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Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 7:05 am
by Darlo_Pete
With all this rain falling and continuing throughout today, the game must be under threat, plus there is the threat of the rain turning to snow through the night. The forecast looks a bit grim.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/0/dl3

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 7:18 am
by Quakerz
Yeah I can't see this one going ahead.

Looks like the ground is well saturated and with rain all day to come, and rain/snow overnight, I can't see how it will drain in time. Even with a cover of snow I'd be surprised if it's not like a bog underneath.

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:18 am
by dfclincolnshire
People be moaning next that they cannot stand on the grass bank behind the goal !

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 8:43 am
by Darlo_Pete
dfclincolnshire wrote:People be moaning next that they cannot stand on the grass bank behind the goal !
Standing on the grass bank or in the stands, might be the only bit above the water line. :lol:

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:30 am
by jjljks
Any use putting the covers on or is it too late? Maybe we could swap to Spennymoor?

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 11:57 am
by Darlopartisan
Pitch inspection at 9 30 Saturday morning

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 11:59 am
by Darlopartisan
Surprised the club haven’t had a shout out for the covers to be put on.

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 12:48 pm
by CrazyDarlo
jjljks wrote:Maybe we could swap to Spennymoor?
If our pitch isn’t playable then Spenny’s definitely won’t be.

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 2:48 pm
by spen666
Pitch inspection announced for 0930 tomorrow

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 3:29 pm
by poppyfield
Darlopartisan wrote:Pitch inspection at 9 30 Saturday morning
Er, already posted

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 3:32 pm
by Quakerz
Darlopartisan wrote:Surprised the club haven’t had a shout out for the covers to be put on.
To be honest, the ground is really boggy as fuck and also saturated. I can see puddles on greens all over, so the water table must be really high?

If our pitch is anything like that, I think putting covers on right now would be a case of shutting the stable door after the horse has already bolted, maybe?

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 4:07 pm
by spen666
https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/ ... e=5B3A66AC

Taken From Tin Shed Facebook Page - looks like its going to be Water Polo not football tomorrow. There must have been an incredible amount of rain since Wednesday night

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 6:08 pm
by HarrytheQuaker
We have got a good pump to pump it off the field and also the good drainage system we had installed so should be ok tomorrow

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Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 6:47 pm
by HarrytheQuaker
York game off tomorrow

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Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 7:22 pm
by onewayup
York off, gray to turn up at Darlington to watch future signing if game gets the go ahead.

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 7:38 pm
by Emdubya
Pissing down again now,I reckon the jobs fooked :thumbdown:

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 9:16 pm
by Darlo_Pete
At least it's a home game, so no long midweek trip for our fans and most of our team. plus North Ferriby's form has picked up recently, so by the time the game is re-organised they're form may have dipped again.

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 9:38 pm
by Vodka_Vic
And virtually a full squad (barring no more injuries).
Blyth off now as well.

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 6:54 am
by Darlo_Pete
Well the forecast rain of yesterday largely didn't happen, as well as the overnight snow. However where I live just out of town, it has just started to snow very finely. So no idea what'll happen when the pitch inspection takes place, but the chances must have improved since this time yesterday.

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:11 am
by Makka Pakka
I hope it's off purely because of the wind.

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:15 am
by Darlo_Pete
Makka Pakka wrote:I hope it's off purely because of the wind.
Yes if it goes ahead, I'd imagine a small crowd due to the windchill, which means it will fell like -6 celsius!!! If it is on, then I'd reluctantly go, but any floaters definitely wouldn't turn up. We'd probably get a better crowd for the rearranged midweek fixture.

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:36 am
by jjljks
onewayup wrote:York off, gray to turn up at Darlington to watch future signing if game gets the go ahead.
If true, let us cancel the game now. Don't want the s**t stirred just as we have got the team playing some half decent football. MG should be deemed "persona non gratis" and banned from BM.

Also as someone pointed out, North Ferriby have just hit a patch of form so may not be a good time to play them. Let's wait until relegation is certain for them as then they would have nothing to play for.

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:42 am
by Makka Pakka
Darlo_Pete wrote:
Makka Pakka wrote:I hope it's off purely because of the wind.
Yes if it goes ahead, I'd imagine a small crowd due to the windchill, which means it will fell like -6 celsius!!! If it is on, then I'd reluctantly go, but any floaters definitely wouldn't turn up. We'd probably get a better crowd for the rearranged midweek fixture.
My problem with the wind is it fucks the football up making it a lottery. Not what we need when we're overwhelming favourites.

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:44 am
by Makka Pakka
Oh great. It's on

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:50 am
by quakerste
Just been outside, must remember to put my thermals on this afternoon.

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:58 am
by LoidLucan
And right on cue, there's now a blizzard.

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:12 am
by real_darlo_85
jjljks wrote:
onewayup wrote:York off, gray to turn up at Darlington to watch future signing if game gets the go ahead.
If true, let us cancel the game now. Don't want the s**t stirred just as we have got the team playing some half decent football. MG should be deemed "persona non gratis" and banned from BM.

Also as someone pointed out, North Ferriby have just hit a patch of form so may not be a good time to play them. Let's wait until relegation is certain for them as then they would have nothing to play for.
Doesn't really matter when we play North Ferriby they are at the point of playing with freedom with impending relegation not far away and probably more unpredictable after their relegation is confirmed. I'd rather get this game out of the way, besides we don't want to have the potential for a fixture backlog with Easter coming up and the slog to the end of the season. Let's get the 3 pts while we are on some form! :thumbup:

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:26 am
by Wainy247
So if James Caton was wearing gloves last October, tights at Tamworth, what the hell will he be in today?

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:44 am
by Darlo_Pete
The conditions are more likely to favour North Ferriby, as it will even things up and we will lose the edge that we would have had in skill levels.

Re: Darlington v North Ferriby

Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:46 am
by theoriginalfatcat
It seems like the expectation was 'postponement'