wiganvillain Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Update from earlier post. Now about 3+ inches lying and it's still snowing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigVik Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Morning all, just called the Rovers ticket office (98712221444) who say for now the game is still on but that if a decision is made later on to call it off they cannot do anything about it. Not saying it is defo on but just relaying some info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I work in recruitment and have just spoken to one of our contractors who lives in Blackburn. He's not made it into work this morning but says he sees no reason why it won't go ahead tonight as they've forecasted a bit of sunshine for the afternoon and no more heavy amounts of snow, this is liable to change but I am remaining optimistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maradona10 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 We'll find out soon enough! I'd rather not play it as Blackburn will want these conditions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top4Villa Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 This game is NOT going ahead. No chance I'm afraid. Been on so many forums reading peoples quotes who are in the area and its just chaos. **** it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 This game is NOT going ahead. No chance I'm afraid. Been on so many forums reading peoples quotes who are in the area and its just chaos. **** it! Thanks a lot for your optimism and insightful thoughts, I'll choose to await an official update thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyavfc Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I live a stones throw from Ewood Park, although snowing heavily it is NOT slippy slow. Noone is slipping/falling and on that basis it could go ahead. However, the main roads are atrocious so if it does get called off, Blackburn have done all they could. It is down to the council to grit the roads. As per usual they don't care for others safety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudley_villa Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Manchester Airport Closed... Must be bad!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellyoakvilla Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Just rang up Ewood park. Woman says there's about 6 inches of snow on the ground with it still snowing heavily and not showing any signs of stopping. She said there will be an announcement at 11am but it's not looking promising unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyAVFC Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Webcam at Blackburn College Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roonst83 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Noone is slipping/falling and on that basis it could go ahead. All apart from Ashley Young obviously! (typical ridiculous news spin) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maradona10 Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 I'd say lets look at the TV guide for today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baalberith Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Webcam at Blackburn College How the hell did you find that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyAVFC Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Webcam at Blackburn College How the hell did you find that? They are one of my clients! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted January 5, 2010 Moderator Share Posted January 5, 2010 I work at Umbro in Cheshire and we supply Blackburn so I'm due to be going up there tonight.. I've not made it into the office as yet (and don't look likely as it's chaos here). I've just had a call from our Sports Marketing Director who has spoken to the club. There's going to be an inspection of the surrounding area (not the pitch) somewhere between 10-10.30 and a decision will be made. He's going to call me as soon as he hears from the club. I'll keep you posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyAVFC Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 The met office are forecasting sunny intervals this afternoon so fingers crossed. Not looking good though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted January 5, 2010 Moderator Share Posted January 5, 2010 The met office are forecasting sunny intervals this afternoon so fingers crossed. Not looking good though. Sunny doesn't equal warm though. Sunny = no clouds = cold = frozen snow tonight. Better is cloudy and no snow if we want what's here to melt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stato Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Yeah, met office was saying last night that it isn't going to get above freezing all day in Blackburn today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top4Villa Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 This game is NOT going ahead. No chance I'm afraid. Been on so many forums reading peoples quotes who are in the area and its just chaos. **** it! Thanks a lot for your optimism and insightful thoughts, I'll choose to await an official update thanks. I'm just telling it as it is. They are not meant to be insightful thoughts, if you read the post it says that people in the Blackburn area have said it is chaos. Sorry if you want optimism, this is a Villa site after all. :winkold: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sellyoakvilla Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 Looks like we're **** then. Shame really. Was looking forward to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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