Torquay United Fans Forum

Linostan wrote: ↑05 Mar 2019, 19:09 In the majority of cases it is only the referee who can postpone a match due to the pitch being unplayable - ie waterlogged,snow, ice and the like. Referees and the assistants normally arrive for this class of match around two hours before kick off and one of the first things they do is walk the pitch for any problems there might be with it irrespective of the weather.
So it seems as though the officials have arrived and done there job correctly. The club should have realised that there might be a problem with the pitch earlier and called in a local qualified class 1referee for advice and to give an earlier decision. As to the suggestion of no referee being available they would have a list of qualified officials or got in touch with Devon FA to find one earlier of which I feel that one could have been found. So in conclusion I would say that TUFC have been a bit lax in the late postponement of the match.

Dutchgull wrote: ↑12 Feb 2019, 21:50 Welling will be much tougher.......don't get to carried away !