Will the game be on?

[Withdean Wanderer]

VERY frosty this morning - passed Withdean on the train, couldn't tell if the pitch was covered or if it was under frost. I imagine it was the former - they aren't stupid are they? However, with it being so icy, will the stands be up to it or deemed too slippery?

I hope the sun warms the place up a bit!!

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

BBC Weather suggests it will be 1 degree at 3pm and -2 degrees by 6pm

BBC - Weather Centre - 24 Hour in Celsius for Brighton, United Kingdom

 

[Peter Grummit]

Inspection plans? I can see it being off.
PG

 

[Trigger]

Depends what the running track and the cheap taccy slippery stands are like, doesn't just depend on the pitch.

 

[Trigger]

Hereford P-P Little Leeds

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

ipswich off
brentford off
chester off
morcombe off

but we're down south

 

[Giraffe]

The giraffe lawn is rock solid, as is the Goldstone grass in it's pot. I fear it could be off.

 

[judewri]

would be nice if they put something on the official website.... surely someone must know if it is certainly on or not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Wilka]

They cover the pitch so it shouldn't be a problem

 

[sir albion]

ipswich off
brentford off
chester off
morcombe off

but we're down south

and brentford isn't?

 

[chidgull]

anyone in BN with local info on Withdean ? Its -2.5c in the south of Surrey and the local pitch is frozen solid. I guess the covers may help at withers .........

 

[judewri]

it was ice in the stands that called the game off last time not the pitch!!

 

[sir albion]

The problem is not the pitch but the surroundings,the club should buy a pot of salt and get a move on

 

[Uncle C]

Once the game is underway there are additional sources of heat in the stadium such as the flood lights and the spectators.

It's a little known fact that a person, at rest, emits about 125W of heat. So for every 8 spectators you have the equivalent of a 1KW electric fire.

Of course if the crowd gets excited and jumps about a bit this will go up considerably.

 

[Telboy]

Ipswich v Chesterfield is still ON

 

[EastbourneGull]

Once the game is underway there are additional sources of heat in the stadium such as the flood lights and the spectators.

It's a little known fact that a person, at rest, emits about 125W of heat. So for every 8 spectators you have the equivalent of a 1KW electric fire.

Of course if the crowd gets excited and jumps about a bit this will go up considerably.

And don't forget the global warming effect caused by 6,000 people exhaling carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

 

[Beach Hut]

Should be on as warming up now

 

[judewri]

my patio is like a skating rink

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Ipswich v Chesterfield is still ON

Do they have under-soil heating there perchance (to go with their proper stands)??

 

[EastbourneGull]

Still nothing on club website (or Northampton's either). SCR has just announced that Eastbourne Borough is postponed and 12 noon inspection at Aldershot.