GAME OFF: Invicta vs Potters Bar Town- Saturday 10/2/24

[finbarr_in_z]

PB only 2 points ahead of us. A chance to go up a place, depending on other results also.

Let's teach the Scholars a lesson (see what I did there? )

COYS!!!

[finbarr_in_z]

Recent pitch work meaning the turf holding up a lot better in recent rain?

[stumpy]

Feb 10, 2024 12:15:02 GMT finbarr_in_z said:

Recent pitch work meaning the turf holding up a lot better in recent rain?

Let's hope so; lot of rain Thursday, not so much yesterday, until the evening anyway; pretty wet this morning and raining moderately hard right now.

Tough game on paper - Potters Bar's low position/points tally is down to having an abysmal first 10 games or so; since then, their form has been as good as any of the play-off contenders.

[finbarr_in_z]

Good spot on the form. Mind you we're getting better and not far behind them on last 8 games.

www.footballwebpages.co.uk/isthmian-football-league-premier-division/form-guide/eight

[finbarr_in_z]

Been shot down before asking if there's a pitch inspection

Mind you I've heard on the grapevine that a local ref passed the pitch as okay at 11am. Potters Bar clearly needed that sort of info.

We'll leave last minute postponements to those over the hill eh?

[benyoung1981]

Facebook post says another pitch inspection is now happening due to another downpour.

[finbarr_in_z]

Feb 10, 2024 12:51:23 GMT benyoung1981 said:

Facebook post says another pitch inspection is now happening due to another downpour.

Just as I was copy / pasting

www.facebook.com/share/C1vHuUY62mZx8AEe/

[folkestoneclaret]

Strange. It's damp around Folkestone and rain is forecast but I haven't noticed "another downpour". Good to let people know about postponements. But not to imply that happening before it does. If the match does go ahead this will have taken a few off the gate.

[stumpy]

I guess it depends on your definition of "downpour"; I wouldn't call it that, but it been raining fairly steadily for a couple of hours and things are a bit wet outside. I've seen us play when it's been wetter: I guess it's to do with how wet the pitch already was and whether it can soak up any more?

[finbarr_in_z]

The opposition are there.

[stumpy]

Let's hope their journey isn't in vain. Happened a couple of times to me over the years and it's really frustrating - especially when you set off having been told the game is on.

[folkestoneclaret]

That's everyday exaggeration for you! There's now a torrential deluge red flood alert Icelandic-type earth fissure and tsunami warning here in Postling. Or put another way, moderate steady rain. :-)

[stumpy]

Here, about half a mile from the ground, it has stopped raining now.

[stumpy]

Game OFF.

[finbarr_in_z]

Just been told GAME OFF.

[damo]

Maybe with more and more rain each year we need that 4g pitch, Was a bit late to call off.

[fang]

Potters Bar Town's X (twitter) states the match has been re-arranged for Tuesday, 27th February.

[finbarr_in_z]

To be fair 5 of the 6 Tuesday isthmian premier games off for waterlogged pitches.