Charlton Athletic has been under fire after their game was called off against Cardiff City more than 27 hours before kick-off with their pitch three-quarters covered in snow more than 3 days after snowfall.
There has been gossip that their players did not even train after a game at Bristol City 4 days earlier and they had injury problems ... which ahem ... some speculate saw a lack of desire to sort out their pitch. A large number of Cardiff City fans have complained to the Football League - each receiving the same template reply - while The Addicks own fans have grumbled as well.
Whatever the rights and wrongs - and I certainly don't think they did enough to protect their pitch and try to make it playable - it's interesting to read their home reserve game against Millwall was postponed today as the pitch is still waterlogged while their operations man felt compelled to issue a statement today saying, "Although Saturday turned out to be quite a sunny day, the damage was done overnight. The pitch was still under snow, much of which had turned to ice. Had a referee carried out a pitch inspection on Saturday the game would definitely have been called off, so the fact it was postponed 24 hours earlier proved to be the correct decision."
The game is rescheduled for Tuesday April 21st
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