Tony Burman left frustrated by late postponement of Dartford v Harrow game
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Dartford boss Tony Burman could not
hide his frustration after Saturday’s Ryman League Premier Division
game at Harrow was called off less than 45 minutes before
kick-off.
Hundreds of fans had made the trip around the M25 for the clash,
but despite an 11.30am pitch inspection, it was not until after 2pm
that the game was called off due to a frozen pitch.
The postponement and fixture
congestion is set to leave the Darts facing a trip to north west
London on a Thursday night later in the season.
Burman said: "I am frustrated and
disappointed to be honest. Harrow told us there would be an
inspection at 11.30am but the referee was driving up from
Portsmouth and said he wanted to leave it as long as possible to
see how the frozen area looked with the sun on it so we set off at
12pm.
"When we got there I would say 95
per cent of the pitch was perfectly playable and the Harrow manager
thought the same.
"The problem was a strip in shade
along the touchline and the referee was concerned for the safety of
his linesman and the players."
Burman revealed: "We said we’d like
to start the game and Harrow agreed so we went into the dressing
room, named our team and came out to have a warm-up but the referee
was there and wasn’t having any of it.
"We asked to start the game and see
how it went but he said no. I think it was about 2.20pm.
"We were very, very disappointed,
but you have to get on with it. A lot of fans had travelled over
too and you have to feel very disappointed for them, but there’s
not much you can do."
Tuesday, February 02 2010
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