I had been watching both the SUFC & DFC websites all afternoon. I’d also been studying the weather apps.
The heavy rain was due to clear the NE around 18:00. The wind was still a problem but if anything that would help dry out the pitch.
As others will confirm at the time most fans were arriving it was just light drizzle.
Therefore I find it hard to believe that the pitch was in a worse condition at 19:15 than it was at 18:00! And it would have been far worse at 16:00 when it was hammering it down.
When the stewards told us it was off our first thought was structural damage until he said it was standing water.
From the Darlo report it sounds like the managers and players didn’t fancy it either. The conspiracy theories continue!!!
By the time his three match ban is over Whitehall will have forgotten what a football looks like!
