Ticket News Wealdstone (home) **now Tuesday 5 March** and (away) **now Tuesday 9 April**

[Smiffy]

and not due to get above 2 all day , (feels like below zero) , whatever is solid now , is unlikely to thaw enough, I would imagine.

Not without assistance from industrial heaters no. I suspect we don't have those in the groundsmans store cupboard!

 

[OldBlueLady]

Supposed to be using our hospitality from our sponsorship this evening so hope it's still on!

 

[Shr1mperBlue]

just went outside and pushed a pencil into the lawn. Ground not frozen here. I doubt our groundsman has anything more high tec than that kind of measuring device. Match is on.

 

[ms brush]

I have just been in my back garden (Eastwood) so not far from the ground. It faces the same way as the pitch in that South corner, it never sees direct sun at this time of year and the ground is frozen solid. Even in my front garden, which gets full sun at this time of year it is frozen. That will thaw a bit, but the last thing you want is the game to be on and then abandoned because the pitch freezes as they are playing.

I think its 50:50 at best for the game to be on.

 

[TJC]

I doubt I'll ever get to match at Roots Hall again where just the line markings are visable due to the groundsman clearing the lines with a spade :-(
Orange/Yellow ball anyone?

 

[Billy Bests boot laces]

Weird, no frost this morning in Hawkwell, car clear.....

Same as Leigh, but just walked across a large area of grass, and ground is hard as cement.

 

[Steveshrimper]

Any noises from the club re pitch inspection chances of it being on?

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Any noises from the club re pitch inspection chances of it being on?

It's not confirmed on or off at the moment. There will be a first pitch inspection later.(Sometimes they make their mind up either way on the first pitch inspection, if 50/50, they go to another one a bit later). The advice was keep an eye out for an announcement online.

 

[Thundersley Blue]

It's not confirmed on or off at the moment. There will be a first pitch inspection later. The advice was keep an eye out for an announcement online.

Any idea, when that First Inspection will take place ? I usually leave home around 3 to 3.30pm to avoid the worst of the early evening traffic around Colchester.

 

[Petejames]

Woking-Gateshead is off…
Is ours going the same way obviously we can give it a good few more hours

 

[Shrimpergonzo]

+++++MATCH POSTPONED+++++

 

[Cricko]

Pfft. Lightweights.

 

[Cricko]

+++++MATCH POSTPONED+++++

Can you let the club know please.

 

[annie1954]

+++++MATCH POSTPONED+++++

Can’t see anything from the club where did you see this??

 

[Cricko]

Wealdstone Match Postponed

The official website of Southend United FC

www.southendunited.co.uk

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

The postponement might done us an extra favour - Wealdstone have just lost two of their best players before we go there on Tuesday:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1748073772471451739

 

[Sammy Shrimper]

Stuart Maynard was their Manager.

 

[rshepp]

We still do. Have faith.

This is not the fault of ground staff.
Every ground needs a heating system at this time. This is seriously cold and not helped by a south stand and high rise block of flats.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Stuart Maynard was their Manager.

Haha oops. Well: I’m in bed laid up with the mother of all colds / flu / Covid / whatever so I didn’t look into it I just assumed (oops!)…

Actually this is even better news

 

[RHB]

Hope you're feeling better soon Spiffy. The cold that seems to be sweeping the nation is a bit of a git and sneezing features strongly, which is why my laptop screen is a bit smeary at the moment. Yuk!