Hey all,
I'm not a new referee per say but this is the first season where I've actually been asked/required to carry out pitch inspection due to the weather.
Previously, the games I've reffed at L7 & 6 have mostly been on council owned pitches and they've made the call on whether a game goes ahead or not.
Now that I'm reffing a better standard, more of the pitches are owned by the clubs and they're starting to ask for pitch inspections.
I was chatting a few other refs recently and there was some disagreement about what we should do if, for example, 5% of the pitch is dodgy but 95% is ok.
Does anyone have any advice around how much you can get away with? Obviously if that 5% is submerged then it's a given that the game doesn't go ahead, I'm talking about a small percentage that is very soft/wet rather than submerged etc.
I'm not a new referee per say but this is the first season where I've actually been asked/required to carry out pitch inspection due to the weather.
Previously, the games I've reffed at L7 & 6 have mostly been on council owned pitches and they've made the call on whether a game goes ahead or not.
Now that I'm reffing a better standard, more of the pitches are owned by the clubs and they're starting to ask for pitch inspections.
I was chatting a few other refs recently and there was some disagreement about what we should do if, for example, 5% of the pitch is dodgy but 95% is ok.
Does anyone have any advice around how much you can get away with? Obviously if that 5% is submerged then it's a given that the game doesn't go ahead, I'm talking about a small percentage that is very soft/wet rather than submerged etc.