Upcoming local Leagues season 2024 - New signings & gossip
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Safcjonny
Reserve Squad
Yeah perfect
spitfire
Striker
Bloody Easington was worse than Dawdon.
Always got lucky with weather at Easington, though it was bleak.
One day at Dawdon, I remember being deep into a bowling spell wearing three sweaters and wishing I had a fourth.
I see NEPL clubs are being asked for grounds updates to determine whether to put the opening weekend back a week and play the rearranged fixtures on August Bank Holiday Monday.
Seems quite a likely scenario looking at the never ending pissy forecasts
Seems quite a likely scenario looking at the never ending pissy forecasts
Some clubs are over 4 weeks behind where they’d expect to be in their preparation.I see NEPL clubs are being asked for grounds updates to determine whether to put the opening weekend back a week and play the rearranged fixtures on August Bank Holiday Monday.
Seems quite a likely scenario looking at the never ending pissy forecasts
Sillypoint
Full Back
yeah thats what im hearing from a few teams round here too, genuinely think the season could go into early october if it needed to
I’ll be surprised if any clubs play before May
Seems like this happens very regularly these days. Surely there is an argument to start the season first week in May. Not sue how feasible playing in October is for local clubs as that massively restricts their window to put squares to bed post-season. Some landscaping companies do this for many clubs so could struggle to fit everyone in. For me, at the top league levels anyway, we should be utilising the 3 bank holidays to shorten the season. Of course the first time this was done April would be tropical, but teams can train/play friendlies in this period.
At lower levels to get clubs to commit to playing Saturday/ Monday (particularly in May when there are a load of midweek cups) can be tough mind.
The season is fine as it is for me. Sometimes late April is dry. It was roasting in Covid when we were all locked indoors!
Sillypoint
Full Back
true, and theres nearly always bank holiday used up for a stag do or a wedding
pavarotti1980
Striker
I had heard from a friend of a friend that South Northumberland have not even attempted to do anything on the ground. Forecast doesnt seem to make situation any better in the next few days
brandon
Striker
It does, I came on here to say more or less the same thing, but ultimately it’s just the good old British summer isn’t it? I think mid-April is about right for a start time, you’ll always get people who say it starts to early and others who’ll say it ends too late - but I remember the year that the curtain raiser of Durham v Worcestershire lost two days to snow and also the year we hosted Kent and it was about 25 degrees.
I concede that I’ve never known a wetter winter, I’m involved with a Sunday football side and this year we’ve had about 6 weeks where Durham County Council closed all their pitches, in previous years they’ve just left it to clubs. So of course I sympathise with clubs, many who rely on unpaid volunteers to get the work done, but I think ultimately most leagues won’t have the space/capacity to delay by a couple of weeks if they want to fulfill their fixtures and with promotion playoffs to fit in at the end of the season there isn’t any wriggle room to start with.
Eggman
Winger
They’ll have full time groundsmen with all the gear, so much easier for them to make up time
SAFC2403
Striker
Can’t have it both ways. People complained about double weekends do the season was moved forward, then complaints about not being ready due to weather.
Only other option in this case is award each team 5 points and don’t replay.
gramw
Striker
Seems a bit much to expect people to be able to commit to two nights in a row.
Might suit a few single young lads but not sure about the average village cricketer
