Cowdenbeath boss Colin Cameron admits there will be financial and football consequences following Saturday’s Scottish Cup call-off against St Johnstone but remains hopeful his charges can spring a surprise.
The fourth-round tie fell victim to the big freeze and has been rearranged for Tuesday evening.
Cameron admits he faces “big obstacles” to progression, with many of his part-time charges now looking at the prospect of crossing swords with Steve Lomas’s SPL side after a full shift at their day job.
He also fears Cowden will take a financial hit with a more modest attendance expected for the tie.
The disappointed 40-year-old said: “In terms of money, as a club, it is going to hit us a bit. We expected a good crowd today, and we have to be realistic and say we will just not get as many people through the door on Tuesday.
“From a playing point of view, the boys were well prepared and ready to have a right go for a giant-killing. Now I will be asking boys who have just done an eight-hour shift in their day jobs to come in and knock an SPL club out of the cup.
“These are big obstacles, of course, but we will get on with it I have a brilliant pack of lads and we will give it our best shot.”
Cameron insists the decision to postpone was correct. The former Hearts man says he would not have felt comfortable fielding his players on the frost-bitten pitch, while he described conditions outside the ground as “like an ice rink”.
Cameron continued: “St Johnstone were good enough to loan us pitch covers and we could cover about three-quarters of the pitch. But by the time we got them down it was too late, the frost had really kicked in.”
Saints boss Steve Lomas said: “We wanted the match on so it was disappointing. But hopefully the additional covers we sent down from Perth will help the prospects of getting a game on Tuesday.”