{"id":28021,"date":"2018-03-20T14:49:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T14:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=28021"},"modified":"2018-03-20T14:49:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T14:49:16","slug":"efl-asks-statements-derby-postpone-bluebirds-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/20\/efl-asks-statements-derby-postpone-bluebirds-game\/","title":{"rendered":"EFL asks for statements after Derby postpone Bluebirds game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF City have been asked to submit their views to the Football League after confusion over why their game against Derby County was postponed.<br \/>\nThe decision by Derby to postpone Sunday&#8217;s game because of \u201cpersistent heavy snowfall in Derby overnight,\u201d has left Cardiff City confused.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28023\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28023\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28023\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-14.11.03-222x300.png\" alt=\"Derby County\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-14.11.03-222x300.png 222w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-14.11.03-500x675.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-14.11.03-293x396.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-14.11.03.png 565w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28023\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-14.11.03-222x300.png\" alt=\"Derby County\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-14.11.03-222x300.png 222w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-14.11.03-500x675.png 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-14.11.03-293x396.png 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-20-at-14.11.03.png 565w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/noscript> Lee Harrison made it to a snow-free Pride Park with his wife and kids. Credit: Lee Harrison<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nDerby County released a statement, which said that the decision to postpone the match was made following discussions with Derbyshire Police and the local Safety Advisory Group (SAG).<br \/>\nHowever, Derbyshire Police\u2019s statement claimed that they did not make the decision. A statement via Twitter said: \u201cFor clarity, Derby County Football Club took the decision to postpone the match due to the weather conditions and the health and safety of people travelling to the ground.<br \/>\n\u201cThe club made this decision independently. It was not made by Derbyshire Constabulary.\u201d<br \/>\nHowever hospitality staff who were due to work at the game on Sunday have said that conditions in and around the centre of Derby were manageable.<br \/>\nKatie Racklyeft, 18, who caters at Pride Park said: \u201cI was informed at 8.13am by my boss that the match had been cancelled.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating because I was able to get in fine. The majority of people I work with were willing to go in, but some were unable to because the surrounding areas were quite bad.<br \/>\n\u201cWe would have been understaffed if the game had gone ahead.\u201d<br \/>\nMany Cardiff fans had already made the trip to Pride Park only to be left disappointed when the game was postponed.<br \/>\nBluebirds fan Howard Davies, 63, from Swansea said: \u201cI travelled up on Saturday hoping to make a weekend of it, I even treated myself to a nice hotel.<br \/>\n\u201cThe weekend cost over \u00a3100, which I won\u2019t get back and now I won\u2019t be able to go to the rearranged fixture because I have two young children and it will be on a school night.\u201d<br \/>\nPaul Gander said that his brother had been left disappointed as the trip to Derby had been a birthday present for him.<br \/>\n\u201cMy brother is disabled and it takes him a while to get ready in the morning so I had to get up early in order to get to Derby in time.<br \/>\n\u201cHe was so excited, this was his 16<sup>th<\/sup> birthday present and we only go away once a year as it\u2019s all he can do. We managed to drive him to the stadium (Cardiff City) and we managed to get on the coach before the game got called off halfway down the motorway.<br \/>\n\u201cI can\u2019t afford to take him up again and he\u2019s in school so there\u2019s no chance he would be able to attend if it\u2019s put on midweek. I\u2019m so angry and upset.\u201d<br \/>\nFans from the Philippines, Sweden and Israel had flown in especially for the game and were also upset that the match was\u00a0called off.<br \/>\nCardiff City CEO Ken Choo has said that he will press Derby to reimburse the travel costs for Cardiff supporters.<br \/>\nCardiff will play the rearranged fixture at Pride Park on Tuesday 24 April. This avoids the concerns raised by Cardiff manager Neil Warnock that the Bluebirds may have to play three consecutive away games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CARDIFF City have been asked to submit their views to the Football League after confusion over why their game against Derby County was postponed. The decision by Derby to postpone Sunday&#8217;s game because of \u201cpersistent heavy snowfall in Derby overnight,\u201d has left Cardiff City confused. Derby County released a statement, which said that the decision to postpone the match was made following discussions with Derbyshire Police and the local Safety Advisory Group (SAG). 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