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The Voice - Match preview #25: Bradford City vs Rotherham United Tuesday 24 February 2026 7.45pm

Discussion in 'City Talk' started by The Voice, Jan 8, 2026.

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Match thoughts

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  2. Lose

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  3. Draw

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  1. Bigrod

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    The only thing I can see is 2-3K. A bit vague.
    Who provides them? Is the price for a certain area? How much to cover the whole of the pitch? How much notice do they need? What is the name of the firm(s)? Have they a web page?
     
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  2. Eccybantam

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    F@@k me stop being pedantic
    It’s not my job to get the game on, find companies, availability
    But guess what, if it was this game would have been on 100%
    Look at the vid I posted
    There is also one for Lincoln game recently
    If I can find this info so easy, I’m sure you and the club can

    I’m posting facts, not guesswork that the club did anything to get this game on
    My opinion is they did f@@k all and didn’t even try look for solutions
     
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  3. Kevin1954

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    Er , very little sun in winter .
     
  4. Kevin1954

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    I thought you hated fishing ;)
     
  5. Rogered Tart

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    You know me well mate.
     
  6. Polo-Bantam

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    Plenty of winter sun, and you store it in batteries and use it when the sun disappears
     
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  7. Kevin1954

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    August ;)
     
  8. Kevin1954

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    Very very few . I’d say waterlogging wins by a mile ?
     
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  9. Klaatu

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    We need to definitely do something about it if we get promoted(if and when).
    Blackburn are getting pelters over 2 abandoned games this season with drainage issues. We don't want to be in that position.
     
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  10. Bigrod

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    17th December 2022……’Following a pitch inspection at the University of Bradford Stadium this morning, areas of the Valley Parade surface were deemed unplayable by the match officials.
    Every effort had been made to stage the game, with frost covers on for 12 days, and large areas of the field playable’.
     
  11. andyc

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    Crowd funding time for heated tent or under soil heating
    It’s winter it’s freezing, we are a lower league club with limited budgets
    Matches will be called off
    New players or infrastructure investment
    I know which I currently prefer
     
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  12. Kevin1954

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    You are missing the point and frankly you haven’t got a scooby. You keep saying these things are “ cheap” right how much , and how much do they cost to operate ? . Show the source of your information with a cost breakdown for operation for the required days in a season . Once you have done that cost up all the road, pavement and other transport frost prevention and alleviation costs for the 24hours prior to each of these games.

    Over to you .
     
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  13. Kevin1954

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    Snap , just asked the same question.
     
  14. Kevin1954

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    You are posting nothing but innuendo, guesswork and no substance, sorry mate .
     
  15. Offcomedun

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    I guess it’s a cost/benefit analysis. Proper undersoil heating, like the PL clubs have, would presumably cost millions. Buying a heated tent would likely be hundreds of thousands. Is that kind of outlay (which might otherwise be spent on player recruitment) worth it to prevent a couple of postponements per season? My guess is the club thinks not.
     
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  16. Eccybantam

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    Another fan defending the club at all costs.
    It clearly states the costs in the video ffs
    I’m puzzled to what evidence you need
    I’ll tell you now. They’ll be a fair few hundred tickets returned from Rotherham
    There are your costs to get the game on

    Not discussing this further as quite clearly the two of you just want to bang on for the sake of it
    And you Kev always seem to want the last word
     
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  17. fishing crazy

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    that would give Huddersfield a point.
     
  18. Park bantam

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    What I didn’t like was giving reassurances last night the game was on then a 10am inspection the temperatures were just as predicted. I know it’s down to me but we always come very early and make a day of it. Battled some heavy snow in Malton then get telephone call about pitch inspection so pulled into Billborough top before going back through it. I know for most people they had plenty of time
     
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  19. Birky Bantam

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    Even if we did get the same ahead Albion Sports had their match abandoned this afternoon due to ice on the pitch at Myra Shay which is less than 2 miles from VP so at very least the grass would have started to freeze and if that happened we saw 3 years ago the damage it does to the pitch.
     
  20. Rogered Tart

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    It's the way the club stated they were very sure the game was on. I guess we all make mistakes from time to time.
     

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