Source: FOOTYMAD
Weather wins at Whaddon Road: 'One place in the pitch the spiking machine had a hole two ins deep'
There wasn't a lot of doubt that when the local match official went out for his early morning pitch inspection that Tuesday evening's Shrimpers v Robins league clash would be postponed. v After a 09.00 pitch inspection the not too unsurprising news that Tuesday evening's match between the Shrimpers and Robins of Gloustershire has been postponed due to the adverse weather conditions; the pitch is frozen!Meanwhile, Cheltenham Town's football secretary Paul Godfrey has been speaking to local radio about the decision.Godfrey told BBC Radio Gloucestershire: "It was fairly straightforward - a referee appointed by the Football League came out at 9am. [He] had a look at various parts of the pitch and gave it a good thorough inspection, but it was fairly clear from the moment he walked on that it was frozen fairly solid. There was one place in the pitch where the spiking machine had a hole about two inches deep. The referee put his finger in and realised the pitch was frozen to that depth, so it was fairly clear the frost wasn't going to come out before the game."
