Diego_Sideburns Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Carry on we will all be related soon We could have a reunion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) West Ham in the Cup early 1960s. Torrential rain and a howling gale blowing from the RRE to the Chaddy. Jack Burkett (IIRC) scored for West Ham from inside his own half, the ball carrying in the wind, one bounce and it skated past Johnny Bollands and in. There's a pic of it in one of Stewart Beckett's books. There used to be a band at half time in those days, but the weather was so bad, they played in the top tier of the main stand. I'm sure Diego, BP1960 and LaticsPete will remember it. Provided they were there, of course. It was a fluke goal really, but Bollands took the blame from a lot of fans at the time. A couple I remember, Chesterfield away in the F.A Cup 1970s played in a blizzard, an afternoon match yet we didn't get back home until 1am. The opening of the new Lookers stand, those sat in the first dozen rows or so got a soaking. Edited February 8, 2014 by BP1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pk200 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 We could have a reunion. Why not reminisce about De La Salle 'Bedes and Xaverian etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stargazer Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Recall us whupping Ipswich 4-0 in a snowstorm when the rocky road end was open on an evening match. The plucky travelling few were moved I recall at some point to one of the sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) Recall us whupping Ipswich 4-0 in a snowstorm when the rocky road end was open on an evening match. The plucky travelling few were moved I recall at some point to one of the sides. I remember that, didn't Ipswich have a Russian International who looked as though he wished he was back home in milder Siberian weather. Edited February 8, 2014 by BP1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Why not reminisce about De La Salle 'Bedes and Xaverian etc I can't reminisce about 'Bedes and Xavarian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 It was a fluke goal really, but Bollands took the blame from a lot of fans at the time. I've just seen a similar one involving the Newcastle keeper on MOTD, but it missed the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvlatic Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I remember a match when it never stopped p***ing with rain - it was one of the many drenchings i got in the uncovered lookers paddock - it was possibly v norwich or maybe swindon around 97/98...it was so bad the paddock nearly emptied! Tucked against the back wall or into the bar.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pk200 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I can't reminisce about 'Bedes and Xavarian. Well about your time at De la Salle then ....I'll let on at the next away match I see u at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) There were many matches in the old days played in fog or abandoned, it always used to settle in the hollow at Boundary Park. Thank goodness for the clean air act. Edited February 8, 2014 by BP1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Well about your time at De la Salle then ....I'll let on at the next away match I see u at I could mention my anecdote involving two of the Oldham Tinkers, but I've flogged that to death already. I await your contact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfatjoe1 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Late 1980s. Mid week game. Ipswich. Blizzard conditions. It was so bad the Ipswich fans were actually taken from the RRE to the Ford stand so they didn't collapse from hypothermia. We battered them on the pitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lancy lad Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) Rochdale away, when it was abandoned. Got stuck in tea time traffic and it took an hour and a half from Stalybridge....and when we got there it looked like every seat was taken. Stood at the front and got absolutely drenched for the 5-10 mins that it lasted. I would have happily died of hypothermia to stand in that vociferous atmosphere though...it was the loudest I have ever heard Latics fans. Edited February 8, 2014 by lancy lad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pk200 Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I could mention my anecdote involving two of the Oldham Tinkers, but I've flogged that to death already. I await your contact. Canny lads I bet the Kearns' but I know John Howarth better.Look forward to our meeting . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 There were many matches in the old days played in fog or abandoned, it always used to settle in the hollow at Boundary Park. Thank goodness for the clean air act. If the ref could see both goals from the halfway-line, the game went ahead. If you were at either end of BP, you had to guess what was happening at the other end. We used to try to find our way round Westwood Park in the 'pea souper' fogs. Happy days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 late seventies early eightys Burnley at home tuesday night game and weather that bad only one solitery Burnley fan in the rre all the rest were either in the chaddy or the paddocks can remember the pic on the back page of the chron of him soaked and all alone also didnt it bounce down first home league game on the plastic ( BARNSLEY ?) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Canny lads I bet the Kearns' but I know John Howarth better.Look forward to our meeting . Talking of snow and 'pea soupers', they came in handy as excuses for getting to school later than was necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petelatics Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Yes the West Ham game with the comical (if you were a West Ham fan) goal and of course the Southport game - pitch completely covered in snow and we won 11-0. When I arrived home my dad asked me how they'd got on (Boxing Day so no sports news in those days). When I told him we won 11-0 he wouldn't believe me (I had been known to have him on a bit in the past). It was the next day when he saw the newspaper that he finally believed it! Served me right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) Anyone go the Stoke v Latics match 1979? (29:30 into the video) Edited February 8, 2014 by BP1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueatheart Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Love the Elton John bit afterwards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristolatic Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Bristol Rovers away in the late 90s. Rain absolutely flogging it down and it was a wonder the game finished. The pitch was like a boating lake. We all got bloody soaked in the open paddock, even though about three million of us tried to shelter under the tea bar canopy. It worked ok until we jumped in the air and there was a collective cracking of heads on the tea bar roof. One bloke, who I think said he'd come over from the Isle of Wight, took his shirt off and just stood there topless in the monsoon. His reasoning was that it's extremely uncomfortable standing in a sopping wet shirt. That's a rough translation of what he said, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddog Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Swindon away last week was pretty horrendous wind-wise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewrat Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Well the Southport match was cold but the Ipswich match has to take it. 2 Ipswich fans were taken away by ambulance first half suffering with Hypothermia. Alll through the match there was horizontal sleet carried on the gale force wind straight into RRE. It was a police decision to move the crowd from there before any other fans succumbed to the conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wogghead1 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Rochdale away, when it was abandoned. Got stuck in tea time traffic and it took an hour and a half from Stalybridge....and when we got there it looked like every seat was taken. Stood at the front and got absolutely drenched for the 5-10 mins that it lasted. I would have happily died of hypothermia to stand in that vociferous atmosphere though...it was the loudest I have ever heard Latics fans. The replay wasn't much warmer either!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_b_100 Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Anyone.remember the.3-3 draw at city? .. That was almost like a winter season in itself.. But it wasn't cold.. It was a cracking game though.. Three nil down.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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