{"id":560136,"date":"2025-11-09T21:26:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T21:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/560136\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T21:26:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T21:26:22","slug":"team-cancels-game-due-to-sudden-and-unexpected-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/560136\/","title":{"rendered":"Team cancels game due to ‘sudden and unexpected news’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A further announcement is expected soon<\/p>\n

19:40, 09 Nov 2025Updated 19:41, 09 Nov 2025<\/p>\n

\"YateYate Town Football Club(Image: Google)<\/p>\n

A football game<\/a> between Yate Town<\/a> and Poole Town was cancelled yesterday after ‘sudden and unexpected news’. The two teams were due to play yesterday afternoon and Yate Town has said it will make a further announcement soon.<\/p>\n

In a statement released to X yesterday (Saturday, November 8), a representative of the club wrote: “Today’s game against Poole Town has been postponed. Due to sudden and unexpected news early this morning and following consultation and cooperation of both the Southern League and Poole Town, it has been decided to call off today\u2019s Southern League fixture.<\/p>\n

“All those linked with the club would ask for privacy on this matter. A further announcement will be made in the coming days.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Poole Town FC also shared its own statement: “This afternoon\u2019s match away to Yate Town has been postponed due to sudden and unexpected news early this morning and following consultation and cooperation of both the Southern League and Yate Town, it has been decided to call off today\u2019s Southern League fixture.<\/p>\n

“We send our condolences to all those who have been affected by this situation.”<\/p>\n

The news comes after Yate Town<\/a> announced the death of former player Martin Durnell. Speaking on Friday, November 7, a representative of the club said: “The club have recently been made aware of the sad passing of former player and manager of the club, Martin Durnell.<\/p>\n

“Martin always conducted himself with all the right qualities befitting of the club and will be fondly remembered by many Bluebell fans and former players. Yate Town FC send their condolences to all his family and friends and we will be inviting some family members to our home game against Bracknell on November 22nd.<\/p>\n

“Martin\u2019s funeral is at Canford Crematorium, Westbury-on Trym at 11.15am on Wednesday 19th November, followed by a wake at Filton Golf Club.”<\/p>\n

It is not known whether the game’s cancellation is related to the former player’s death. Yate Town FC have been approached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A further announcement is expected soon 19:40, 09 Nov 2025Updated 19:41, 09 Nov 2025 Yate Town Football Club(Image:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,393,4884,16,15,14915],"class_list":{"0":"post-560136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-yate"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115521860107569872","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}