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Deal 1 Whitstable 1 ... MATCH ABANDONED new date...Tuesday January 23. |
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Picture: Whitstable manager Marc Seager: With torrential rain, almost horizontal at times lashing
across Deal Town’s Charles ground the referee called the game off with less
that 60 minutes played with the score at 1-1. Deal took the lead in the first
half through a Tommy Martin own goal after they had missed two gilt-edge
weather assisted chances in the first 15 minutes. Whitstable with the strong
blustery wind in their face struggled against the elements to get a foothold in
the game equalized at the re-start.
“At no time was I worried,” Whitstable manager said after the game
was abandoned, “with the weather at our backs in the 2nd half I knew it was a different game. Stuart
King hit the crossbar with a great free kick and we were building a heads of
steam after Jack Gess scored within the first ten minutes of the second half. Even
the most ardent Deal fan could see they were up against it in the second half.
You could see by how quickly the Deal players let the pitch which side was more
relieved the game was abandoned. I have no problems with the ref calling the
game off, my feeling was he could have said to both benches ‘we give it a
another five minutes then if no better we’re off’ but he just blew the whistle
and no one knew what was going on.”
The game will now be replayed on Tuesday January 23. KO 7-45
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Picture: Whitstable manager Marc Seager: With torrential rain, almost horizontal at times lashing
across Deal Town’s Charles ground the referee called the game off with less
that 60 minutes played with the score at 1-1. Deal took the lead in the first
half through a Tommy Martin own goal after they had missed two gilt-edge
weather assisted chances in the first 15 minutes. Whitstable with the strong
blustery wind in their face struggled against the elements to get a foothold in
the game equalized at the re-start.
“At no time was I worried,” Whitstable manager said after the game
was abandoned, “with the weather at our backs in the 2nd half I knew it was a different game. Stuart
King hit the crossbar with a great free kick and we were building a heads of
steam after Jack Gess scored within the first ten minutes of the second half. Even
the most ardent Deal fan could see they were up against it in the second half.
You could see by how quickly the Deal players let the pitch which side was more
relieved the game was abandoned. I have no problems with the ref calling the
game off, my feeling was he could have said to both benches ‘we give it a
another five minutes then if no better we’re off’ but he just blew the whistle
and no one knew what was going on.”
