[stainlessstephen]

Does anyone think the game tomorrow may be in danger of being postponed?

I hope not because we need three points.

The drive over the Peak District will be interesting (the Buxton Weather Watch page on FB suggests do not travel on Saturday).

I will do my best to get there, stay safe everybody and mind how you go.

[SocraticCFC]

stainlessstephen, on 06 December 2024 - 11:39 AM, said:

Does anyone think the game tomorrow may be in danger of being postponed?

I hope not because we need three points.

The drive over the Peak District will be interesting (the Buxton Weather Watch page on FB suggests do not travel on Saturday).

I will do my best to get there, stay safe everybody and mind how you go.

Think it's yellow for us and 'red' for west /south wales. There's an amber squad warning over Sheffield Rd. Disruptive conditions over large parts of the midfield, leading to power cuts in the defence. Greater chance of balls being thrown up in the back of the net. Longer journey times to the final third of the pitch due to the adverse conditions. Only venture out down the wings unless you really have to.

[hilly81]

stainlessstephen, on 06 December 2024 - 11:39 AM, said:

Does anyone think the game tomorrow may be in danger of being postponed?

I hope not because we need three points.

The drive over the Peak District will be interesting (the Buxton Weather Watch page on FB suggests do not travel on Saturday).

I will do my best to get there, stay safe everybody and mind how you go.

I'm travelling over to Chesterfield from the North West in the morning. Not particularly looking forward to the drive.

[JonB]

stainlessstephen, on 06 December 2024 - 11:39 AM, said:

Does anyone think the game tomorrow may be in danger of being postponed?

I hope not because we need three points.

The drive over the Peak District will be interesting (the Buxton Weather Watch page on FB suggests do not travel on Saturday).

I will do my best to get there, stay safe everybody and mind how you go.

I dont think it will be off but i'm not sure that bearing in mind the current state of injuries, lack of midfielders etc that it being off would be a disaster no matter how much we need the three points.

Looking at the met office forecast its only a single rain drop out of a cloud for most of the day getting to the heavier two rain drops from 1pm onwards so then you are in the realms of it being a late call off if it does have to happen. Dont think it will be any windier than when we played the other week to be honest when it wasnt pretty to watch. The pitch drains so well that i think it can probably take whatever rain comes down but it may not be the most pleasant of football viewing afternoons for both weather and non weather related reasons.

This post has been edited by JonB: 06 December 2024 - 12:00 PM

[h again]

JonB, on 06 December 2024 - 11:58 AM, said:

I dont think it will be off but i'm not sure that bearing in mind the current state of injuries, lack of midfielders etc that it being off would be a disaster no matter how much we need the three points.

Looking at the met office forecast its only a single rain drop out of a cloud for most of the day getting to the heavier two rain drops from 1pm onwards so then you are in the realms of it being a late call off if it does have to happen. Dont think it will be any windier than when we played the other week to be honest when it wasnt pretty to watch. The pitch drains so well that i think it can probably take whatever rain comes down but it may not be the most pleasant of football viewing afternoons for both weather and non weather related reasons.

They call any bit of iffy weather a storm these days. It's to raise your awareness of climate change. It used to be called hissing it down and life went on.

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I don't know what to think so I think it wouldn't be wise to influence any body to travel, wouldn't be sure if I was thinking correctly,so I think I'd better not answer.

[Search & Destroy]

Bolsover 10k cancelled Sunday

Clumber Xmas market cancelled Saturday and Sunday

[calvin plummers socks]

h again, on 06 December 2024 - 12:37 PM, said:

They call any bit of iffy weather a storm these days. It's to raise your awareness of climate change. It used to be called hissing it down and life went on.

🤷🏽‍♂️

[SpireRam]

With our current injury woes it wouldn?t be the worst thing in the world.

[howardb]

SocraticCFC, on 06 December 2024 - 11:52 AM, said:

Think it's yellow for us and 'red' for west /south wales. There's an amber squad warning over Sheffield Rd. Disruptive conditions over large parts of the midfield, leading to power cuts in the defence. Greater chance of balls being thrown up in the back of the net. Longer journey times to the final third of the pitch due to the adverse conditions. Only venture out down the wings unless you really have to.

Brilliant response

[Westbars Spireite]

Be quite happy if it got called off.

[Benno Spire]

Westbars Spireite, on 06 December 2024 - 06:49 PM, said:

Be quite happy if it got called off.

Adopt the Brian Clough approach, leave the sprinklers on all night and claim waterlogged pitch.

[Snowflake McBedwetter]

40mph winds. Rain.

Terrifying stuff. Storm Ermintrude next week with Storm Fannie due to follow in a fortnight.

Stay safe.

This post has been edited by Snowflake McBedwetter: 06 December 2024 - 08:08 PM

[plannerj]

Snowflake McBedwetter, on 06 December 2024 - 08:07 PM, said:

40mph winds. Rain.

Terrifying stuff. Storm Ermintrude next week with Storm Fannie due to follow in a fortnight.

Stay safe.

And storm Gordon the week after. Awe gawd, not him again!

[It's bolted]

I'm no expert on the weather but it's looking a bit black over bill's mother's.

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[TJ Blue]

It, on 06 December 2024 - 08:22 PM, said:

I'm no expert on the weather but it's looking a bit black over bill's mother's.

Where is that saying from, old fella at work says that from Derby.

[60s 70s Spireite]

TJ Blue, on 06 December 2024 - 08:27 PM, said:

Where is that saying from, old fella at work says that from Derby.

The BBC had a go at an explanation
It's looking a bit black over Bill's mother's, is often heard in the English Midlands when dark clouds appear on the horizon, heralding rain. But who is Bill?
"When I was a young boy the only person I knew called Bill was very old and it made me wonder how old must Bill's mother be?," said Matt McHugh, who contacted BBC News seeking the origin of the phrase.
"And why does she move house so much?"
Some believe "Bill" refers to William Shakespeare, whose mother Mary Arden lived in Stratford-Upon-Avon.
However, the smart money is on Kaiser Wilhelm II, the last German emperor and king of Prussia, abdicating at the end of World War One.
Germany's foreign policy at that time echoed Wilhelm's changeable and blustering character, according to the Open University., external
Black Country poet Brendan Hawthorne, said: "If there was stormy weather coming from the East they would say it's black over Bill's mother's."

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TJ Blue, on 06 December 2024 - 08:27 PM, said:

Where is that saying from, old fella at work says that from Derby.

from me mam and dad from boza originally and when I was in the army lads from Derby and Nottingham used it as well 👍

[DerbySpireite59]

TJ Blue, on 06 December 2024 - 08:27 PM, said:

Where is that saying from, old fella at work says that from Derby.

They certainly say it around here, even if it didn't originate here.

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DerbySpireite59, on 06 December 2024 - 09:18 PM, said:

They certainly say it around here, even if it didn't originate here.

No mate it's a regional east midlands saying, obviously bought up with it in Chesterfield (boza) from me parents and lads in Army