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On the 27th July has been called off to protect the pitch ......... i was looking forward to that :(:(:(:(

Accrington Stanley

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Shame but probably the right call

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Now that is a big blow!
The Burnley friendly usually pays the July wages.

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That shouldn't be a problem because according to Heys and O'Neill we will be breaking even this season.

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I was rather surprised pitch before profits :eek:

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Dissapointed- yeh, but if thats the advice from people that "DO" know what there talking about, it makes good sense.:alright:

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Not really surprised but glad they're being sensible about it - would have been a shame to undo all the work that's been done on the pitch ............ maybe we could play it on Livy Road instead :)

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:rofl38: the neighbours would complain.............tho whats wrong with hyams or back at peel park lmao:D:D

Do agree even tho very surprised about the sensile approach to ensuring the pitch gets the best start:)

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I'm still in shock, to be honest, they finally done summat right.:eek: fingers crossed this is the first of many things.:thankya:

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Lets face it, you got wind of a couple of 5-0 wins in Singapore this week and you were cacking it :D

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Is the control box in it's new position yet ? If not then that could have contributed to the postponment.

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didn't i read a statement from DON last week saying that the game could and would go ahead with or without any grass on the pitch? Turning down the biggest money making game of the season, call me cynical but i think there''s more to this!

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Think you could be right, Jeff. A while ago the pitch looked as though it would be ready, though admittedly not from a close up inspection.

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:)Your cynical;):D

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i know :D

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:) I think your looking for something that isn't there,i posted a bit a go that the club was working with the contracters who did the work and it was been moniterd on a daily bases,at the end of the day the club wants to have the best pitch possible and if postponing a friendly all be it Burnley then so be it.I know what i'd rarther have and thats the best possibe pitch any time:)

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I've made up my mind to stop being cynical ....
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Next week :)

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its in this weeks accy observer on the back page .. now i always thought that the accy observer was printed on a wednesday .. i bought this today about 2pm ... it says that stanley officials inspected the pitch on thursday morning and said it was a no-go.

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:) the club proberly called the game off yesterday and informed the observer of the news shortly after. them the club made an announcement to day to correspond with the observers artical IMHO:)

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This is from the interview with David O'Neill dated 16 July:

Will the pitch be ready for the Burnley game?
I sincerely hope so. It’s looking a bit thin in places but the pitch contractor is fairly confident that we can play on there. The makeup of the pitch itself is different to other pitches, unlike park pitches which are just soil. Ours is now a sandy composition that we have to keep watered, we don’t really need grass on it effectively but it’s nice to play on green isn’t it!

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Having been up at the ground most days since the pitch was relaid I have said it would be touch and go as to whether it would be ready, from the touch line it looks great but when you go on it the grass is very thin down the middle, anyway we can all go to southport now and give Rocky some stick, could be more entertaining than the dingles.

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I wonder when our ground safety certificate is up.
I am sure it's usually just before the start of each season.
They will have to visit us soon......

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Yeh but its a child friendly forum.:D

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So, what's the score with the new control box? Have they made a start on it yet? They seem to be cutting it fine, if they haven't got it underway. Is this yet something else that I'll have to start fretting over? :eek:

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Well let's face it, they've got bull to spare up at the Crown. ;)

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I would say it's a distinct possibility we could all be fretting over it WH :rolleyes:

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TOUCHE !!.....and I'm going GREEN !!...

Alfred .E.....says... 'I had a dog who ate some horse manure once.
It DID make him very energetic for a few hours.
Then he puked and died.

TOTALLY IRRELEVANT !!

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It was manured before they put the seed down :)

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A bit of a blow for Alfred E., Mr Y, as I believe he was hoping to bring along his girlfriend, Moxie Cowznofski, along to the match. She was going to get her vulvazulu out specially for the occasion. Pity, that. ;)

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