[Outback Ozzy]

Whilst I can sympathise and empathise with most of the comments on this thread, what i cannot understand is how will the Football League or FA for that matter get involved. Let's face it, the weather around Lancashire has been terrible and as has been pointed out, the ground is at the foot of a hill. Blame the contractors who put in the drainage which obviously isn't working. Hell I came up from Wigan yesterday, with my lad and sat in the pub waiting for the kick off whatching the Manchester derby, yes i was disappointed, but lets get a grip of reality. It is all very well blaming all and sundry, but no one on here blames Ilyas (I don't either) yet he was the one who paid for the pitch! We have come through a pretty poor winter and the only thing that will stop the freezing or drowning of the pitch is a cover for the whole ground (and that aint gonna happen). I missed my football yesterday, but if a referee says its unfit then its unfit. Earlier inspections would not have made a ha'penth of difference. I went to Wigan v Blackburn last week and how that match was played I do not know, it was a swimming pool on the pitch. Different referees, different standards.
My only fear is that we are backing up games now and will be forced to play 2 a week for the foreseeable future.
Had we been a non-league team then the game would have been on probably, but we are a professional side now with so called professional referees upholding the health and safety and wellbeing of both teams.