Kendal today

[Stylecounciller]

Is the game on today then? What times pitch inspection?

[Bogratsteve]

Game is on

[windyforce4]

Grest news.. Looking at the forcast it is due for heavy rain from around 12 till 2pm. Hope they have considered this.

[Rufusuk]

Just spoke to Kendal FC (11:40). Game is on. No further pitch inspection planned. Pitch is in good condition.

[Mullet69]

Just spoke to Kendal FC (11:40). Game is on. No further pitch inspection planned. Pitch is in good condition.

Which we now all know is absolute bollocks. From the photos I've seen, and over an hour to kick off, no chance. Pisses me off when clubs make bold statements like that, it bites them on the arse every single time and wastes many peoples time, effort and more importantly, money.

[MikeinBlack2]

Postponed!

[Darlo_Pete]

Shame for all the fans that made the trip over.

[Twintowers]

Got over there at 1.15 and it was pretty obvious there was going to be no game.All the way over the 66 the rain was getting worse and thepitch had standing water all over it.
It was the right decision to postpone but it should have been made before 12 and saved a lot of us a proper shitty trip.

[Mission Impossible]

Just got back. Rang the ground at 1.45pm as we were coming in to Kirby Stephen. They told us that the game was on and that no further pitch inspection would be taking place.
Any idea what new date we are looking at?

[charlie]

We were four miles away when it was called off

[BUSHEAD]

Absolute piss take !

[TheFriendlyFan]

Crap. If there was any chance of the game being off this morning they should've used the weather forecast and a bit of common sense and called it off before everyone set off.

There was quite a few people there who obviously had wasted trips.

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[charlie]

Got to say its a long way to go for a cuppa n a pint

[Darlogramps]

And if the officials had called it off in the morning, people would be ranting on saying "they should have given it a chance."

Officials can't win.

[Mr_Tibbs]

And if the officials had called it off in the morning, people would be ranting on saying "they should have given it a chance."

Officials can't win.

I think the point was that they made such bold statements as to make people think that the match taking place was never in doubt. I read of one fan who set off on a 280 mile round trip based on that assurance.

[BlackandwhiteBOB]

Kendal were still telling people at 1:45 that the game was in no doubt, even as they were arriving at the gates.

[Hilly]

Kendal were still telling people at 1:45 that the game was in no doubt, even as they were arriving at the gates.

What happened to those people already in the ground, were they given their money back straight away when the match was called off?

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[loan_star]

Got the money back.

[fozzovmurton]

Kendal were still telling people at 1:45 that the game was in no doubt, even as they were arriving at the gates.

What happened to those people already in the ground, were they given their money back straight away when the match was called off?

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Yes...I had been in the ground about 15 minutes when the game was called off, I got my money straight back

[banktopp]

Wasted trip from Hereford. Bugger.

[AnthonyP]

We were just outside Kendal when the game was called off. Really frustrating as I couldn't wait for the game .....

[charlie]

And if the officials had called it off in the morning, people would be ranting on saying "they should have given it a chance."

Officials can't win.

I think the point was that they made such bold statements as to make people think that the match taking place was never in doubt. I read of one fan who set off on a 280 mile round trip based on that assurance.

We actually set off because of the statement made

[Darlogramps]

And if the officials had called it off in the morning, people would be ranting on saying "they should have given it a chance."

Officials can't win.

I think the point was that they made such bold statements as to make people think that the match taking place was never in doubt. I read of one fan who set off on a 280 mile round trip based on that assurance.

While that is true, the weather did only properly deteriorate around lunchtime, by which time most fans had set off anyway.

Bearing in mind this was potentially a good pay day for Kendal, they would have wanted to give the game as much of a chance as possible.

It's not quite as simple as "call it off in the morning to save fans the trip."

[AIDO]

We were there about 12-30 ... It was raining and the local guys in the pub said it had just started (In the last half hour) ... Another guy said there would be no problem as the pitch is good at soaking up the incessant rain in Kendal. "We rarely have matches called off" he said. It was not lashing down .... It was raining .... of course it was ... as forecast but it was never what I would call heavy and which actually got less as the minutes passed. Another local lad serving in wetherspoons showed us a picture taken at 11 ish from the radio Cumbria "tweet" .... Yeah right .... It showed a waterlogged pitch with no hope of footie .... This was now 2-15 by the way after the call off. Ridiculous really. Another pint later the rain had stopped ..... As forecast .... And low and behold another tweet or whatever ..... Gleefully shown to us by the bar lad said at about 3 pm .... Wtte .... 'Sorry folks, but the pitch is fine now' ....

It was a piss take .... ( his words). And he is a Kendal fan.

Notwithstanding, as ever, we made the most of a bad lot ..... But please don't say we would have moaned one way or another .... There were easy 400 odd Darlo in town today ..... Someone was playing silly buggers!

[princes town]

What alarmed me today was the process to call off the game. It was quite clear from the body language that neither team wanted the game on. Refs walks out at 2, has a bit of a laugh with our gaffer, rolls the ball (it did roll) and then bounces it a couple of times (it bounced) Why a referee should even feel the need to engage with either manager on this decision is beyond me. Apart from the groundsmen, all the other officials should have been cleared off the pitch. I know too well from my own refereeing days that frankly you ignore everybody else. I am not saying the decision was wrong but the process was shambolic.

[super_les_mcjannet]

Safe to say we were happy for the game to be called off, MG did not want to play today. These are the days the game becomes a lottery and often points are dropped, I don't think MG wanted to take that chance.

[banktopp]

Who is this " We " that you say were happy for the game to be called off.
3-400 supporters who had crossed the pennines and many others who had travelled hundreds of miles were not the least bit happy.
It is always a risk in winter that games can be called off after fans have set off for the match, but the last thing we need to be told is that officials were happy for it to be postponed.
The old cliché that the match would have been a lottery is false also. Every match is a lottery in some way or another and what will be far more of a problem is a fixture backlog with a small part time squad having to play twice a week at the end of the season. That is when points are dropped.

[cammy]

I can give you an accurate account of what happened.

No rain at Kendal till 12, it then rained for 45 mins in which time the pitch was forked and most of the water had gone, it then rained heavy again at 1.15 and the ref turned up at1.30pm, after speaking to both managers he said he would look again at 2pm.
At 2pm martin and fossie Ktfc manager to the ref that both teams wanted to give it a go as it had stopped raining and a lot of fans were there or on there way, the ref was told that it drains quickly but he chose not to listen, subsequently at 3pm the pitch was perfectly playable. We did everything to get the game on even the chairman had a fork, just sorry you had a wasted trip.
Best of luck for the new year.

[quakersam]

Who is this " We " that you say were happy for the game to be called off.
3-400 supporters who had crossed the pennines and many others who had travelled hundreds of miles were not the least bit happy.
It is always a risk in winter that games can be called off after fans have set off for the match, but the last thing we need to be told is that officials were happy for it to be postponed.
The old cliché that the match would have been a lottery is false also. Every match is a lottery in some way or another and what will be far more of a problem is a fixture backlog with a small part time squad having to play twice a week at the end of the season. That is when points are dropped.

I for one was happy for it to be called off despite travelling. The state of that pitch it wasn't playable at all. The centre circle was waterlogged, when the ref threw the ball in the air, it just sat in the puddle, no bounce. The far side looking from the bar down near the main stand was absolutely dreadful, very heavy with standing water.

There's no way that would have drained by 3pm either, absolute bollocks. It would have taken more than an hour for that water to drain away, even then the pitch would have been very heavy, and it would of been a massive leveller

[micra3]

Who is this " We " that you say were happy for the game to be called off.
3-400 supporters who had crossed the pennines and many others who had travelled hundreds of miles were not the least bit happy.
It is always a risk in winter that games can be called off after fans have set off for the match, but the last thing we need to be told is that officials were happy for it to be postponed.
The old cliché that the match would have been a lottery is false also. Every match is a lottery in some way or another and what will be far more of a problem is a fixture backlog with a small part time squad having to play twice a week at the end of the season. That is when points are dropped.

I for one was happy for it to be called off despite travelling. The state of that pitch it wasn't playable at all. The centre circle was waterlogged, when the ref threw the ball in the air, it just sat in the puddle, no bounce. The far side looking from the bar down near the main stand was absolutely dreadful, very heavy with standing water.

There's no way that would have drained by 3pm either, absolute bollocks. It would have taken more than an hour for that water to drain away, even then the pitch would have been very heavy, and it would of been a massive leveller

I totally agree-well said Sam