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Hoping for a great game and result to get us going again at home. This could be the start of a significant stage in a promotion push and it sounds like Coley has got the lads fired up. I have just re-read Phil Whalley's wonderful book "The club that wouldn't die" and it seems to me that we could be on the verge of something big again. I just hope our supporters are up for it!

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The way things have gone since Nov 14th I just hoping for a game.;)

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Let's hope that the rain stays away and that the frost does not set in either!
Desperate to see the team play at home and get a WIN!
ON STANLEY ON:theband:

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If the frost does set in, it'll be partly the clubs fault for failing to have undersoil heating put in

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I personally don't think rain will be the problem, but snow and ice is another story entirely, although the temperatures look like holding above freezing (only just), like others, I am hoping to see a game this Saturday and the following Tuesday but the weather gods may be jinxing us, though hope not.

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you can roll out the covers for this one Somerset

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Yes as the club has failed to have undersoil heating put in

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With all the hot air you've been coming out with lately , Andy Holt's talking about installing a hypocaust

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You really are a nerd in the first degree :rolleyes:

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Does the fact it would be a frozen pitch mean it would only be a disgrace only meriting a letter or are disgraces consecutive in which case it would be a ginormous disgrace which merited a phonecall :D :D

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Sounds like a massive away following coming up :) Also pay on the gate for any pompey fans who haven't bought one .

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GO AWAY !!!......and STAY AWAY !!

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Portsmouth themselves didn't get undersoil heating despite spending 7 years in the premier league, the majority of which they didn't have a roof over away fans either.

Since when were clubs in the 4th division expected to have undersoil heating? It won't get cold enough for long enough as it is forecasted. It is hard to see this one being off.

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Somerset is a wind up merchant and some of you fall for it every time!:D:p

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In comparison to the previous weeks the forecast is fairly good :)

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Aye seems better, but hows the pitch dave?:confused:

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go away !!.......now !!.

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Has anyone else noticed you never get Somerset, Davo, or Malcolm the Mole on at the same time?:rolleyes:

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Stop being unfriendly towards me, OK

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So is the club plus other clubs for failing to have undersoil heating put in

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I would like them to have undersoil heating so games don't get postponed due to a frozen pitch and as there's frost forecast for Friday night the pitch could be frozen etc

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It's just dawned on me..............

Maybe he's a "ground cover" or "undersoil heating" salesman :eek:

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Can't we just ban this individual? I'm all for free speech but this person is dragging the message board down to kindergarten level. Alternatively, how can I put him/her on "ignore"?

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Click "Quick Links" (top right) then "Control Panel" (in the drop down) then "Edit Ignore List" (left side menu).

Problem is you'll still see other's responses to his witterings :mad:

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Also if anyones thick enough to highlight him, yeh will see the post he made.:D

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Well why didn't you say that in the first place!! Name and shame :D

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That's what happened when I put Dav007 on mine. Not seen him on for a while though.

I also suggested a ban but the best we got was his threads were locked. it now means he pollutes normal threads like this one.

And I don't think he is on the wind up as others say, I think he really is a dingbat

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Possible its a toss up between that @ what Exile thinks possible.

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I think Exile is right too it's just that I'm less diplomatic :D

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Like I said.....GO AWAY .........NOW !!!.

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D !...We can but hope that somehow his useless threads and posts are seen as such and deleted by those able to do so !.

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go away !.....now !!!.

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go away....now !!.

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“The moment you start arguing with an ignorant fool, you have already lost.”
― Ali
onwards and upwards the Stanley

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I said stop being unfriendly towards me, OK, and that is what you are being by saying that.

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Stop saying that or I'll report you

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:dummy2:

:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:

We are well aware the your Asperger's makes it difficult for you to understand and cope with verbal clues. Maybe visuals help.

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For Alfred E ....

Alf, please tell Yonmon that I've blocked Somerset so I don't see his (Somerset's) drivel, but still do if he (Yonmon) quotes him (Somerset) in his (Yonmon's) posts. And please ask him (Yonmon) not to!!

Many thanks :D

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Can't you just take the pet and go elsewhere? :dummy: :bleedht: :silly:

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Chimer...I've ensured that Yonmon pulls himself together and totally ignores THE ANNOYANCE from now on !!.

Time for bed !...Ta ta .

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Chimer I too would like to block somerset ? how do you block Somerset

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Sod the under soil heating, Me and cashy want electric heated seats first.

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No one forgot to switch it on, Yeovil unfortunately doesn't have it

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Or maybe using 'socratic irony' himself...

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I would doubt it

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Let's all do it !!

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I did it ages ago. But still see the posts that are being quoted. The best thing for us is that the MOds just block him from posting on our threads!

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either that or none of us reply to his post's, trolls don't get any joy out of silence

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Oooh.......Errrr. Pitch inspection at Rochdale at 11 tomorrow. Mind you their pitch is regularly wrecked by the egg chasers.

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To be fair the RL season has been over since around September.


In regards to our pitch I went to the club today and they said the pitch had no problems re being waterlogged and they are confident the covers will keep any frost off.

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Just been looking at the covers on the wham ground
https://twitter.com/ASFCofficial?ori...96451774386178

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Eh? The Hornets still have 10 home fixtures to play this season!

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The season hasn't started yet for 2016

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They played their first pre-season last Sunday and messed up the pitch. Due to play again on Sunday!

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Hardly "regularly wrecked" applies for this weekend.

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Jesus, what is this, the Spanish Inquisition? I am only highlighting the concerns of the Dale fans who worry about the effect the rugby boys have on their pitch. You seem a little bit sensitive from the tone of your posts on behalf of the R.L. Wish I had never mentioned it!��

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Hornets have far more than 10 home games left, the fixture list covers half the season, but one friendly since Sept isn't the problem.

All grounds are inspected before every match, it is the referees job even at pub level, it is the timing of pitch inspections that alert you to the possible problem.

-2 for a few hours with covers should not be a problem, it would be a massive shock if this one was off.

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Pitch Inspection at 10.............

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Nervously awaiting the ref's decision. . . . . . . come on Mr. Kettle, play nice - please! :)

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hope mr. kettle is switched on.

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just come from ground pitch is rock hard, told game is off

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https://twitter.com/ASFCofficial

Fair play all the pitch was covered

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Damn it!! :(

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Game off official Twitter account

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Say it for me Di !!.

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Just looking outside means it will be off becoming boring now another Saturday no football not looking good for Tuesday either weather wise.

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this must be the worst season for years. York away was my last plus I,ve refereed one sunday game since end of October. I,ll move to somerset.

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I've lost count. Is it 9 or 10 weeks since we last played at home? This is the worst season ever for us since that winter of 1963! Well it would've been if we hadn't gone out of business the year before.:rolleyes:
Ah well, at least we have the Portsmouth fans money as they've already bought their tickets, though i don't think we'll get the extra pay on the day away fans on a re-arranged Tuesday night fixture.
It's not the club's fault. They've done everything possible but it's either p!ssing down or freezing these days. Maybe the Football League will step in and ask us to play at Rovers or Burnley,as a very big backlog is building up!
I wonder what pearls of wisdom yon twonk from Somerset will come out with?
Can't wait(!):rolleyes:

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Incredible bad luck to have yet another Home Match called off!:eek:
In spite of the club doing everything right this week with extra help from keen volunteers the weather gremlins have won once again!:(
A BIG THANK YOU to Buzza and all the volunteers who tried their best to get the match on.:jimbo:
I agree it is the worst run of matches called off that I can remember!:confused:

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. . . . . . . If only we'd had that flippin undersoil heating installed. . . (I'll get me coat) :hidewall:

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Really gutted. Don't get the chance to get to many games and my Portsmouth supporting mate was going to give me a lift. On the bright side, thanks for the early decision, at least it means I hadn't already set off :)

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Huge,ginormous whangdanger of a disgrace. We have reached defcon phonecall:D:D

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If one of our statistic fans can check,but I am sure it's a record for consecutive home games being cancelled !!.
On the plus side,most teams don't fancy coming Accy on a midweek game.

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Your optimism knows no bounds, F19.

The only consolation from all of this is we might be able to get rid of that idiot from Zummerzet if enough folk 'report' his foul-mouthed reply (click on small warning triangle below his name).

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Obviously I'd of liked the game to go ahead as 3 points would be a real dent in your aspirations.
You're having a great season and it seems a shame that you should have your season derailed by your own pitch.
With a first team that is excellent but little depth your own pitch is likely to be the deciding factor in a great season.
We don't have undersoil heating at fratton but we don't need it as it rarely freezes on the south coast.
As for the game. We have been getting better every game of late and the 70% possession at Ipswich in the fa cup has been a norm for us.
Goals are flowing and we are definitely looking up at automatic places.
Next week is our crunch match. We've beaten all the sides above us away and now entertain the first of the three in Oxford at home.
I wish you luck for the future and was a tad annoyed at the prospect of you being fleeced by Rangers of talent.
See you soon.
Play up Pompey
Jackfrost

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Very good post I am beginning to wonder if it might be worth switching venue for at least 1game because we are just losing ground and playing catch up could be damaging.

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Good post Jack,and of the top teams,we should have beaten Northampton and Oxford.
Portsmouth however are slowly building a good team and hence playing them on a Tuesday night would /maybe give us an edge!!!
Within five years they will be in championship,certain of that.

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Most of Accrington don't even like coming on a midweek game mate!

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According to the weather forecast there are barely three or four hours between now and Tuesday night when the temperature is above zero. The fixture jam could get worse before it gets better.

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All these games being off can damage what little home support we have people get out of the habit everything conspires against our little club.

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I would disagree up to a point. most of our support would go if they could regardless. I'm going to try for some of the midweek games if holidays allow. We don't have enough floating fans to make a difference it's the away fans that make the difference

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No luck with the weather :mad: but the other results from the last two weeks have been kind to Stanley.:)

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Yer not kidding, were still in a playoff position.:) and wi the forecast tuesdays game is very doubtful?

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Had to Google map this afternoon ....I'd forgotten how to get to 'the Crown' !

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I was convinced it would be on from the conditions of grass and pitches less than two miles away, and seen as it was the only league game to be called off I would guess it was down to all the retained water being frozen.

At least the Stanley Chairman didn't do a 100% guarantee the match would be on like Portsmouth have done in the near past before being frozen off. The away fans would have set off 9 bells latest if by road.

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I blame the French...

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spot on for me. supporting a club is habit forming and i.m afraid some will have found other things to do in the winter break. thankfully this didn.t happen when we were struggling a little while ago on and off the pitch. the only bright spot is that we are still in the play off positions and have something to cheer about. our luck will change i.m sure.

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As someone (almost) sang, "if it wasn't for bad luck, we'd have no luck at all".

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Everyone's frustrated that the game was off but at least the club did something to feed the travelling fans:
Accrington Stanley put on free buffet for fans that made wasted trip to Saturday's postponed game against Portsmouth | Daily Mail Online

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If it was at Warwick services a few might have benefited. Non-story really.

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So it's only Portsmouth fans that travel to the games? Aye right :rolleyes: . Another forty quid nigh on for half a dozen pints in Accy!! And I didn't even get up to the Crown as I was having a few pints in the town and that after waiting over an hour in preston because of train problems.

And getting home was a problem because of snow in Cumbria and D&G. That and making it past the pub when I got back on home territory :D .

I met a few Portsmouth fans in the town who had came up the night before and some who did likewise in Preston around 11ish. Those in the town did go to the Crown and one even said he was allowed into the ground and got a programme so no it isn't a non story it's part of following a league 2 club with very little money.

And I didn't even get a programme after all that :( !! But it won't stop me coming back down again.

It's winter and it's league 2. So far I've travelled nearly 700 miles to try to watch accy games that have been off and that's only 3 games to Preston, Carlisle and Accy so I know more than most what it feels like.

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Hardly my fault. I am on he side of travelling support, and I know a sausage roll doesn't make up for 500 miles wasted for the residual number who may have made it.

Supporting a League 2 club is a luxury, try Cheshire league.

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Nobody is blaming you because it isn't anybody's fault. Any football fan traveling to games in this weather is taking a chance and the further you travel more of a chance you are taking. I knew that but took the chance and I am not going to whine about it.

What would your solution be? Call the game off the night before then whine because the pitch was playable come kick off?

If you don't want to risk wasting 500 miles don't go and if you do don't whine about it when the game is off. The weather forecast is hardly a secret and the fact that we have had so many other games called off should have been a clue that there was a risk.

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It was £62 for me but no pints - I diverted to Ewood Park in the hope of watching some football. I use the word "football" loosely as far as Blackburn Rovers are concerned. They had 11 players wearing blue & white shirts but they experienced considerable difficulty in passing to a player wearing the same coloured shirt. Proccy and some mates were sitting near me - they didn't reappear for the 2nd half!

And that had a knock-on effect for trains heading south.

I also met a few at Preston station around 12ish. They had also stayed overnight. Possibly the same ones. They were very philosophical about the postponement.

My fruitless mileage so far is almost 1400.

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I made the mistake of going to Ewood once when our game was off and it was just the same except it was in the premiership and I won't make that mistake again.

I'm luckier than you in that I don't usually have to commit to any further than Carlisle until later in the day however that costs more overall but I wouldn't risk booking specific trains in this weather.


I think most fans are philosophical about it however the advent of social media has allowed some muppet a platform :D

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Easy, tiger, all Chewbacca was saying was that the great majority of Pompey fans would only have got about halfway when the game was called off, so not that many would have benefited from the club's generosity at the Crown.

I had the same thought, but unlike Chewie thought it did make a good pro-Stanley story. Not sure why thinking differently makes him a muppet looking for a platform?

For the avoidance of doubt, I consider your own dedication to the cause (and supporting the railways :D) is wholly admirable and I enjoy reading about your weekly exploits :)

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I took it he was referring to the muppet who just got banned, not chewbacca?

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Just to clarify, I wasn't meaning Chewie or anyone else on here with the exception of the now departed one. I was referring in part to some of the abuse directed at the club on twitter and just the fact that social media has allowed dafties in general to join together with their nonsense when previously they could be ignored.