Originally Posted by
mussfc
Well hopefully facts don’t get in the way of a good story.
Mayfield park has been closed since last Thursday (all council inspections)
We advised Croatia that the ground was struggling as early as Monday but would keep them updated.
Croatia asked if they can find a ground would we move the game which we said yes. …Silence
Yesterday morning we phoned Newcastle football to see if they had any grounds we could transfer to? They advised Croatia have already asked today because Mayfield park is quite wet we were then advised that Pasadena has been opened by council.
Mayfield park was then inspected by council and closed. Immediately we were contacted by Croatia that Pasadena was open and would we play up there. We said Yes.
So for the next 3hrs we thought we were playing at Pasadena.
Until we received a call from Newcastle football that they were at Mayfield park doing a formal inspection with a Council representative that Croatia had organised.
The Croatian council guy was a player in their squad on leave from work and he felt it should be open but had no authority to open it.
When we questioned this we were advised any damage would still be against us as a club.
Newcastle football then rung us and said they felt Mayfield park should be closed but if desperate to play we could open it and it would get damaged and run a high injury risk.
We feel we have done everything correctly and stand by our call it was never about protecting ground it’s well gone it was all about player safety.
We gave plenty of notice , agreed to ground swop , agreed to play at Pasadena, council closed the ground officially, Newcastle football agreed ground should be closed, we done what we could.
We also have got speers point booked for next week to ensure game can go ahead , both teams don’t have a game booked next week so surely speers point is an advantage for them? And it doesn’t change anyone’s schedule.
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