They will have had too many cream teas and toffee over Christmas and will be dehydrated from those stinky baths so we will win 2-1.

What price Mark Beck 1st goal scorer ?

What price Mark Beck 1st goal scorer ?

7/1 on Paddy Power

Bit of snow...

Interesting that Mansfield v Salford has just been postponed due to snow, with the Mansfield Groundsman mentioning that they can’t appeal for help as they normally would, yet Harrogate have done just that!

Interesting that Mansfield v Salford has just been postponed due to snow, with the Mansfield Groundsman mentioning that they can’t appeal for help as they normally would, yet Harrogate have done just that!

Different tiers?

Seemingly, but regardless the pitch is deemed as ‘Red Zone’ on a Matchday according to the EFL Regs.

All depends when a Matchday ‘starts’ etc!

Not exactly a great covering by that photo on Twitter. A bit of wind will blow that away before kick off!

It looks like a dusting rather tha anything that needs to be cleared. I wonder if that's today's photo?

If only Harrogate could afford a 3g pitch. Then all would be OK lol.

Pitch Inspection at 5pm, presuming when Ref is due...

Highly likely it’ll be off then I’d say

What odds they’ve cleared the snow to find the pitch was solid underneath in the first place?

That’s what I reckon. Just need it confirmed by the referee for it to officially be off. Wouldn’t be surprised if CUFC have already been told it’s frozen solid and off.

If the game is off, what happens with the iFollow fee that was paid before the postponment was announced?

Assume it will be refunded

That pitch looks like a bowling green. Get the orange ball out.

They forgot to put the covers on.

Orange ball, sweep the lines, keeper wearing tracky bottoms and long studs. The good old days. That's not snow, it's dandruff!

Match ON

“As it stands”

Game ON

I'll go for a draw this time.

Harrogate Town 2 Carlisle United 2
(Patrick Zanzala)

I can't seem to get my head around Harrogate's nickname. Every time I see the sulpherites thread I think it's going to be some weird new cure someone's suggesting for covid!

Makes me think of a bad fart ?

Narrow pitch as we’ve seen so not a great game for wing-play. Mellish or Charters needed to win second balls. Try an nick a 1-0 from a set piece, very excited to see what the team will look like with so many players back.

I’ll go for a 1-0 win.

Not an easy game as they play similar to us with high energy and press but we tend to clear our lines rather than play out from the back so should help us.

Think we need Hayden and Bennett back in the middle so I’d play Armer at RB and Anderton back in on the left.

Tough one with Mellish and Charters, as well as Charters played against Walsall I’d be tempted to play Mellish simply for his threat in the box given the narrow pitch bodes well for JJ’s long throw.

I’d stay unchanged aside from that, Toure, Dickenson and Zanzala to bring on from the bench is a threat to any side in this league.

Harrogates pitch is 66 yards wide, compared to BP 72 yards. Those long throws are going to cause problems, so it's Mellish instead of Charters for me.

Also shorter, 100 yards as opposed to 112 yards, so Furman will be kicking it to about the edge of their area! Winning second balls will give us a big advantage tonight I hope.

I've not made a single prediction all season

Certainly not going to put the Mockers on them now!!!

4-0 to the blues

Floodlights broke

Flipping cold, standing outside waiting and hoping.