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| Drone pictures show Banbury United's Spencer Stadium at around 3.50pm this afternoon. Pictures: Banburyshire 360 |
Drone pictures taken this afternoon show the waterlogged ground around Banbury United's pitch.
Hereford were due to face the Puritans on Good Friday but the game was postponed at around 10.15am this morning due to a waterlogged pitch.
Eight games have fallen victim to the weather at the Spencer Stadium so far this season and Banbury will now be playing twice a week - and one week three times - until the end of the season.
Hereford will now visit midweek, possibly on Thursday, April 11, two days before a six-pointer away at Warrington Town.
Banbury said ground staff were at the club from 7am and in a post on their website, the club blamed high river and brook levels around the pitch meaning there was nowhere for the water to drain away.
Drone pictures from Banburyshire 360, taken at around 3.50pm this afternoon, show the problems facing the club, who are also aiming to raise £7,500 to cover the cost of postponements.
The pictures show parts of the pitch, and the land surrounding it, are waterlogged.
The photographer said: "It wasn't really raining until the evening and then this morning it was coming down like thunder".
"The river flows underneath the gym and in the space of three hours it probably gone a foot higher and that's generally not a good sign for football," they added.
The club said they shared the "extreme disappointment" and also lamented the financial blow.
The club said: "As we know from many times before (this is our eighth match postponement this season), this is a river problem, not a pitch problem," they said."This is a huge disappointment to both Banbury and Hereford supporters who were looking forward to this Good Friday match. This is another huge financial hit to our club and everyone involved is devastated."
