West Ham match postponed - confirmed

[kevin horlocks wand]

Anyone who watched the rugby at Murrayfield yesterday will see why the game should be called off in wind like this.

Fucking awful as a spectacle, a complete lottery of a game and god forbid we end up losing this place will be in full meltdown demanding to know why it wasn't called off.

The above pales into insignificance when we start to talk about the safety of 55K fans trying to get to the game in such shit and dangerous weather.

the game will go ahead just so the media and sky can criticise the fans for empty seats.

 

[paulchapo]

The government's advice is for all southern softies to stay safe and warm at home, Manchester City fans are advised they may need their big coat.

 

[northstandgiveusasong]

The MEN site says winds of around 45 mph at 4pm for Manchester. If that's true there will be flying debris around the stadiun and any event would be cancelled. There are also six flood warnings for Greater Manchester.

So is the debris different here to Sheffield then?

 

[jimharri]

If you get the rain we've had since midday yesterday (and it is supposed to be heading east), I'll be surprised if the game goes ahead. It's just nearly stopped now, but it was a solid 18 hours of heavy (at times, biblical) rain along with severe gusts of wind. I know the pitch drains very well, but what about the stands and the areas outside the turnstiles? And there's the risk of debris being flung around by the wind.

 

[remember arthur mann]

So pretty much a standard day for Northern Rail!

The weather here on the Fylde coast right now is no worse than unpleasant and we normally get the worst of any storms coming over the Atlantic, if I was going to a local game I'd be more concerned about the amount of rain than the wind. I can't believe it's that much worse 35/40 miles inland.

Glorious on St Anne's beach yesterday, only sorry I didn't take a kite !!

 

[tonea2003]

scotland v england womens rugby now off due to the weather

 

[Deleted member 77198]

It's not about the weather at the time of kick off; it's about the travel conditions hours before leading up to the game.

This is why everyone should support their local team

 

[give it to gordon]

The government's advice is for all southern softies to stay safe and warm at home, Manchester City fans are advised they may need their big coat.

guess that makes me a southern softy today lol ;)

 

[dooie68]

100 miles done already 180 to go!!!

 

[BringBackSwales]

All the fucking hysteria in here about wind and rain, it’s like reading the daily fucking express