seems the game will be on but getting home after may not be too easy
There were 2 fog games that should have been called off that I remember at The Manor, first v Wimbledon, 83/4ish, then another against Bristol City in the early 90s. Couldn't see the halfway line in either of those games.
The Wimbledon fog fest was funny, the LRT kept cheering whenever we saw any play...think the Wombles fans thought they were 5-0 down at halftime, then everyone walked round to the top of the Osler Road for the second half.
Remember pulling in to the car park at St James Park to be told the game was off (waterlogged?) ...went to another game in the Midlands/north but can`t remember whom!
I think that was Biomass technology for you!!That Bristol game was fantastic. Celebrating fake goals etc etc. Was that of the time we had that awful video scoreboard with extra TVs in the London Road which were next to utterly useless?
Thought we scored at LRT end, can't remember really, my memory is "a bit foggy" ?.... I'll get my coat...Am I misremembering, or did we score at the Cuckoo Lane End in the Bristol game but none of us in the London road could see it?
One Newcastle game did get called off for a frozen pitch, as we were driving into Newcastle, before kick off.
I got a phone call about ten miles from the ground saying it had been called off, and had to sit at the side of the dual carriageway with a 3G dongle and a laptop putting a story on the site. I also sent a club text message out to SMS subscribers, but because it was New Year’s Day all the phone networks were still overloaded from the midnight rush, so most people didn’t receive it until that night or the next day because of the sheer backlog.They had some weird ‘revenge’ if you will for that by calling their game off late on New Years Day that season too. I recall getting to the ground and Nick Harris telling us that the game was called off despite the secretary at R&D telling us on the phone that the game was on.
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/4828589.united-fans-let-down-by-another-late-call-off/
We played spurs at home in the cup late 80s, don't remember doing so in the 90s. Think we drew, then lost the replay.Correct me if I am wrong. Did we play Tottenham at home in the nineties in the FA Cup? If so, the pitch was rock hard with the match being in doubt. Anyway it went ahead and about 4.00pm freezing rain descended onto an already solid surface. It was literally a skating rink. I think it was Joey who slid bottom first from the centre circle to the touchline (well, nearly!). How that match went 90 minutes I do not know.
I got a phone call about ten miles from the ground saying it had been called off, and had to sit at the side of the dual carriageway with a 3G dongle and a laptop putting a story on the site. I also sent a club text message out to SMS subscribers, but because it was New Year’s Day all the phone networks were still overloaded from the midnight rush, so most people didn’t receive it until that night or the next day because of the sheer backlog.
The past, eh.
I loved the SMS service. The elation of an inbound transfer text. I’d assumed that it had ended due to the emergence of Twitter etc., but perhaps it’s just fallen into disrepair through lack of use.
Groundhog day at Watford in the 90s was fun.
Thats the one, can remember thinking my visiting the place was jinxed !!
Thats the one, can remember thinking my visiting the place was jinxed !!
I loved the SMS service. The elation of an inbound transfer text. I’d assumed that it had ended due to the emergence of Twitter etc., but perhaps it’s just fallen into disrepair through lack of use.