Bradford's JPT meeting with Barnsley called off due to waterlogged pitch

ByPA Sport Report

Published 06/10/2015 at 19:10 GMT

The Johnstone's Paint Trophy second-round tie between Bradford and Barnsley at Valley Parade was called off 10 minutes before the scheduled kick-off time of 7.45pm.

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Berkshire referee Trevor Kettle declared the pitch to be unsafe as a thunderstorm 40 minutes before the match was due to start had left patches of the playing surface waterlogged.

A tweet from Bradford's official account read: "Unfortunately the heavy rain has made parts of the pitch unplayable, the ball simply wasn't rolling or bouncing when tested by the officials."

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