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At Hillsborough tonight. I called it before kick off watching the radar on my phone. Wish I'd had a bet on it now!

David Mitchell. Home from Hillsborough. Yorkshire.

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David Mitchell wrote:
At Hillsborough tonight. I called it before kick off watching the radar on my phone. Wish I'd had a bet on it now!

David Mitchell. Home from Hillsborough. Yorkshire.
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Why? Waterlogged pitch?

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Dave Cornwell wrote:
David Mitchell wrote:
At Hillsborough tonight. I called it before kick off watching the
radar on my phone. Wish I'd had a bet on it now!

David Mitchell. Home from Hillsborough. Yorkshire.
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Why? Waterlogged pitch?
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Apologies if that sounded flippant. Been out (indoors)all night and
hadn't seen the main BBC headlines saying how bad things are from
several angles in the North.
Nothing dramatic here in the S.E, just a bit of heavy rain and squalls.
Dave

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On Thursday, 19 December 2013 00:05:31 UTC, Dave Cornwell wrote:
Dave Cornwell wrote:

David Mitchell wrote:

At Hillsborough tonight. I called it before kick off watching the

radar on my phone. Wish I'd had a bet on it now!



David Mitchell. Home from Hillsborough. Yorkshire.

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Why? Waterlogged pitch?

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Apologies if that sounded flippant. Been out (indoors)all night and

hadn't seen the main BBC headlines saying how bad things are from

several angles in the North.

Nothing dramatic here in the S.E, just a bit of heavy rain and squalls.

Dave

In the Stoke United game the ref called the teams of the pitch in the 1st half due to hail and visibility-totally ridiculous IMHO, as the intensity lasted about two minutes with no visible grass covering. just more Elf 'n' safety cobblers ....IMHO of course.

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Why? Waterlogged pitch

Entirely reasonable as I didn't give a reason. Standard heavy rain, then an intense burst early in the second half was the final straw and it became a bit of a lottery.
If they had come off for 10 minutes, thy would probably have been able to finish the game, as it stopped!

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In article ,
Lawrence Jenkins writes:
In the Stoke United game the ref called the teams of the pitch in
the 1st half due to hail and visibility-totally ridiculous IMHO, as the
intensity lasted about two minutes with no visible grass covering.
just more Elf 'n' safety cobblers ....IMHO of course.

According to the report I heard, the hail was so bad that the players
had to shelter their eyes with their hands. Even if it wasn't unsafe
(which it sounds as though it might have been), it would have been
impossible to play proper football in those conditions. I understand
that the match soon resumed after the conditions improved, which seems
fair enough.
--
John Hall "He crams with cans of poisoned meat
The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands G.K.Chesterton:
Why, he laughs like anything." from "Song Against Grocers"

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On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 09:58:23 +0000
John Hall wrote:

In article ,
Lawrence Jenkins writes:
In the Stoke United game the ref called the teams of the pitch in
the 1st half due to hail and visibility-totally ridiculous IMHO, as
the intensity lasted about two minutes with no visible grass
covering. just more Elf 'n' safety cobblers ....IMHO of course.

According to the report I heard, the hail was so bad that the players
had to shelter their eyes with their hands. Even if it wasn't unsafe
(which it sounds as though it might have been), it would have been
impossible to play proper football in those conditions. I understand
that the match soon resumed after the conditions improved, which seems
fair enough.

It was so bad, Evans lost his head.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25328569

--
Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks. Mail: 'newsman' not 'newsboy'.
'Don't let old age put you off starting complicated jigsaws. If you
don't finish, it will give guests something fun to do at your funeral.'
- Bridget&Joan's Diary.

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In article -jade,
Graham P Davis writes:
On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 09:58:23 +0000
John Hall wrote:

In article ,
Lawrence Jenkins writes:
In the Stoke United game the ref called the teams of the pitch in
the 1st half due to hail and visibility-totally ridiculous IMHO, as
the intensity lasted about two minutes with no visible grass
covering. just more Elf 'n' safety cobblers ....IMHO of course.

According to the report I heard, the hail was so bad that the players
had to shelter their eyes with their hands. Even if it wasn't unsafe
(which it sounds as though it might have been), it would have been
impossible to play proper football in those conditions. I understand
that the match soon resumed after the conditions improved, which seems
fair enough.

It was so bad, Evans lost his head.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25328569


I notice that the referee said that visibility got so bad that he
couldn't see the players, which seems like a valid reason for suspending
play.
--
John Hall "He crams with cans of poisoned meat
The subjects of the King,
And when they die by thousands G.K.Chesterton:
Why, he laughs like anything." from "Song Against Grocers"

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On Thursday, 19 December 2013 09:58:23 UTC, John Hall wrote:
In article ,

Lawrence Jenkins writes:

In the Stoke United game the ref called the teams of the pitch in

the 1st half due to hail and visibility-totally ridiculous IMHO, as the

intensity lasted about two minutes with no visible grass covering.

just more Elf 'n' safety cobblers ....IMHO of course.



According to the report I heard, the hail was so bad that the players

had to shelter their eyes with their hands. Even if it wasn't unsafe

(which it sounds as though it might have been), it would have been

impossible to play proper football in those conditions. I understand

that the match soon resumed after the conditions improved, which seems

fair enough.

--

..Oh the poor little babies how will they ever get over it.

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.Oh the poor little babies how will they ever get over it.

If you'd ever been out in an intense hailstorm, you wouldn't have written that.