Frustrated Terras face fixture pile-up
By Matt Pitman

Monday 21st November 2005

WEYMOUTH face a fixture pile-up following the postponement of their Conference South clash at Hayes.

The Terras were left frustrated after the Church Road match was called off due to a frozen pitch following a Saturday morning inspection.

League officials are expected to order the contest to be rescheduled by mid-January leaving Garry Hill's men facing a busy few weeks.

The disappointed Terras boss said: "I don't want to say a great deal about the postponement because I don't want to get in any trouble. What I will say though is that we are very, very disapp-ointed about it.

"Needless to say I was eager for us to play the game as were our players following our FA Cup exploits against Nottingham Forest.

"Unfortunately the Hayes pitch was deemed frozen and not playable so we have been left frustrated.

"It's a big shame because we were already facing a lot of games between now and the end of the year and I expect we'll have to fit in the game at Hayes pretty soon as well.

"Like I said, I'm extremely disappointed about the postponement but I guess there's nothing we can do about it now and we just have to get on with it.

"All we can do is make sure that when we go to Hayes for the rearranged game, we are professional and earn a good victory."

Despite having a free weekend, Weymouth remain fifth in Conference South and enjoy games in hand on the teams above.

The Terras host Havant and Waterlooville in the FA Trophy this Saturday and are then back in league action at Cambridge City on November 29.

Hill's men then face four home games and one away before the end of 2005.

Weymouth host Bognor Regis (December 3), Weston-super-Mare (December 6), Dorchester Town (December 26) and Bishop's Stortford (December 31) and travel to Lewes on (December 10).

"We're entering a crucial period between now and Christmas," said Hill, "and we've got a lot of games coming up.

"We've managed to get ourselves into a decent position in the table but now we have to

keep grinding out results to ensure we build on our fifth place.

"If we can do that, I'm confident that come the end of the year we'll be in the thick of it with the league leaders and we can then kick on from there."

Weymouth's Conference South fixture at Farnborough has been arranged for Tuesday, January 10.