oafcprozac Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 SMS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean 1984 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 SMS all that effort for f all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astottie Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 all that effort for f all yes shame that. Big thanks to all those who made the effort when I was tucked up in bed. Hope the club gave some reward for the hard work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KYLEOAFC Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 all that effort for f all OOOH POO! Prem games on the tinter it is then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue_Guru Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 all that effort for f all Gutted wanted to see this all out attack! 4-3-3 with davies Windass and Hughes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiDdErZ Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Officially gutted. Definitely a well done to all the volunteers at least it can be said we gave ourselves the best possible chance. Some things are out of our hands. Jack Frost i hope your proud of yourself your evil and one of these days someones going to open a can of whoop ass on ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Break The Silence Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Bast@rd! Bast@rd! Bast@rd! I've swapped my shift to a horrendous 6pm - 4am late today so I could go and there's no chance of swapping it back now. Hat's off to the club for doing their best to get it on though...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 Bast@rd! Bast@rd! Bast@rd! I've swapped my shift to a horrendous 6pm - 4am late today so I could go and there's no chance of swapping it back now. Hat's off to the club for doing their best to get it on though...... PMSL D'oh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Our garden in the south chadderton area was frozen solid at 7pm yesterday, gave up any hope then. But defo a hats off to the club and volunteers!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lookers_Carl Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Our garden in the south chadderton area was frozen solid at 7pm yesterday, gave up any hope then. But defo a hats off to the club and volunteers!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chaplain Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 all that effort for f all Alan Hardy says ""I would like to mention in particular head groundsman Tony Owen and his helpers who stayed at the ground overnight to watch over the heaters." (official site) Well done to all - especially Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaskedOwl Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 At least it gives Windass a chance to train with the rest of the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellys_discopants Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 The right decision to be honest, and to be fair to the ref he did look like he wanted it to go ahead as he and AH had a good old chat but i think the right decision was made! Well done to all those who turned out and helped .. just got the feeling back in my fingers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Received a text this moning to say that the pitch inspection was now 10:45am instead of 10:15am. Then before 10:30am I heard on Five Live that the game was off. I had doubts about the BBC announcement as I believed the pitch inspection had not yet taken place. So I rang BP at about 11:00am. The recorded message said that after a pitch inspection, there was to be another inspection at 1:00pm and, if there was no deterioration, the game would go ahead today at 3:00pm. So that confirmed to me that Five Live had got it wrong. Then in the midst of a series of texts/phone calls from confused callers, I phoned BP again at 11:15am, to find that the recorded message had been changed to say the game was postponed until Monday. Even now I am still staggered at the content of that first recorded message, which stated clearly that the game was on, if there was no detrioration by the 1:00pm inspection - what 1:0pm inspection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny punkster Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) Received a text this moning to say that the pitch inspection was now 10:45am instead of 10:15am. Then before 10:30am I heard on Five Live that the game was off. I had doubts about the BBC announcement as I believed the pitch inspection had not yet taken place. So I rang BP at about 11:00am. The recorded message said that after a pitch inspection, there was to be another inspection at 1:00pm and, if there was no deterioration, the game would go ahead today at 3:00pm. So that confirmed to me that Five Live had got it wrong. Then in the midst of a series of texts/phone calls from confused callers, I phoned BP again at 11:15am, to find that the recorded message had been changed to say the game was postponed until Monday. Even now I am still staggered at the content of that first recorded message, which stated clearly that the game was on, if there was no detrioration by the 1:00pm inspection - what 1:0pm inspection? y'know..being one of the happy souls on the pitch this morning ,i really couldn't help you with a EXACT (to the minute) time as to it being called off.. but ... arn't you being a bit picky here terrence? you seem to be the only person who has this (mis)info? Edited January 11, 2009 by johnny punkster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) y'know..being one of the happy souls on the pitch this morning ,i really couldn't help you with a EXACT (to the minute) time as to it being called off.. but ... arn't you being a bit picky here terrence? you seem to be the only person who has this (mis)info? Not being picky at all! I'm trying to think of some possible explanation for the BP recorded message that after a pitch inspection, there was to be another inspection at 1:00pm and, if there was no deterioration, the game would go ahead on Saturday at 3:00pm, when it appears that nothing was further from the truth. It just mystifies me completely! I wasn;t the only person with this (mis)info - what about all the others to whom I texted it? Edited January 11, 2009 by Diego_Sideburns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostofcecere Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Received a text this moning to say that the pitch inspection was now 10:45am instead of 10:15am. Then before 10:30am I heard on Five Live that the game was off. I had doubts about the BBC announcement as I believed the pitch inspection had not yet taken place. So I rang BP at about 11:00am. The recorded message said that after a pitch inspection, there was to be another inspection at 1:00pm and, if there was no deterioration, the game would go ahead today at 3:00pm. So that confirmed to me that Five Live had got it wrong. Then in the midst of a series of texts/phone calls from confused callers, I phoned BP again at 11:15am, to find that the recorded message had been changed to say the game was postponed until Monday. Even now I am still staggered at the content of that first recorded message, which stated clearly that the game was on, if there was no detrioration by the 1:00pm inspection - what 1:0pm inspection? C'mon D_S you should know that the only real "sauce" of accurate information on Latics is to be found on OWTB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) Not being picky at all! I'm trying to think of some possible explanation for the BP recorded message that after a pitch inspection, there was to be another inspection at 1:00pm and, if there was no deterioration, the game would go ahead on Saturday at 3:00pm, when it appears that nothing was further from the truth. It just mystifies me completely! I wasn;t the only person with this (mis)info - what about all the others to whom I texted it? Why not subscribe to the text alert service or log on here? You know better than anyone how quickly info is relayed on here - particularly by me or Dean 1984 when we have received the official alerts, normally a matter of seconds after receipt of the message. OWTB the only place for clarity! Edited January 11, 2009 by oafcprozac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) C'mon D_S you should know that the only real "sauce" of accurate information on Latics is to be found on OWTB I know OWTB is the best sauce, but I did not have computer access on Friday or Saturday as I was in Oldham. I had arranged to be kept informed of the pitch situation reported on OWTB via text on Mrs. S's phone. In the absence of a text message, and hearing what I believed was incorrect info on Five Live, I relied on listening to the recorded message at BP, which gave the impression that the game would be ON barring a swarm of locusts or something equally catastrophic. That (mis)info was passed on to Mrs. S's text contacts. Many years ago there was a film called 'Gaslight', in which a bloke kept turning down the gaslight to make his wife think she was going mad. After hearing that message yesterday, and all the conflicting (correct) messages Mrs. S received subsequently on her phone, I know how that bloke's wife felt! At the end of the day it didn't matter to me that the game was off, but I can't get my head round how that message came to be recorded and played as the sauce of all knowledge on the pitch situation. Edited January 11, 2009 by Diego_Sideburns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I know OWTB is the best sauce, but I did not have computer access on Friday or Saturday as I was in Oldham. They've got electricity and computers and everything in Oldham these days y'know. Are you sure you phoned the right club? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futchers briefs Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 They've got electricity and computers and everything in Oldham these days y'know. Are you sure you phoned the right club? I hope you are not suggesting that Mr S may have made a call to...say Oldham Town? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I hope you are not suggesting that Mr S may have made a call to...say Oldham Town? Going off on a tangent...in their preview of Everton's game against Macclesfield, the Liverpool Echo said Everton had a history of Cup upsets, having been knocked out in the past by "Shrewsbury Town and Oldham Town". That must have been really embarrassing, getting knocked out by a NW Counties League team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futchers briefs Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Going off on a tangent...in their preview of Everton's game against Macclesfield, the Liverpool Echo said Everton had a history of Cup upsets, having been knocked out in the past by "Shrewsbury Town and Oldham Town". That must have been really embarrassing, getting knocked out by a NW Counties League team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldhamSheridan Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 I'm just amazed that they made a film out of something I was doing to my bosses computer. I can't wait for the one involving marmalade, a desk and wasp season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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