Another one for the Bolton cup game. I'm sure it was rained off though - the only game in north west that was. Rumour was Allardyce had an injury crisis and over-watered the pitch.
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Another one for the Bolton cup game. I'm sure it was rained off though - the only game in north west that was. Rumour was Allardyce had an injury crisis and over-watered the pitch.
Any one know how many tickets we sold for the original game? Must have been a few thousand city fAns attending plenty of different games around the center of the country.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluemellons wrote on Fri, 16 January 2015 20:40
Sounds like 87/88 to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sloop_Jon_Bee wrote on Fri, 16 January 2015 20:49
I was at this one too,went up on the special with my dad,didnt hang about after and got a train back(via london i think)Jimmy Scoular and the team were on the train back and i got all their autographs,i was only a young lad and this more than made up fir the cancellation.Quote:
Originally Posted by NECS wrote on Fri, 16 January 2015 22:33
Many years ago there was an FA cup game at Ninian Park against Brentford that was nearly aborted in the second half. The gates were opened about 30 minutes from the end of the match; the pitch was a mud bath, the rain relentless, the referee held several discussions with club officials but the match reached its conclusion. We lost.
Gillingham away in the mid 80's, I ran a coach from the Galed in Ystrad Rhondda. Game was called off, spent the whole time in a local pub, interrupted occasionally by all of us departing to chase/attack locals who fancied their chances.
The Carlisle game mentioned earlier, I didn't go but I remember that the Adar Glas coach had a vote as to either go to a local Club/Pub for 2 hours, or come straight back home. Amazingly the pop and crispers on board voted to come home, greatly annoying the half a dozen mates of my mate that went.
B 2 B. http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/ayatollah.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by NECS wrote on Fri, 16 January 2015 22:33
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Originally Posted by Llanedeyrnblue wrote on Fri, 16 January 2015 20:46
Shrewsbury & Port Vale as above but the worst was getting to Peterborough to find it called off due to frost in the shadow of the grandstand.
Shrewsbury a few years ago http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/shrug.gif and in the late sixties a home Game with Millwall that was abandoned after 30 odd minutes due to a waterlogged pitch.
It was against Millwall in November 1967 and I remember the score was 0-0 when the ref called it off as the ball was getting stuck in the puddles that had been forming all over the pitch. I also recall there was some sort of incident involving Jimmy Scoular after the game was abandoned - I daresay it had something to do with whether people would get their money back because there was still more than two thirds of the game to go when the decision to pack up was made.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueWales wrote on Fri, 16 January 2015 23:01
merthyr vs farnborough 1991
"He said: 'I know, but what the hell are they doing here?' I just looked at him, cleared my throat and said: 'That's just the way we do things at Cardiff. We don't forget our friends'."Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluemellons wrote on Fri, 16 January 2015 20:40
Was halfway to Bolton as well in the cup when called off (icy roads around the ground I think)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sloop_Jon_Bee wrote on Fri, 16 January 2015 20:34
Brighton away , about 94/95 ... I lived in Upper Beeding, Sussex and had a coach load of mates turn up at my local village pub at just after 11am ... The locals were bemused and a bit wary , but then all getting on great .
It had been pissing down all day and night , one of locals came in and told us the game was off.
Quick decision was made to stay in the pub . When the bus left at 6.00 pm everyone was hammered , some still say the most pissed they've been .
The landlord was very happy and I had free drinks for a week.
I went on my own to the replay , on a cold Tuesday think it was 1-1 .
Yeah that was the time when the undersoil heating had not been connected http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif , we had all travelled from Southampton as well in a Limo for someone's 21st. Still it meant going on the beer a bit earlier.Quote:
Originally Posted by celticknight wrote on Fri, 16 January 2015 20:42
The undersoil heating game was at the CCS v Leicester,i had a few Leicester mates down for the weekend and they couldn't believe a new stadium didn't have undersoil heating.Quote:
Originally Posted by old blue wrote on Sat, 17 January 2015 11:54
Fair do's, you must be some jinx to go to a game with http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by blueblade wrote on Fri, 16 January 2015 20:41
This one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebeetle wrote on Fri, 16 January 2015 20:30
Another one that ended up at Maine Road for the Man City v Southampton game after Huddersfield was called off. It may be my bad memory but i'm sure there were more Cardiff fans there than Southampton fans. We were sat in front of them. Wierd situation but was fun.
Not called off, but it should have been, Crewe in the FA Cup. The coldest I've ever been at a football match. We could have broken our necks when we invaded the pitch. It was like a bloody skating rink.
That sounds like such a laugh it would almost be worth rounding up a couple of hundred of us to go to 'another teams game' but on purpose.. There can't be any laws against it..Quote:
Originally Posted by Owen Wilsons Nose wrote on Sat, 17 January 2015 10:59
Can I suggest the Liberty Stadium?Quote:
Originally Posted by Freitag 4.15 wrote on Sat, 17 January 2015 13:04
http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/hehe.gif Awesome http://www.ccmb.co.uk/images/smiley_icons/ayatollah.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Owen Wilsons Nose wrote on Sat, 17 January 2015 10:59
The Derby game was at the CCS and we did have undersoil heating but for some reason it hadn't been connected. That's how I remember it anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by ninian200 wrote on Sat, 17 January 2015 12:23