9 miles away from Oxford 07:52 - Jan 21 with 3141 views | davblue | Foggy, light dusting of snow and frosty. Hopefully the covers have done it’s bit but need the sun to break through and warm up. [Post edited 21 Jan 2023 8:12]
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9 miles away from Oxford on 08:01 - Jan 21 with 3048 views | Mummy_Short_Arms | Guess there will be a pitch inspection around 9 as per their postponed Barnsley match. Although no official mention of one so who knows.. |  |
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9 miles away from Oxford on 08:35 - Jan 21 with 2807 views | DavoIPB | It's going to be off. Frozen solid here. Ground won't warm enough |  | |  |
9 miles away from Oxford on 08:36 - Jan 21 with 2801 views | Wallingford_Boy | Snow?! Do you live in the hills?! It’ll be on, temperatures warmer than before, cover would have done the job. See you there! |  |
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9 miles away from Oxford on 08:37 - Jan 21 with 2791 views | Wallingford_Boy |
9 miles away from Oxford on 08:35 - Jan 21 by DavoIPB | It's going to be off. Frozen solid here. Ground won't warm enough |
Did you have a cover over your garden overnight? |  |
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9 miles away from Oxford on 08:42 - Jan 21 with 2688 views | Wallingford_Boy |
I probably live closer to the ground than them, it’s on. Don’t think they’re even inspecting the pitch, they had a cover this time, which has done the job, sun breaking through now too. |  |
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9 miles away from Oxford on 08:56 - Jan 21 with 2495 views | davblue |
9 miles away from Oxford on 08:36 - Jan 21 by Wallingford_Boy | Snow?! Do you live in the hills?! It’ll be on, temperatures warmer than before, cover would have done the job. See you there! |
Not far from the Chilterns when I say light I mean very light. |  | |  |
9 miles away from Oxford on 09:00 - Jan 21 with 2468 views | DJR | Oxford put out a tweet an hour ago welcoming Ipswich, which I don't think they would have done if there was a pitch inspection or there was any chance of the game being called off. Someone responded to this with the following. I called the ticket office yesterday to ask about a refund in the event the game got called. They made me feel quite stupid for even asking the question and said “the covers are on and the game will go ahead as we’re expecting it to warm up” |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
9 miles away from Oxford on 09:00 - Jan 21 with 2462 views | Wallingford_Boy |
9 miles away from Oxford on 08:56 - Jan 21 by davblue | Not far from the Chilterns when I say light I mean very light. |
You are close then, I’ll pop over for a pre match cuppa. |  |
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9 miles away from Oxford on 09:04 - Jan 21 with 2390 views | SitfcB |
9 miles away from Oxford on 09:00 - Jan 21 by DJR | Oxford put out a tweet an hour ago welcoming Ipswich, which I don't think they would have done if there was a pitch inspection or there was any chance of the game being called off. Someone responded to this with the following. I called the ticket office yesterday to ask about a refund in the event the game got called. They made me feel quite stupid for even asking the question and said “the covers are on and the game will go ahead as we’re expecting it to warm up” |
Do you follow football images that precede unfortunate events? They had the covers on for the game that got postponed last month, fair question I’d say. |  |
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9 miles away from Oxford on 09:22 - Jan 21 with 2079 views | Bluebell | No snow here north of Oxford but very foggy and freezing. At least it only takes us 20 minutes to get to the game so not panicking yet. |  | |  |
9 miles away from Oxford on 09:25 - Jan 21 with 2004 views | Wallingford_Boy |
9 miles away from Oxford on 09:15 - Jan 21 by DJR | I suppose I'm an optimist, or is it clutching at straws, because I'm heading off to the game in half an hour? And it would have been nice if Oxford had put out some sort of clarification by now, given all the speculation. Or maybe it's just too early to be sure. [Post edited 21 Jan 2023 9:16]
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Oxford aren’t exactly the best run club! But yeah, game will be on, don’t panic. |  |
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9 miles away from Oxford on 09:25 - Jan 21 with 2001 views | ITFC_Forever |
9 miles away from Oxford on 08:01 - Jan 21 by Mummy_Short_Arms | Guess there will be a pitch inspection around 9 as per their postponed Barnsley match. Although no official mention of one so who knows.. |
A 9am inspection serves no purpose, given that the ground has 6 hours to warm up from then. |  |
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9 miles away from Oxford on 09:27 - Jan 21 with 1974 views | Wallingford_Boy |
9 miles away from Oxford on 09:25 - Jan 21 by ITFC_Forever | A 9am inspection serves no purpose, given that the ground has 6 hours to warm up from then. |
10am usually at Oxford |  |
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9 miles away from Oxford on 09:31 - Jan 21 with 1907 views | ITFC_Forever |
9 miles away from Oxford on 09:27 - Jan 21 by Wallingford_Boy | 10am usually at Oxford |
Still serves no purpose. The ground will be different at 10am vs 3pm. |  |
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9 miles away from Oxford on 09:38 - Jan 21 with 1798 views | Wallingford_Boy |
9 miles away from Oxford on 09:31 - Jan 21 by ITFC_Forever | Still serves no purpose. The ground will be different at 10am vs 3pm. |
Temperatures rises 3 degrees in that time.. |  |
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9 miles away from Oxford on 09:39 - Jan 21 with 1774 views | PhilTWTD | Am told no pitch inspection required, game to go ahead as planned. |  | |  |
9 miles away from Oxford on 09:40 - Jan 21 with 1745 views | ITFC_Forever |
9 miles away from Oxford on 09:38 - Jan 21 by Wallingford_Boy | Temperatures rises 3 degrees in that time.. |
Exactly, so what use is a 10am inspection? |  |
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9 miles away from Oxford on 09:53 - Jan 21 with 1606 views | davblue |
9 miles away from Oxford on 09:00 - Jan 21 by Wallingford_Boy | You are close then, I’ll pop over for a pre match cuppa. |
Your welcome, just take off your shoes on the way in! |  | |  |
9 miles away from Oxford on 09:55 - Jan 21 with 1596 views | whymark4lazio0 | |  |
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9 miles away from Oxford on 10:00 - Jan 21 with 1573 views | BanksterDebtSlave |
That statue needs to stay clear of railway lines. |  |
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9 miles away from Oxford on 10:38 - Jan 21 with 1442 views | Stewart27 |
9 miles away from Oxford on 08:35 - Jan 21 by DavoIPB | It's going to be off. Frozen solid here. Ground won't warm enough |
Thankfully there is optimism and realism out there. |  | |  |
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