FOOTBALL: Wilder: Call-off was correct (From Banbury Cake)
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FOOTBALL: Wilder: Call-off was correct
10:00am Thursday 13th December 2012 in U's News
Referee Keith Stroud at the Kassam Stadium yesterday after a pitch inspection, where he decided that the FA Cup replay between Oxford and Accrington could not take place due to the cold weather
Freezing weather forced the postponement of Oxford United’s FA Cup second round replay yesterday.
The club used frost covers to protect the pitch on Tuesday night, but with the temperature expected to remain below zero there were concerns the ground would freeze during the game.
Referee Keith Stroud made the decision after an inspection, so Accrington Stanley’s players and supporters would not travel.
U’s boss Chris Wilder felt there was no choice other than to postpone the tie until next Tuesday.
He said: “Not really, it’s a difficult decision for a referee when they have to say what the conditions are going to be like after 10pm – because there was the potential that game could have gone to extra time.”
The delay may, however, benefit United, who had fitness doubts over several players.
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