What should happen when matches are postponed?

Tonight Chesterfield entertain Oldham in the first leg of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy Northern Area final – 24 hours after the game was meant to be staged.



The two sides are separated by just 50 miles, so when the match was postponed yesterday because of a frozen pitch just before midday, it would have certainly been annoying to a number of fans, but one they could accept as they wouldn’t have set off on their journeys for the evening kick off.



However, at the weekend, MK Dons called off their League 1 game against Carlisle just 75-minutes before kick off – with most of the visiting fans probably having already parked and in Milton Keynes after making the 260-mile trip.



Match referee Darren Sheldrake deemed there was a 30-yard section of pitch which was unplayable at 1.45pm but surely MK Dons officials or ground staff should have realised the game was in doubt much earlier, and especially considering the huge journey away fans had to undertake.



To his credit, Dons chairman Pete Winkelman talked to Chappers and Robbie on Saturday evening to put his version of events across and apologise to fans – an honourable act especially given his club’s horrendous error of judgment earlier on in the day.



The club have since agreed to reimburse the Carlisle fans their ticket, and give them two each for the return fixture and are putting on two coaches to the game. 



However, the game will almost undoubtedly now have to be played on a week night – given the hectic schedule already in place – making it all the more difficult for Carlisle fans to travel down unless they take a day off work.



What do you think should happen in these sorts of situations?



- Should the club refund those who traveled down?

- There were suggestions during the show that the club should donate the money/gate revenue to charity?

- Could the game be switched to another location, mid-way between the clubs or perhaps even make it a home game for the visitors who were let down?



Listen to what Winkelman had to say, and let us know your thoughts about what should happen next.