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[MarpleAlty]

Surely the game has to be in doubt at this stage?

Do the historians amongst us know whether an opening-day postponement has happened before?

[Mrs Warbouys]

I appreciate the issue in the main is drainage, but considering the forecasts would it be an idea to get the surface water off the problem area as soon as possible. Possibly hiring/borrowing some super soppers from lccc and the getting the area covered for the rest of the week? Pulling the covers back if we get any sun. Also if help is needed please keep communicating and don’t just ask for help at 2pm on Friday.

[HashtagAlty]

Agreed Pete. I'm happy to come down and help if it gets this game on.but would prefer it not to do be a last minute reques.

[TheCultOfIanTunnacliffe]

Do the historians amongst us know whether an opening-day postponement has happened before?

I have no recollection of an opening fixture of the season having been postponed in the years since I started watching Alty during the 1971/72 campaign.

However, I do recall the postponement of a Nationwide Conference North League home game against Barrow (which had been our scheduled fourth fixture of the season) back on Tuesday, 24th August 2004 owing to a waterlogged pitch engendered by some early-afternoon torrential rainfall.


 

[Mrs Warbouys]

Alty 6/4
Draw 13/5
York 13/10

[Mick]

Do the historians amongst us know whether an opening-day postponement has happened before?

I have no recollection of an opening fixture of the season having been postponed in the years since I started watching Alty during the 1971/72 campaign.

However, I do recall the postponement of a Nationwide Conference North League home game against Barrow (which had been our scheduled fourth fixture of the season) back on Tuesday, 24th August 2004 owing to a waterlogged pitch engendered by some early-afternoon torrential rainfall.


 

I thought it was postponed because Barrow would have had difficulty travelling due to torrential rain closing the M6

[One Foot in the Grave]

If the covers aren't on we're in deep doo-doo. It's like the Niagara Falls out there, and the bloke opposite has started building an ark.

[andrewflynn]

You'd like to think they were used to protect against the heaviest of the rain.

[Alty Dave]

The rain overnight and this morning was truly biblical, I live less than a 100m from the ground, the local park is flooded as I have never ever seen before, the brook now a river behind the ground is overflowing.

I know we have partial pitch covers, ( i chipped in towards them), but where does the water run of these? Straight onto the grass and surroundings. The water table is I guess 3 foot higher than normal so do they make a difference unless you have dedicated pitch drainage that doesn't drain into the local ditch, that feeds into a brook that looks tidal at present.

There is no easy solution to this issue at the ground without significant investment, that I guess would cost in excess of £500k

I pray the rain eases to allow the pitch to drain as the brook level drops away. So we can get the game on.

[Jezza]

I'm optimistic and have stocked up on sun cream for Friday and Saturday....

Drench
White Hannigan Mullarkey Hampson
Branson Richman Williams
JJ Jordan Arnold

Subs TT Jones Densmore Max/Peers Chadwick

2-1 to Alty att 1385 (400 York)

[robininstockport]

Is Richman not injured?

If not then I think that will the 11

[Nom de plume]

I know we have partial pitch covers, ( i chipped in towards them), but where does the water run of these?

When this subject arose last year, weren't we told they were frost covers, not rain covers?

[old alty fan]

 Forecast much better for Thurs/Fri/Sat so Hopefully two full days to dry out

[Uncle Globnasty]

No word from the club on what is/isn't being done to make sure the game goes ahead?

[Hale Alty]

I'm sure like everyone else they are waiting for the rain to stop. I think we can all expect the Gold Road corner to be very soft with big puddles under the fence. So can someone at the club hire a pump to get rid of that water so the water still on and in the pitch has somewhere to go?