However the angry reaction from Cardiff City fans - some of whom had travelled from Ireland, Scotland and various parts of the U.K. - was entirely understandable as Cardiff had failed to install the boiler to stop the pitch freezing. The club stood accused of being a joke, amateur and unprofessional by supporters looking forward to the big clash and a traditional Christmas drink.
£50M state of the art stadium???My ar*e!!!
What made it all the more annoying is that South Wales was hardly the worst hit area by the weather and although temparatures were minus 4 overnight and did not rise above freezing in the morning, it was a beautiful sunny crisp winter day with temperatures around 5 degrees by 3pm. To rub salt into the wound, games at Newport, Swindon and Bristol all went ahead.
City did bring in hot air blowers and covers but could not fully cover the pitch and it is understood that two thirdss of the pitch was fine, the remainder was unplayable. The boiler is being fixed in the coming week so a postponement of this type should never happen again.
Chairman Peter Ridsdale took a lot of flak in e-mails and did not respond kindly to some. He also stopped short of his much loved public statements but did apologise to City fans via WalesOnline adding that, "I’m devastated by the postponement. I’m almost speechless, upset and angry, to be honest".
MUPPETS!!!!
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