STOURPORT Swifts are counting the cost of the terrible weather which has ravaged the country.

Chairman Chris Reynolds believes the Walshes Meadow outfit have lost thousands of pounds in revenue in ticket sales and money generated in the clubhouse after 14 games were postponed.

Heavy rain over the last two months have put the football season on hold for many clubs and Stourport are no different.

Last week’s storms saw the river Severn burst its banks and flood half of the pitch at Walshes Meadow.

While that water has now receded, the club are still having to cope with the aftermath.

Such was the danger, Swifts had sandbags in place to prevent the flood from invading the clubhouse, which is constructed a foot off the ground.

Reynolds said: “Luckily our clubhouse is just over ground level but we still had problems, the drains were backing up.

“The water has gone away and as long as we don’t have a repeat of that weather we should be okay.

“You can’t recoup the money we’ve lost and the club doesn’t have a pot of cash it can call upon when these things happen.

“I’ve never seen anything like this. We’ve even had away games called off, so no-one has escaped. It’s not just about money, training was disrupted but every team’s in the same boat.”

Hopes are high that Swifts’ top-of- the-table clash at leaders Quorn on Saturday (kick-off 3pm) will go ahead.

While they are 12th in the Midlands Alliance, Stourport were in good form before they were disrupted by the rain. They also have games in hand on almost all their rivals.

They then entertain Westfields in the league on Tuesday (kick-off 7.45pm).

Reynolds added: “We’re hoping that the Westfields game will go ahead next week.

“The top three or four inches of the pitch was very soggy but we’ve had a few dry days so the surface will have improved. We’re keeping our fingers crossed that we don’t have a repeat of all that rain.”

Stourport saw their game at Kirby Muxloe called off.