had 6 off in 6 weeks, no more tinpot than we were at Withdean.
As an athletics track, the main use of the pitch area at Withdean was to absorb the impact of javelins. And athletics is a summer sport. There was no real point in having it well drained.Good point - how many games were lost to rain at Withdean, particularly in the first season there? Did the Council ever pay us for all the drainage improvements made?