Management thoughts on this East of Scotland Saturday.

Posted on Saturday, February 4th, 2012

Mike says –

“When Dougie Hewat and I arrived at City Park around 10.30 this morning we were delighted to see the pitch was 100% playable. The temperature was on the up and any frost had already left the ground so with a trip to Fernieside scheduled for next week we were able to re-accustomed our players to playing on grass for the first time since last October. With Kerr Dodds and Jack Beesley carrying injuries, Dr Seeley studying for exams and John Grant unavailable we made the teams up with half a dozen of our promising Under 19 squad. It was a great exercise with a lot of goals and good football. It was also a chance for Sam and myself to check the conveyor belt to see how lucky we are to have such a good youth set up at Spartans.

Directly after our morning game I phoned Keith Anderson to confirm that the game Sam and I intended to take in (Tynecastle v Whitehill) was still on. When I was told every East of Scotland game was off bar one three things struck me.

1) Why are games put off due to frost early on a Saturday morning when it’s obvious it’s getting milder and even by 11.00 when we played parks will be 100% playable?

2) Why when only 2 teams in East of Scotland football have a 3G surface and a cold spell is forecast does only one of the teams get a home fixture especially when the fixtures have been rearranged less that a week before and a cold snap is forecast?

3) Maybe EH5 is a bit like the Bermuda Triangle where if you can ever find it a milder climate is the norm. Perhaps I should move my holidays from Santa Ponsa to Ainslie Park in future.”

Mike