Chris Crowe
New Member
Hi All, well today was a bit of a waste, went to an Under 11 Game arrived an hour earlier than the due KO time as it was a frosty morning the ground was rock hard, but the sun was out and it was getting warmer agreed with the 2 managers that we would delay kick-off until 11.30am to give the pitch a chance to defrost.
we even tried moving to another pitch but inevitably at 11.20am as there were area's of he pitch still hard and I called the game off.
There was a lot of pressure for and against for the game going ahead from parents/ players and coaches and as you may guess they all couldn't be happy at the outcome.
I did call them all over and explained my decision and that it was in the interest off the kids safety.
In hindsight probably should have called the game off when I arrived but I was trying to give the game every opportunity to go ahead.
Anyone have any views/ similar situations?
we even tried moving to another pitch but inevitably at 11.20am as there were area's of he pitch still hard and I called the game off.
There was a lot of pressure for and against for the game going ahead from parents/ players and coaches and as you may guess they all couldn't be happy at the outcome.
I did call them all over and explained my decision and that it was in the interest off the kids safety.
In hindsight probably should have called the game off when I arrived but I was trying to give the game every opportunity to go ahead.
Anyone have any views/ similar situations?