Just catching up on all comments re Glossop.
As a coach of glossop this was not an easy decision, as my heart and ego would never want me to pull a game.
My apologies to Brid, and I hope points difference does not become a factor.
Ultimately my head had to make the decision to pull the game on Friday morning. We Ultimately had a travelling squad of 15. 3 of which had never played a senior men's game of rugby at 18 and 1 was front row replacement who shouldn't be playing but will do what he can for the lads.
As this was originally a free weekend we had a number of lads away for various weekends so we found ourselves very short.
We had yound players being brave for the club, but Ultimately I felt they are not ready for this level, and could be potentially at risk of injury, which I couldn't do to them.
All our players are local lads who live within 10 miles of the club. We don't have the resources to recruit from overseas, and rely on young home grown lads to keep us pushing forwards. Unfortunately this weekend I was not prepared to put them at risk when they are not ready for the physicality of this level.
We don't have a second team and our 3rd team had to concede their game on Saturday due to the 1s not travelling. This was tough on our 3s as they are in with a shout of promotion, but Ultimately none of them could/ would travel.
Again apologies to brid, but we will be fulfilling all our remaining fixtures, and who knows, could have a big say in who wins the league and also who goes down. We believe we have 1 more win in us.
