It can’t be far off.

Remember an opening day vs either Forest or Palace that was really hot in mid 2000’s but doubt it would match today.

It was pretty damn hot when Chico did the half time entertainment

Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:00 am

Remember an opening day vs either Forest or Palace that was really hot in mid 2000’s but doubt it would match today.

Palace in 2003. Ridiculously hot that afternoon. Two away games to add to that too, Watford in 1997 and Millwall in 2001.

Bordeauxclaret wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:00 am

Remember an opening day vs either Forest or Palace that was really hot in mid 2000’s but doubt it would match today.

Palace in 2003? The day I found out why, after speaking to a couple of West Brom fans, the only comment they would make about our new goalkeeper was 'he s a big bloke'.

Herts Clarets wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:05 am

Palace in 2003? The day I found out why, after speaking to a couple of West Brom fans, the only comment they would make about our new goalkeeper was 'he s a big bloke'.

He was shocking that afternoon. The back four of Roche, Branch, Gnohere and Camara didn't inspire much confidence either

Bring it on! All Watford’s foreigners won’t know how to cope with a boiling hot Thursday night up north! Oh.......!

Hope it isn't to hot, the Twix in the club safe might melt.

" Yes, but how will they cope with a roasting hot Thursday night in June at Burnley..? "

It was extremely hot at the pre-season friendly away at Fleetwood last year.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:03 am

Palace in 2003. Ridiculously hot that afternoon. Two away games to add to that too, Watford in 1997 and Millwall in 2001.

Millwall away in possibly 2012 as well? We won 1-0, was around 30 degrees that day in October.

Another away, Wolves first game of season in 76.

claretburns wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:56 am

Millwall away in possibly 2012 as well? We won 1-0, was around 30 degrees that day in October.

That when Jay Rod scored? Don't recall that one but the one in August 2001 was absolutely ridiculous. That was when we were pinned in outside in the heat while the bricks and bottles came flying in.

RammyClaret61 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:11 am

Another away, Wolves first game of season in 76.

That was another very hot afternoon

I seem to recall the first home game of the Waddle season being very hot.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:11 am

That when Jay Rod scored? Don't recall that one but the one in August 2001 was absolutely ridiculous. That was when we were pinned in outside in the heat while the bricks and bottles came flying in.

Was on the train for that one. Took ages to get us to Bermondsey station with fans trying to get at us and vice versa and then London Bridge was like a scene out of a film with all the police and dogs holding back the Millwall fans till we'd got down onto the underground

Think that Reid red card towards end sent them over the edge

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:25 am

Think that Reid red card towards end sent them over the edge

It was. Referee Pugh had given them a penalty which he was then forced to overturn because the supposed offence was nowhere near being in the box. Reid, aided and abetted by their centre half with the ginger goatee, decided to have a word with said referee and was sent off. That seriously kicked things off, alongside the fact that we'd outplayed them all afternoon.

TheFamilyCat wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:20 am

I seem to recall the first home game of the Waddle season being very hot.

I don't know about the first home game but that Watford away game was way off the scale.

Remember a baking hot day at Molineux in 2002. 1-0 and a man down in five minutes

Palace definitely the hottest i've encountered.

Wembley in 2009 has to be up there (not at the Turf obviously)

Peterborough home around 2012 Tuesday night match

Well, we're supposed to have one of the fittest squads in the league, so it might be more of a problem for Watford than us. That said, we could have thunderstorms by then if the forecast is right. Game could be halted due to the lightning threat.

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:11 am

That when Jay Rod scored? Don't recall that one but the one in August 2001 was absolutely ridiculous. That was when we were pinned in outside in the heat while the bricks and bottles came flying in.

Yeah Jay scored, we went down with Accy Clarets and stopped in a pub owned by a Charlton fan, early October and we were there in shirts, shorts, sunglasses, was a scorching day.

ChrisG wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 12:15 pm

Wembley in 2009 has to be up there (not at the Turf obviously)

The huge fireballs that went off as the players came onto the pitch didn't help with that either.

Again not at the Turf but it was pretty warm at Charlton in 2016

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:03 am

Palace in 2003. Ridiculously hot that afternoon. Two away games to add to that too, Watford in 1997 and Millwall in 2001.

I was at all 3 of these.

Went to the Watford game full of optimism with Waddle in charge. Left the game sunburnt and despondent that we didn't look a very good side.

Millwall I managed to sneak out before they locked the gates and kept my head down, mouth shut and walked to S Bermondsey station reading my programme. Thankfully I went to that game without colours, as I was meeting Mrs Herts and a couple of other Hammers for drinks in London that evening.

Palace was a dreadful performance, with our newly acquired keeper hardly covering himself in glory. First of many. Was that the game where a few people from the old board met in the Bridge and had their photos taken outside?

pre-season friendly v Sunderland...scorcheo!

Herts Clarets wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 1:09 pm

I was at all 3 of these.

Went to the Watford game full of optimism with Waddle in charge. Left the game sunburnt and despondent that we didn't look a very good side.

Millwall I managed to sneak out before they locked the gates and kept my head down, mouth shut and walked to S Bermondsey station reading my programme. Thankfully I went to that game without colours, as I was meeting Mrs Herts and a couple of other Hammers for drinks in London that evening.

Palace was a dreadful performance, with our newly acquired keeper hardly covering himself in glory. First of many. Was that the game where a few people from the old board met in the Bridge and had their photos taken outside?

First CM meet up that day at the Bridge. J50 there, Lord Lucan, gsyclaret, blackjane, Eli, whooooshy although no comment on the last of them.

Was a hot day at Chelsea in 2017 when we won 3-2

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:28 am

Reid, aided and abetted by their centre half with the ginger goatee, decided to have a word with said referee...

I wonder what happen to the aforementioned centre half? I don't think he had much of a career ahead of him after his playing days

That opening day fixture at Watford away was the hottest I've ever experienced at any football match and I've been to quite a few games at Malaga over here on the Costa del Sol. The stand we were in was like a sauna, I remember I was struggling to breath at times. Happy Days.

criminalclaret wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 1:22 pm

I wonder what happen to the aforementioned centre half? I don't think he had much of a career ahead of him after his playing days

Ha ha - I spoke to him and Reid about it when Reid was at Burnley. The centre half just smiled.

Another one not at home but Oldham away under Waddle started in very hot conditions.

The weather matched all our moods that night.

Stockport away, in '96 I remember as being a hot one.

I remember two topless supporters sumo-wrestling at the foot of the terracing.

edit - same day as Man Utd lost 3-1 at Aston Villa and Alan Hansen gave his "never win anything with kids" speech.

The weather forecast is interesting..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZMUAd7OJc8

Early kickoff too. Good luck to the squad!

ClaretTony wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 1:18 pm

First CM meet up that day at the Bridge. J50 there, Lord Lucan, gsyclaret, blackjane, Eli, whooooshy although no comment on the last of them.

And when the pictures were posted, that's when the penny dropped who exactly the poster known as eli was.

On the rare occasions when it was scorching on the Turf I remember the paint on the crush barriers on the Longside used to get extremely tacky like it was melting. Must have been cheap stuff! When the football was dreadful as a kid I used to enjoy peeling the layers off to see what colours were underneath!

Rowls wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 1:34 pm

Stockport away, in '96 I remember as being a hot one.

I remember two topless supporters sumo-wrestling at the foot of the terracing.

edit - same day as Man Utd lost 3-1 at Aston Villa and Alan Hansen gave his "never win anything with kids" speech.

Was that the day we had a streaker run on the pitch?

Seem to recall the game where Barney scored 5 being a very hot day was it not?

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:25 am

Was on the train for that one. Took ages to get us to Bermondsey station with fans trying to get at us and vice versa and then London Bridge was like a scene out of a film with all the police and dogs holding back the Millwall fans till we'd got down onto the underground

Think that Reid red card towards end sent them over the edge

I moved to London that day so we'd driven down in the morning, dropped all my stuff off at my flat and then drove to the ground so we were absolutely sweltering. Then after the match we had to run the gauntlet to get back to the car that we'd parked near some railway arch in the middle of Bermondsey. There's probably a craft beer brewery or an artisan bakery there now.

aggi wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 3:48 pm

I moved to London that day so we'd driven down in the morning, dropped all my stuff off at my flat and then drove to the ground so we were absolutely sweltering. Then after the match we had to run the gauntlet to get back to the car that we'd parked near some railway arch in the middle of Bermondsey. There's probably a craft beer brewery or an artisan bakery there now.

It was a mad day and must admit I was pretty steaming after getting into London early and drinking in the baking heat in some beautiful bars round Covent Garden / Leicester Sq / Embankment / London Bridge

ChrisG wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 3:36 pm

Was that the day we had a streaker run on the pitch?

Don't recall a streaker or the scoreline. 0-0 or 1-0 loss rings a bell. Not a great match and I remember a lot of tension before the match, possibly a day when there was trouble between the two sets of fans.

ChrisG wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 3:36 pm

Was that the day we had a streaker run on the pitch?

Looked it up: It was 19th August 1995 and it was 0-0.

The Palace home game must have been over 30 degrees at kick off. Remember Luton away in Heath’s first game in charge being a hot day.

Rowls wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 5:11 pm

Looked it up: It was 19th August 1995 and it was 0-0.

The streaker match was a 1-0 defeat and an early kick off

The streaker at Stockport must have been about 96/97. I was only young but can remember Andy Mutch scoring the winner in front of the Burnley end and taunting us afterwards.

Just going off topic slightly but high temperatures like today do nothing to support the idea of summer football. I think I'm right in saying Stan was a fan of it but personally I've never understood the clamour for it. That was a huge effort today but I wouldn't like to be at matches like that on a regular basis.

Silkyskills1 wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 25, 2020 9:22 pm

Just going off topic slightly but high temperatures like today do nothing to support the idea of summer football. I think I'm right in saying Stan was a fan of it but personally I've never understood the clamour for it. That was a huge effort today but I wouldn't like to be at matches like that on a regular basis.

Stan did want a switch to summer football but it's not something I'd enjoy each year. I know, as I get older, there are days when it feels a bit too cold, but better that than watching games in weather like we've had today.