langworthy called game off at 1.00 due to frozen pitch. i personally think they didnt have a side. so got drunk instead

We had a pitch inspection at 12 and our local ref said we could play, albeit on the junior pitch. Official ref he say "No" just as the Saddleworth bus rolled up. Everyone wanted to play, we've played on worse pitches. The pitch took a key and a stud but had a few icy patches that he deemed dangerous, despite the kids training on it this morning. Very, very frustrating.

i bet you werent as frustrated as the saddleworth lads they must have been really annoyed gettin all the way down there and then no game

Dalton travelled to moss bank and the game was called off 5 minutes before kick off. Nobody had checked the pitch. Both teams were changed and on the pitch.

That is disgusting

Shocking

i wouldmake them pay for your travel thats wrong am sure they would of kicked off if it happened to them scum bags

After our fiasco on Saturday I went to watch the Wizards play the RAF at RAF Cranwell in Lincs on Sunday. The pitch was rock hard - much worse than ours on Saturday - yet the game went ahead. It all comes down the the referee's opinion and as we found out, they don't always agree with each other.

Thing is though Milly, is it not the Individual referees responsibility to have to pitch checked in good time to inform travelling away teams of any postponements. We set off to Hindpool at about 11.15 on saturday morning, and got there in good time to strip and warm up. Surely a referee should make a call on a pitch prior to that time.


And in all honesty particularly when the teams from cumbria are involved a common sense approach has got to be taken by the home teams to make a call early on Saturday mornings.

Never the less, the rain has got rid of the snow in Wigan overnight

It is the home club's responsibility to contact a local referee to inspect the pitch if there is likely to be any doubt on the game going ahead. Also it is part of the match referee's pre-match duties to inspect the pitch on his arrival.