Booooooooooo

How rude. At 7.45pm last night I switched over from the latest episode of Verminators (great show if you haven't seen it) anticipating the start of another feast of Conference football, and was instead greeted by the sight of Steve Bower standing in front of an empty grandstand.

I initially thought Setanta had decided to broadcast a Histon game instead of featuring United's inevitable 1-0 defeat at Kidderminster, but it soon became apparent that our match had been rained off, despite the fact that it was absolutely, definately, 100 per cent, going ahead at 5pm yesterday. I suspect Kiddy were a bit economical with the truth regarding the chances of the game being played in the hope that, under pressure from the TV bods, the ref would give the pitch the thumbs up. And indeed who would blame him if he had caved in, after all I doubt anybody would relish the prospect of being pressurised by Paul Parker. One has to feel sorry for the travelling fans, who could surely have been saved a journey by an earlier pitch inspection.

"The weather has been horrendous, but from our point of view it's a wasted day having prepared for the game and had a long journey," the Brabinator told todays CEN. Poor cherubs, but at least our schedule has remained relatively unaffected by the inclement weather, and with no cup games to trouble us we should be in good shape for the rest of the season. The mounting fixture lists facing the likes of Torquay, Crawley, Kidderminster and Wrexham (I won't mention Histon, whose players are no doubt immune to tiredness) will hopefully take their toll on their league form.