And the news from 1998 from a rain drenched Macclesfield

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https://www.uptheclarets.com/unbeaten-r ... cclesfield

That was one horrible day.

bfcjg wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:40 pm

That was one horrible day.

In every sense - although I think my coat has dried out

Genuinely don’t think I’ve ever been wetter at a football match!

Did Stan really call it a derbie?

Quickenthetempo wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:45 pm

Did Stan really call it a derbie?

He did strangely

Remember Sodje getting a little bit of abuse as he fell in the goal's netting a few feet from the Burnley fans behind the goal.

Bad day at the office

Loyalclaret wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:54 pm

Remember Sodje getting a little bit of abuse as he fell in the goal's netting a few feet from the Burnley fans behind the goal.

Bad day at the office

One of the Sodje brothers ended up in prison, not sure if he was the one

Nori1958 wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 24, 2023 9:10 pm

One of the Sodje brothers ended up in prison, not sure if he was the one

Just checked....he was one of 2 brothers jailed for fraud

He wore a cloth on his head as his mother asked him to.

Nori1958 wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 24, 2023 9:13 pm

Just checked....he was one of 2 brothers jailed for fraud

It was three brothers and they were jailed for stealing from their own charity. Good blokes.

Found a pub after with a real fire and I literally stood a foot from it with the steam rising- I stayed there until I was just about to ignite..

I remember being sat in the Hour Glass waiting for the Colne Clarets bus with the rain passing down outside thinking that surely it would be called off.

I reckon I was wetter though after the Port Vale boxing day game after finding myself locked out of The Longside. And that wasn't even a full game.

I was still wet when I got home - 10 minutes after the final whistle.

By coincidence I was at the Moss again last night. There were 76 from Worksop “filling” the still uncovered away end.

No sign of Sodje or Savage.

I recall a few years later a game between Portsmouth and Leicester was played on a pitch every bit as waterlogged. The two managers at the time were Harry Redknapp and Mickey Adams. Despite Leicester winning 2-0 the two managers both blasted the referee as did some of the players.

Portsmouth's Steve Stone said: "Over my career, I didn’t play in anything half as wet as that, the surface water on the pitch was dangerous, absolutely dangerous, horrendous. ‘The referee should have called it off, he was a disgrace. I was a nightmare with refs and told him at half-time 'You are a joke. This is not right, somebody is going to get hurt'. Even in the middle of the park, whenever you tried to pass the ball it stopped. I was taking the mickey in the corner, stopping the ball and telling the referee I couldn’t move it. It was unbelievable."

The referee was Andy Hall, the same referee who had allowed the Macclesfield v Burnley game to go ahead. He was subsequently referred to on my previous site as the Flood Warden.

What an awful day. Glen's goal was a cracker though.

We couldn't get tickets to the away end and had to watch from the home stands but were in the uncovered terrace below the main stand. I can remember the marquee style stand opposite us and getting drenched.

Let's hope we never end up habitually playing poxy little clubs like this again.

I wasn't at that Macclesfield game but the wettest I've ever been was away at Exeter in 1981/2. Open terrace behind the goal and it stopped raining about 5 minutes before the end. We lost 1-2 to end a long unbeaten run and had a late goal disallowed for a non-existent offside. The rumour was that the linesman who flagged for it had previously been an Exeter season ticket holder but I don't know if there was any truth in it.

It was an extremely uncomfortable 4 hour return home wet through.

sjb wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:42 pm

I wasn't at that Macclesfield game but the wettest I've ever been was away at Exeter in 1981/2. Open terrace behind the goal and it stopped raining about 5 minutes before the end. We lost 1-2 to end a long unbeaten run and had a late goal disallowed for a non-existent offside. The rumour was that the linesman who flagged for it had previously been an Exeter season ticket holder but I don't know if there was any truth in it.

It was an extremely uncomfortable 4 hour return home wet through.

He had been an Exeter season ticket holder, not just a rumour.

Sammy McIlroy was Macclesfield's manager at the time. I'd no idea he was back there as assistant manager to Mark Duffy or should I say was. Both of them have been sacked this morning along with the goalkeeper coach and head of recruitment.

Articles like this really bring back the most unique of memories. I’d have been about 14 at the time and remember being gutted that I’d put brown sauce on my half time hot dog instead of tomato sauce due to my colourblindness!!

Didn’t go to this one thankfully but remember getting absolutely drenched away at Hull in early 90’s around Christmas time.

Steve-Harpers-perm wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 26, 2023 10:02 am

Didn’t go to this one thankfully but remember getting absolutely drenched away at Hull in early 90’s around Christmas time.

2-1 win? My dad got his brolly confiscated at the turnstiles and was promised he could have it back after the game. Alas it was never to be seen again!

burnmark wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 26, 2023 10:05 am

2-1 win? My dad got his brolly confiscated at the turnstiles and was promised he could have it back after the game. Alas it was never to be seen again!

Yes John Deary got the winner! Stood on the open end behind the net!

Was also a midweek game at Stockport on the uncovered terrace that was a very wet one! Think it was the Stan era.

jrgbfc wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:42 pm

Was also a midweek game at Stockport on the uncovered terrace that was a very wet one! Think it was the Stan era.

If it’s the same one I’m thinking of it was a dismal nil nil draw! In fact there were many dismal 90 mins stood on that open end at Stockport!

Steve-Harpers-perm wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 26, 2023 3:34 pm

If it’s the same one I’m thinking of it was a dismal nil nil draw! In fact there were many dismal 90 mins stood on that open end at Stockport!

1985/6 season. Poured down on a Friday night so a few of us went in the stand. Got into a bit of bother with some Stockport lads at half time and were kicked out of the stand by a copper. We got to the open end and were sent back to the stand by another copper. Only to be met by copper no 1 who threatened to arrest us if we didn't leave the stand. Eventually the coppers conferred and kicked us out anyway.

burnmark wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:55 am

Articles like this really bring back the most unique of memories. I’d have been about 14 at the time and remember being gutted that I’d put brown sauce on my half time hot dog instead of tomato sauce due to my colourblindness!!

Sorry to laugh but that really did make me chuckle.

Yes, these articles really do have the power to bring back memories. It's maybe the rain and the pain of the defeat but this game is so very vivid when I think about it.