Fans Forum

It’s time to stop these late call-offs

by
The Non-League Football Paper Team
18 December 2022

FANS’ FORUM

I’M sure it’s not the first time that this subject has been featured on Fans’ Forum and I’m sure it won’t be the last, but when is Non-League football going to address the problem of frozen pitches and, in particular, late postponments which leave players, coaches, officials and fans with wasted journeys?
Last week, I along with several other Warrington Town fans, who made the three-and-a-half hour trip to Morpeth Town, only to be told once we had arrived that the game had been called off.
To make matters worse, Morpeth Town pla...

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