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Post by Steve T on Feb 23, 2024 11:48:52 GMT 1
Given that the river is high and still rising, it doesn't look good for this one.
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Post by ianb on Feb 23, 2024 13:07:37 GMT 1
Very unlikely to go ahead, driving to work this morning the fields in King Sutton flooded totally virtually, have to hope for a few dry days so that the pitch can drain ready for Tuesday! Light Showers expected on Sunday 50% chance on one site!
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Post by Sparky on Feb 23, 2024 13:40:09 GMT 1
Had a quick look earlier and not as bad as it has been but its still fairly covered in flood water and still rising in the cowfield behind. One again many thanks to the Environment Agency flood prevention scheme😖😖😖
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Post by petet on Feb 23, 2024 14:46:47 GMT 1
Not looking good.
I assume that it will be an early pitch inspection, maybe this afternoon.
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Post by Steve T on Feb 23, 2024 16:04:37 GMT 1
The river looks to have peaked but it's near Monday's level and will take 18-24 hours to drop to a 'playable' height.
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Post by ianb on Feb 23, 2024 16:51:02 GMT 1
I have seen a photo on Facebook, taken this morning from the Air, Cowfield completely under water, the ground was under water in the corner by the Club house and by the new stand and down the side by the dugouts.
If not fully peaked only one thing will happen. More water on the pitch as the drainage system can't let excess water off the pitch due to the river height.
I have seen many people moaning saying that the flood defences north of the town don't work. I would hate to see the flooding in town if it was not there! Banbury Station Tracks were flooded back in 2007, a headline in a national newspaper was Train at platform pour and Lower Cherwell Street premises were flooded as the canal could not cope with water from the river at the back of the park by Bridge Street running into it!
However, we have had more than normal rainfall since October, ground everywhere is saturated, hence abnormal flooding!
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Post by Sparky on Feb 23, 2024 17:53:18 GMT 1
Doesn’t alter the fact that the ground has suffered more since the mitigation measures were put in and going forward it won’t get any better. Obviously a ground move will probably rectify the situation and as we all know that isn’t happening anytime soon. As far as the ground being redeveloped it will be interesting to see how this issue will be addressed as all it may do is create the problem elsewhere.
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Post by puritanmk on Feb 23, 2024 18:07:35 GMT 1
Off. Hope we get some help from the local MP (in election year).
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Post by Sparky on Feb 23, 2024 19:00:42 GMT 1
Off. Hope we get some help from the local MP (in election year). Just spotted a flying pig overhead😂😂 |
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Post by geoff95 on Feb 23, 2024 19:28:15 GMT 1
Fixture pile up makes escaping the drop much more difficult.
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Post by Steve T on Feb 23, 2024 19:54:37 GMT 1
The Chorley game in November was postponed after an early morning inspection with standing water on the clubhouse side. The pitch had been playable the previous afternoon, despite almost an inch of rain on the Wednesday and Thursday. EA river level: 0.93m at 3pm Fri, 1.09m at 9am Sat.
On Monday the pitch was almost completely covered. At the time Shadders took his photos (about 1.30pm), the river was at 1.47. The following day (mid-morning) there was more grass visible than standing water and the river was at about 0.7 – i.e. lower than before the day before the Chorley game when there was no water on the pitch.
Make of that what you will.
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Post by Steve T on Feb 24, 2024 12:08:44 GMT 1
Below 0.9m. I wonder what the pitch will be like at 3pm...
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Post by Sparky on Feb 24, 2024 13:38:58 GMT 1
Below 0.9m. I wonder what the pitch will be like at 3pm... Bit academic really, probably wouldn’t have done the surface much good even if the levels have gone down. Hoping todays results don’t put us in a spot we don’t want to be in🤞🤞 |
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Post by Steve T on Feb 24, 2024 14:42:07 GMT 1
There are some unkind comments on the Twitter feed about yesterday's meeting at the ground: "Tin-pot club", "Try a bit harder to get the game on." Perhaps they're unaware of the river...
Forgive me for going on at length about this but earlier threads on the flooding (2012 and 2014) talk of a one-way valve in the outlet, installed to prevent water backing up. Is it not working or is it rendered pointless on some occasions when the river is so high? It certainly seems easier for water to get onto the pitch than off it.
Another possibility is that the flood barrier by the motorway holds the river at a level that protects the town centre but is still too high for the stadium and that it holds it at that level for much longer than before it was constructed i.e. previously, the river would have risen higher but fallen much more quickly with the pitch at risk for a shorter period.
It's also worth mentioning that four of the postponements were a little unfortunate in that the rains came in the second half of the week. Had there been just one more dry day, the games against Chorley, Darlington (2nd time), Rushall and Shields would probably have gone ahead.
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Post by didier on Feb 24, 2024 18:08:43 GMT 1
Other results today ....
Bishops Stortford P-P Chorley
(15) Blyth Spartans 2-2 Boston United (6)
(4) Chester 1-1 Spennymoor Town (16)
(23) Darlington 2-1 Buxton (13)
(22) Gloucester City 1-0 Scarborough Athletic (8)
(21) Kings Lynn Town 0-0 Farsley Celtic (14)
(17) Peterborough Sports 4-0 Rushall Olympic (20)
(2) Scunthorpe United 1-0 Alfreton Town (5)
(18) Southport 1-2 Hereford (11)
(1) Tamworth 0-0 Curzon Ashton (10)
(12) Warrington Town 2-2 Brackl£y Town (7)
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