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gary_elton
February 3, 2015, 7:01pm

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Town v Sunderland.... Snow... water all over the pitch , Dave Gilbert came on wearing water wings and a snorkel..

abandoned after a few minutes...   bloody farce  !!


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February 3, 2015, 7:11pm
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I remember that Sunderland game. I have a feeling it is the only one I've seen abandoned at BP for really bad weather, though I've seen one or two stopped due to fog.

On the other hand, I remember a game over Christmas some years ago against Coventry, I think. Possibly Boxing Day - the pitch was absolutely frozen solid and it was like both sets of players were ice-skating around. I seem to remember that one of their short-bottom players managed to dribble it past half our team (who could barely stand up) to score the winner. Mike Marsh, perhaps?

No chance of the referee stopping that game, but it wouldn't even have started in the modern day!
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Quoted from gary_elton
Town v Sunderland.... Snow... water all over the pitch , Dave Gilbert came on wearing water wings and a snorkel..

abandoned after a few minutes...   bloody farce  !!


Think that game only went ahead because the TV cameras were there and if I remember correctly at the time clubs only got paid by the TV companies if the game started. As you say, a bloody farce.

I do remember going all the way to Carlisle on the train one Saturday years ago to see us play and getting within 200 yard s of the ground only to be told by a bunch of their fans walking away from the ground that the game was off due to fog.














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