RESULTS - Friday & Saturday 7 & 8 January 2022

[Dave Deacon]

Fri 7 January 2022

DIVISION ONE SOUTH

Winchester City              3-1          AFC Totton

 

Sat 8 January 2022

PREMIER SOUTH

Beaconsfield Town          1-0          Kings Langley

Dorchester Town             0-1          Taunton Town

Farnborough                      P-P         Chesham United

Gosport Borough             1-0          Walton Casuals

Harrow Borough               P-P         Hartley Wintney

Hayes & Yeading United 2-1         Hendon

Merthyr Town                   1-3          Weston-super-Mare

Metropolitan Police        3-1          Swindon Supermarine

Tiverton Town                   P-P         Poole Town

Truro City                            P-P         Salisbury

Wimborne Town              P-P         Yate Town

 

DIVISION ONE SOUTH

Bideford                              P-P         Plymouth Parkway

Bristol Manor Farm         P-P         Willand Rovers

Cinderford Town              P-P         Larkhall Athletic

Cirencester Town             3-1          Melksham Town

Lymington Town               2-5          Sholing

Mangotsfield United      P-P         Highworth Town

Paulton Rovers                  P-P         Barnstaple Town

Slimbridge                           P-P         Evesham United

[Dave Deacon]

Both Truro and Parkway’s games have been called off!

[Craze]

Will be fitting in half the season in the last 2 months at this rate.

[Ian Pethick]

On 08/01/2022 at 08:55, Dave Deacon said:

Both Truro and Parkway’s games have been called off!

On the bright side, more of a chance that Parkway v Sholing will get played on Tuesday evening.

[Ian Pethick]

On 09/01/2022 at 14:10, Way Of The Park said:

On the bright side, more of a chance that Parkway v Sholing will get played on Tuesday evening.

Match off, pitch waterlogged.

Fixture pile up starting to look pretty serious now.

By my reckoning, Parkway have 13 home matches left and Truro City 11. That's 24 matches at Bolitho (could be more if Parkway win in the Trophy on Saturday and get drawn at home) in the final 13 weeks of the season. Really can't afford more postponements but, considering it's only January, and they are having problems with the pitch, then they are probably inevitable.

Southern League has to be completed by Saturday 23rd April as the play offs are due to start on Weds 27th April.

[sportsman10]

3 hours ago, Way Of The Park said:

Match off, pitch waterlogged.

Fixture pile up starting to look pretty serious now.

By my reckoning, Parkway have 13 home matches left and Truro City 11. That's 24 matches at Bolitho (could be more if Parkway win in the Trophy on Saturday and get drawn at home) in the final 13 weeks of the season. Really can't afford more postponements but, considering it's only January, and they are having problems with the pitch, then they are probably inevitable.

Southern League has to be completed by Saturday 23rd April as the play offs are due to start on Weds 27th April.

It is a big issue and with no alternative ground  to play the fixtures you have to wonder how they are are getting played and who has first refusals on midweek dates. ( would imagine parkway won’t want anything that clashes with argyle!) .
a few Friday night games would be pretty lucrative for either club. . 
24 matches in the space of few months is going to destroy that pitch unless we get a good dry spell.  . 
I believe there no fixture at all on the pitch this weekend so that might help with the pitch maintenance at least. 

 

[Jacob-Englefield1]

On 11/01/2022 at 16:38, sportsman10 said:

It is a big issue and with no alternative ground  to play the fixtures you have to wonder how they are are getting played and who has first refusals on midweek dates. ( would imagine parkway won’t want anything that clashes with argyle!) .
a few Friday night games would be pretty lucrative for either club. . 
24 matches in the space of few months is going to destroy that pitch unless we get a good dry spell.  . 
I believe there no fixture at all on the pitch this weekend so that might help with the pitch maintenance at least. 

 

After watching the interview with the Plymouth Parkway chairman on their YouTube channel, it appears Parkway would have their midweek games on a Tuesday, with Truro on a Wednesday. This is something that has to be handed in to the league at the start of the season. Really, the pitch needs the season to finish ASAP. It would then give it plenty of time over the summer months to fully recover.