Coldest Football Ground
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Another one for Oldham and, Bacup cricket.
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Hartlepool definitely the windiest ever ground.
Coldest was one evening match at Derby...only saved from frostbite by the surge of adrenalin, when Jean-Louis Valois equalised with a beaut.
Coldest was one evening match at Derby...only saved from frostbite by the surge of adrenalin, when Jean-Louis Valois equalised with a beaut.
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Scarborough at home in the Autoglass trophy, match was abandoned at 0-0 after 90 minutes, the pitch froze as they were playing, and it was called off before extra-time could start ... 21st January 1992, according to " Clarets Chronicles " ..
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Tromso in norway in november brrrrrrrrr
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You take Bacup CC as read - alongside Accrington & Haslingden in the Lancashire League although I think Bacup is the coldest.COBBLE wrote:Another one for Oldham and, Bacup cricket.
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Abandoned after 90 minutes and should have been before that. That night was frost though rather than raging winds and storms like some of the others mentioned.Clarets4me wrote:Scarborough at home in the Autoglass trophy, match was abandoned at 0-0 after 90 minutes, the pitch froze as they were playing, and it was called off before extra-time could start ... 21st January 1992, according to " Clarets Chronicles " ..
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Arbroath. Went there the day before Aberdeen. July, mind you, right next to the North Sea, and freezing. On that basis, picturing a wet and windy December day, I'm going for Gayfield Park. Chortle.
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Dukla Prague in february
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Isn’t Arbroath’s ground just about on the beach?whentheballmoves wrote:Arbroath. Went there the day before Aberdeen. July, mind you, right next to the North Sea, and freezing. On that basis, picturing a wet and windy December day, I'm going for Gayfield Park. Chortle.
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Spurs at Wembley in december was the coldest I've been at football. Drenched on the way to the ground and a swirling cold wind around the empty concourse.
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Bacup's ground is absolutely freezing. Not for the fainthearted
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Concourse was horrendous but conditions for watching the match were ok. I was lucky in not getting too wet before but had to suffer the freezing rain after the game.Quickenthetempo wrote:Spurs at Wembley in december was the coldest I've been at football. Drenched on the way to the ground and a swirling cold wind around the empty concourse.
Last season was a bad one regards getting drenched, a couple of home matches and two more bad ones away at Man City (Cup) and Brighton.
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Maiden Rec at Bacup is cold all year round.JohnDearyMe wrote:Bacup's ground is absolutely freezing. Not for the fainthearted
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Not on a beach, per se, but right next to the rocks, as I recall. The sea does occasionally get blown over the roof of the terrace!ClaretTony wrote:Isn’t Arbroath’s ground just about on the beach?
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Scarborough away when we, I think, lost 3-1 was the coldest I have ever been when watching Burnley. Had to go in the stand as I was with friends and the wind was strong and raw and was laden with frozen sea spray I believe. Portsmouth for the January 0-2 defeat was close - wet, windy cold and no warm food to be had. Didn't do Hartlepool for any of the notoriously cold fixtures
The coldest I have ever been at a football match was in Benbecula standing as a substitute for the Royal Signals team against some Scottish Regimental side. What felt like 500mph wind gusts blowing sea spray straight across the pitch without even wetting the surface!
The coldest I have ever been at a football match was in Benbecula standing as a substitute for the Royal Signals team against some Scottish Regimental side. What felt like 500mph wind gusts blowing sea spray straight across the pitch without even wetting the surface!
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The Old Den Millwall....
Cold Blow Lane..... even its name is cold
Cold Blow Lane..... even its name is cold
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1999/00 Nou Camp Stadium, Champions League Barcelona 4 Porto 2.
I was right at the top of the stadium with the Porto fans. My friend got some tickets from their fan association and we met their coaches down in the port in the afternoon and it was hot. I went out in just a t-shirt. I didn't have any dinner we just went with them to the ground, waited 2 hours to get in to wait 2 hours for the kick-off and then kept in the ground for 2 hours afterwards, by this time 11 at night.
The weather had changed and at the top of the stadium it was as windy and as cold as up Pendle Hill. I think I got flu afterwards.
I was right at the top of the stadium with the Porto fans. My friend got some tickets from their fan association and we met their coaches down in the port in the afternoon and it was hot. I went out in just a t-shirt. I didn't have any dinner we just went with them to the ground, waited 2 hours to get in to wait 2 hours for the kick-off and then kept in the ground for 2 hours afterwards, by this time 11 at night.
The weather had changed and at the top of the stadium it was as windy and as cold as up Pendle Hill. I think I got flu afterwards.
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The coldest experience I’ve ever had at a football match was Blackpool away the season we went up with Coyle. Went in full thermals and ski gear, and still freezing my nits off.
Worth it for Kalvenes’s late winner though!
Worth it for Kalvenes’s late winner though!
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We were on the back row of the Gene Kelly and really thought we were going to get thrown out of it at one point. We were hanging on for our lives in that wind. Horrible conditions.scouseclaret wrote:The coldest experience I’ve ever had at a football match was Blackpool away the season we went up with Coyle. Went in full thermals and ski gear, and still freezing my nits off.
Worth it for Kalvenes’s late winner though!
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Hartlepool, no doubt about it, mind you Turf Moor can be a bit nippy at times!
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Don’t think it was that cold, but I remember a horrendous blizzard at Wrexham one year. We only knew they’d scored when the opposite end cheered.
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Grimsby. The season when Chris Waddle was incharge. Freezing that day.
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Holt house
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Yep said same game. Also funny you mention Stanley. Forgot about that. I went with nephew last season v forest green. Absolutely bitter.Hendrickxz wrote:The match at the Turf where JRod scored a wonder goal (against Peterborough?) was a chiller thriller. I went for a pint after the match and ended up leaving some (virtually unheard of!) because it started snowing and I was fearing getting stuck up Fence. A few people I know jacked that match at half time it was so cold. The Crown Ground at Accrington is a cold hole as well...
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Oxford (Manor Ground) in the eighties. We ended up doing a conga on that open terrace to keep warm!
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Spurs last season was pretty grim. Got drenched walking to the ground and once inside the cold wind just seemed to whip round the half empty stadium. Got beat in the last minute then got drenched again walking back to the train station before having to sit on train for 2 hours back to Leeds absolutely ****** wet through! Not one of my better away days
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Newcastle away early 80’s. Keegan's last game. Spent the game huddled under the concrete lip that curled round the away end. Probably just wearing a diamond Pringle jumper though.
Wettest was Cardiff away in the Ternent promotion season. Wetter than an otters pocket.
Wettest was Cardiff away in the Ternent promotion season. Wetter than an otters pocket.
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The Turf when we played Arsenal in one of the cup games, 2009 I think. It was a night game and I was sat at the front of the Longside lower right by the concrete wall on the pitch side. I think it was minus 15 that night,.
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. wasn’t at Cardiff but will never forget how bad the rain was at Macclesfield around 1998.Bop wrote:Newcastle away early 80’s. Keegan's last game. Spent the game huddled under the concrete lip that curled round the away end. Probably just wearing a diamond Pringle jumper though.
Wettest was Cardiff away in the Ternent promotion season. Wetter than an otters pocket.
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Franchise away in the cup, OC,s last game in charge.Basterd.
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Hartlepool away in the cup like 10 years ago was disgusting
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Hartlepool with the open terrace was something else but Bristol Rovers at the Memorial on a tuesday night
in November in the snow, We won 2-1 but oh my lord !!
in November in the snow, We won 2-1 but oh my lord !!
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And played on a flooded pitch. Should never have started. The good news for me was that they allowed some of us in the temporary stand and I got in there.. wrote:. wasn’t at Cardiff but will never forget how bad the rain was at Macclesfield around 1998.
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I had to pick my brother up go take him to that game. He was at a meeting in Queensbury or somewhere like that, he got stranded in the snow and had to abandon his car.Jel wrote:The Turf when we played Arsenal in one of the cup games, 2009 I think. It was a night game and I was sat at the front of the Longside lower right by the concrete wall on the pitch side. I think it was minus 15 that night,.
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Think it would of been called off if it was two local teams .. the pitch was an ice rink ..RammyClaret61 wrote:2nd Jan 1995, Fratton Park. Cold doesn’t begin to discribe it!!
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This was taken at Millwall a few years back in January, when we won 2-0.
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Portsmouth 1995.
Hartlepool on a Tuesday night.
Brighton Tuesday night at the Withdean. Had a shower in the hotel after the game before going for a drink.
Could not stand Trawden Rec on a Sunday morning!
Hartlepool on a Tuesday night.
Brighton Tuesday night at the Withdean. Had a shower in the hotel after the game before going for a drink.
Could not stand Trawden Rec on a Sunday morning!
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I was at the Portsmouth game in 1995. By the time the second half started I was numb with cold from the waist down. I remember trying to stamp my feet to see if would help, but I simply couldn't feel anything. That was cold!!