Game off

[TomHeffernan]

Can’t they just delay kick off till 1:30pm? I guarantee that pitch will be fine by then.

 

[Canterbury Blade]

Guess that will be expensive. Lost tickets for midweek fixtures, catering, hospitality and I wonder if Sky fine? A bit too amateurish for me!

 

[SuperSonicBlade89]

Anyone remember when we played Crewe Alexandra in 2006 at the Lane? We managed to play a game on a snow and ice covered pitch back then. What's changed in 20 years?

 

[Corkblade]

Wasn't the pitch relayed in the summer, surely the under soil heating would be checked then

 

[Crafty Blade]

I know people love conspiracies but it will not be deliberate / tactical.

Incompetent? maybe

 

[Westran]

Only reasonable explanation would be that they switched the heating off Thursday after the match, then the pitch froze over into Friday morning and they haven't been able to get it on since without risk of a burst pipe

 

[Rodley]

It’s an early kick off and cold as fuck. Really deep frost so the undersoil heating probably isn’t powerful enough - it doesn’t cook the soil!

 

[Blade In Flame]

Anyone remember when we played Crewe Alexandra in 2006 at the Lane? We managed to play a game on a snow and ice covered pitch back then. What's changed in 20 years?

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The western world has got softer and now sports purple hair, nose rings and pronouns.

 

[Bill puntin]

How as a championship club do you not get a match on due to a frozen pitch?

I know, might get fined for this

 

[Harry's Game]

Wasn't the pitch relayed in the summer, surely the under soil heating would be checked then

If you can afford to have it serviced…

 

[Mickyb]

Due to a frozen pitch.

What the fuck have we been doing with our undersoil heating all night? How incredibly tinpot and pathetic

Penny pinching United at it again.

Least we won't have to endure the cold!

What a rediculous comment , it is obviously a technical failure , were all pissed of but things do break down or fail from time to time

 

[RossingtonBlade]

It’s very embarrassing

 

[SuperSonicBlade89]

Very tinpot considering Sunday League matches in the higher colder parts of Sheffield are still going ahead. On pitches with no heating whatsoever. I think that is just hilarious.

 

[bakeblade]

It’s an early kick off and cold as fuck. Really deep frost so the undersoil heating probably isn’t powerful enough - it doesn’t cook the soil!

Only game in the Prem and Championship called off is ours??
Couldn't they have covered it AND turned on the heating? Really poor and amateurish this.

 

[Good Pinch Of Snuff]

This is why you don't have games at 12pm in winter

 

[bakeblade]

Very tinpot considering Sunday League matches in the higher colder parts of Sheffield are still going ahead. I think that is just hilarious.

It's definitely not hilarious for the United and Oxford fans who were going

 

[metalblade]

Obviously we are skint and can't afford to put the heating on. Only Sheffield Utd could find new American owners without a cent to scratch their arses with, Phuck my life!

 

[1973Blade]

Feel sorry for Oxford fans travelling

 

[Nickydblade]

 

[MobileBlade]

Very tinpot considering Sunday League matches in the higher colder parts of Sheffield are still going ahead. On pitches with no heating whatsoever. I think that is just hilarious.

The three Sheffield leagues have no fixtures scheduled for today. Appreciate Rotherham Sunday League does and it does have some Sheffield clubs in it but virtually all those games have been confirmed as postponed.

 

[Grey Blade]

Found out just as we passed through Hillsborough. Having driven 60+ miles.
Thanks. What a cock up

 

[Broomhall Blade]

It’s an early kick off and cold as fuck. Really deep frost so the undersoil heating probably isn’t powerful enough - it doesn’t cook the soil!

Possible but how come every other Championship club and Premiership clubs under soil heating has managed to cope some even kicking off at the same time as us.
Maybe we bought the TEMU version of under soil heating.
Lets be honest it is very Tinpot.

 

[diode_blade]

Club statement.

The referee was called to Bramall Lane this morning with parts of the playing surface frozen and following an inspection he has taken the decision to call off the fixture due to concerns over player safety.

An announcement regarding a rearranged date will be confirmed in due course.

Officials at Sheffield United are extremely disappointed the fixture could not go ahead.

In the build up to the game, our pre-match procedures for forecasted low temperatures were followed, which included the use of our undersoil heating system.

This morning a small section of the playing surface was raised as a cause for concern. With this area still part frozen, all attempts were made to address this section of the pitch for it to meet the standard required for the match to go ahead.

The referee was then called in at the earliest possible opportunity to assess the playing surface. After he arranged an inspection, he deemed there to be a player safety concern, and opted to call off the fixture at 10am.

 

[HOT CURRIE 10]

I blame Wilder,forgot to leave the heating on and skipped off to the Banner cross pub last night for a sing a long.

 

[Nick Jansky]

Possible but how come every other Championship club and Premiership clubs under soil heating has managed to cope some even kicking off at the same time as us.
Maybe we bought the TEMU version of under soil heating.
Lets be honest it is very Tinpot.

It was the wrong sort of frost.

 

[Broomhall Blade]

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Like I have just said we've bought our under soil heating of TEMU.

 

[SuperSonicBlade89]

The three Sheffield leagues have no fixtures scheduled for today. Appreciate Rotherham Sunday League does and it does have some Sheffield clubs in it but virtually all those games have been confirmed as postponed.

My son plays in Sheffield Sunday League and their match has just kicked off, like at this moment.

 

[Blade In Flame]

Average overnight temp in Sheffield = minus 0.6 degrees

Average overnight temp in Leeds = minus 2.2 degrees

Blades match off, Leeds match on.

 

[blade too long]

rotherham and doncster off too must have been a severe frost

 

[MobileBlade]

My son plays in Sheffield Sunday League and their match has just kicked off, like at this moment.

Junior Sunday? That's not adult football