| Portsmouth pitch… 09:11 - Jan 3 with 3263 views | ITFC_Forever |
…with temperatures due to drop to -3 in Pompey tonight, and given the length of Portsmouth’s injury list, I wonder if they might not try too hard to defrost the pitch tomorrow morning? |  |
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| Portsmouth pitch… on 09:21 - Jan 3 with 3146 views | Churchman |
If I were them I’d be pouring water on it this afternoon and maybe bring in some snow making equipment with that injury list!!
And if they have any under soil heating ….’ooops, sorry, accidentally dropped a spanner in the works’.
Oh well, what’ll be will be. |  | | |
| Portsmouth pitch… on 09:22 - Jan 3 with 3129 views | tonybied |
That thought did cross my mind too. It's the perfect time for whatever technology they use to protect their pitch from freezing over to fail! |  | | |
| Portsmouth pitch… on 09:24 - Jan 3 with 3107 views | trncbluearmy |
| Portsmouth pitch… on 09:21 - Jan 3 by Churchman |
If I were them I’d be pouring water on it this afternoon and maybe bring in some snow making equipment with that injury list!!
And if they have any under soil heating ….’ooops, sorry, accidentally dropped a spanner in the works’.
Oh well, what’ll be will be. |
They don't have undersoil heating but according to local rag have never had a game postponed for frozen pitch............until tomorrow?! [Post edited 3 Jan 9:29]
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| Portsmouth pitch… on 09:29 - Jan 3 with 3016 views | EdwardStone |
| Portsmouth pitch… on 09:24 - Jan 3 by trncbluearmy |
They don't have undersoil heating but according to local rag have never had a game postponed for frozen pitch............until tomorrow?! [Post edited 3 Jan 9:29]
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Was the pitch provided by Johnny Lewis then? |  | | |
| Portsmouth pitch… on 09:34 - Jan 3 with 2932 views | ITFC_Forever |
Although having said that, -3 isn’t horrendously low… although they don’t have undersoil heating, simple frost covers should do the trick. | |
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| Portsmouth pitch… on 09:45 - Jan 3 with 2814 views | Basuco |
| Portsmouth pitch… on 09:24 - Jan 3 by trncbluearmy |
They don't have undersoil heating but according to local rag have never had a game postponed for frozen pitch............until tomorrow?! [Post edited 3 Jan 9:29]
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A bit like us, then we had that New Years Day Watford game called off, although if I remember correctly the ref seemed determined to call it off. |  | | |
| Portsmouth pitch… on 10:19 - Jan 3 with 2528 views | tazdac |
A bit like getting a mystery international call up against Barnsley ;o) |  | | |
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| Portsmouth pitch… on 10:33 - Jan 3 with 2431 views | MattinLondon |
| Portsmouth pitch… on 09:45 - Jan 3 by Basuco |
A bit like us, then we had that New Years Day Watford game called off, although if I remember correctly the ref seemed determined to call it off. |
I seem to remember that both teams thought that the pitch was perfectly playable but that the ref just didn’t want the game to go ahead.
But presumably if both teams thought it playable the ref had to justify his decision in some sort of report? |  | | |
| Portsmouth pitch… on 11:13 - Jan 3 with 2223 views | ITFC_Forever |
| Portsmouth pitch… on 09:45 - Jan 3 by Basuco |
A bit like us, then we had that New Years Day Watford game called off, although if I remember correctly the ref seemed determined to call it off. |
*Boxing Day. | |
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| Portsmouth pitch… on 11:23 - Jan 3 with 2154 views | EastTownBlue |
| Portsmouth pitch… on 10:33 - Jan 3 by MattinLondon |
I seem to remember that both teams thought that the pitch was perfectly playable but that the ref just didn’t want the game to go ahead.
But presumably if both teams thought it playable the ref had to justify his decision in some sort of report? |
Think it was one area of the pitch the ref was unhappy with but didn't give any time for that to be looked at. Whether it would have been similar to the match against Middlesbrough a year later where it started to freeze over again through the match and was abandonded we will never know. | | | |
| Portsmouth pitch… on 12:01 - Jan 3 with 1964 views | PhilTWTD |
| Portsmouth pitch… on 11:23 - Jan 3 by EastTownBlue |
Think it was one area of the pitch the ref was unhappy with but didn't give any time for that to be looked at. Whether it would have been similar to the match against Middlesbrough a year later where it started to freeze over again through the match and was abandonded we will never know. |
Alan Ferguson was adamant he would have got the game on had he been given the opportunity, but the referee didn't give him the half an hour he would have needed. As you say, one area of the pitch by the Cobbold Stand. |  | | |
| Portsmouth pitch… on 12:06 - Jan 3 with 1923 views | Keno |
I heard they are speaking to the Blackburn groundsman for advice |  |
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| Portsmouth pitch… on 13:16 - Jan 3 with 1641 views | Denny32 |
If the ball bounces ,game goes ahead!! | | | |
| Portsmouth pitch… on 11:04 - Jan 4 with 782 views | ITFC_Forever |
Prophet of doom. | |
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