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Post by hughie on Nov 20, 2024 8:36:51 GMT
Leek Town Away 1990 roughly.F A Cup match .The game had been postponed on the Saturday because of snow.It was played the following Tuesday.Big contingent of Chester fans at the game located along the newly built popular side.
The police parked us at the top of the hill and we walked down to the ground.It was freezing.Located near the ground was a cosy pub packed with Chester fans.No one wanted to leave.The pitch was topped with ice.Players had a job to stand.We scored straight away Brian Croft I think.They equalised in the last minute great atmosphere.Then we trudged back to the car park.Beat them 4.0 in the replay at Macc.
What’s been your coldest game?
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Post by devadiva on Nov 20, 2024 8:48:58 GMT
Barnsley in FA cup - sideways snow that I had to dig out of my right ear throughout the match? 🥶
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Post by tooth on Nov 20, 2024 9:11:40 GMT
Staylebridge 4-1 at home in the league the harry Mac was shut was baynes scored two wonder goals that was cold
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Post by Moltisanti on Nov 20, 2024 9:11:46 GMT
Barnsley.
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Post by weareblues on Nov 20, 2024 9:13:30 GMT
Kendal away if you know you know
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Post by deesideblue1 on Nov 20, 2024 9:20:13 GMT
Kiddy away a couple of years ago when we won 2-0.
Nothing and I mean nothing had prepared me for it. I remember I couldn’t bring myself to drive home and just sat in the car with the heaters on for half hour.
Swear it was -8 wind chill.
I need confirmation Rio didn’t wear shorts that night
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Post by Si on Nov 20, 2024 9:34:46 GMT
Kettering away in early Jan 2003....I'm only just thawing out.
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Post by Rio Doherty on Nov 20, 2024 9:44:19 GMT
Kiddy away a couple of years ago when we won 2-0. Nothing and I mean nothing had prepared me for it. I remember I couldn’t bring myself to drive home and just sat in the car with the heaters on for half hour. Swear it was -8 wind chill. I need confirmation Rio didn’t wear shorts that night I had five layers on, and no even I didn’t wear shorts 😁 |
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Post by Rio Doherty on Nov 20, 2024 9:51:13 GMT
I’ll have to go with Kidderminster Harriers away in 2022 for my coldest game as well. The pitch was grey due to the frost, but because Kiddy had undersoil heating it didn’t get abandoned.
That’s closely followed by Dagenham and Redbridge away in February 2018. It was during the time of the ‘Beast from the East’, and the wind was absolutely bitter, despite being stood at the back of that large stand behind one of the goals. We were 1-2 up with around five minutes to go, but The Daggers scored two last gasp goals to win 3-2. Ironically, that exact same thing happened in the February of 2017 as well. We’ve also lost 6-0 and 6-2 at Victoria Road, so to say it isn’t a happy hunting ground would be a massive understatement.
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Post by glosblue on Nov 20, 2024 10:09:54 GMT
Kidderminster was definitely chilly - I only went because it's fairly local, even though it was on TV - and the Long Johns came in handy.
But Blackpool away midweek in February (maybe the League Cup?), standing on what was then a completely open away end as the wind howled in from the Irish Sea takes some beating (as, I recall, so did we).
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Post by jimianto on Nov 20, 2024 10:31:54 GMT
I'm giving an honourable mention to Prescot Cables away - New Years Day 2011, but the coldest for me was Leek away in the FA Cup, as hughie opened with.
I only watched the Kiddy 2 nil game on TV, but I was shivering just watching it, so I'm sure that would compete.
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Post by Moltisanti on Nov 20, 2024 10:37:02 GMT
Kiddy away a couple of years ago when we won 2-0. Nothing and I mean nothing had prepared me for it. I remember I couldn’t bring myself to drive home and just sat in the car with the heaters on for half hour. Swear it was -8 wind chill. I need confirmation Rio didn’t wear shorts that night Forgot about that but Barnsley much worse for me. Never been that cold in my life. |
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Post by muchwenlock2 on Nov 20, 2024 10:49:09 GMT
Leek was bad . Plymouth away in cup was awful cold and pissed wet through.Wigans old ground Springfield park we always seemed to play them there on a cold Tuesday night standing on that muddy bank
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Post by blue4life on Nov 20, 2024 10:56:29 GMT
Wycombe at home first home game since being back in the league, hammered down while stuck in queues.
Kendal another very cold one.
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Post by Neil Hunt Nonsense Potter on Nov 20, 2024 11:27:19 GMT
Most games after the end of August in the West Stand. Its like a frigging fridge. Dracula sees more sun.
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Post by Moltisanti on Nov 20, 2024 11:40:09 GMT
Whyteleafe another one
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Post by luckyblue on Nov 20, 2024 12:05:10 GMT
Middlesbrough in the FA Cup .Early January Mid nineties. Absolutely Baltic on the north east coast. Result wasn’t to clever either 😳
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Post by tattoo on Nov 20, 2024 12:05:22 GMT
Middlesborough away in the FA Cup freezing day and a shocking result 6-0, think Noteman's penalty is still in orbit. The wind blowing off the river straight into the away end of the new Riverside Stadium.
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Post by blue4life on Nov 20, 2024 12:19:01 GMT
Talking of Middlesbrough, Hartlepool on a friday night was quite baltic.
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Post by Rimmer on Nov 20, 2024 12:53:11 GMT
Went down to a mid week cup game at Rushden and Diamonds many years ago and it was absolutely Baltic, was praying for a goal from either side and it went to extra time and penalties - can’t remember the cup competition or the result, think we got beat 🙄
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Nov 20, 2024 13:13:08 GMT
Kettering away in early Jan 2003....I'm only just thawing out. Was that the shit 0-0 draw when the Hipkiss was late getting there and we all had to jump off and run down the street to the ground and missed the first five minutes? Overall a proper shit day that. |
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Post by agl on Nov 20, 2024 13:21:46 GMT
Kendal. Considering it was almost Easter, absolutely freezing.
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Post by proudblue on Nov 20, 2024 13:44:24 GMT
Kettering away in early Jan 2003....I'm only just thawing out. Was that the shit 0-0 draw when the Hipkiss was late getting there and we all had to jump off and run down the street to the ground and missed the first five minutes? Overall a proper shit day that. We won 1-0 at Kettering on what was indeed a very cold afternoon. But that experience of getting there late and then witnessing a tedious 0-0 draw is exactly what happened at Dag & Red the following season. |
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Post by Si on Nov 20, 2024 13:58:23 GMT
Was that the shit 0-0 draw when the Hipkiss was late getting there and we all had to jump off and run down the street to the ground and missed the first five minutes? Overall a proper shit day that. We won 1-0 at Kettering on what was indeed a very cold afternoon. But that experience of getting there late and then witnessing a tedious 0-0 draw is exactly what happened at Dag & Red the following season. Seem to recall it was Clare from close range, on what was otherwise a very uneventful game. |
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Post by Churton Blue on Nov 20, 2024 14:06:02 GMT
Kendal. Considering it was almost Easter, absolutely freezing. Agree with you and weareblues about this one. The fact that it was early April made the brutal windchill a real shock. Sought shelter at half time and did not really want to go out again to watch the second half despite us leading and playing OK. Finished 3-0 to ease the pain from the cold. Canal Street in 1978 also sticks out. My car was frozen up by 6.00 pm and could not believe the Cup replay was still on. Pitch was like a skating rink but a 5-0 win made it feel warmer than it was ! |
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Post by Frank Owen’s Paintbrush on Nov 20, 2024 14:12:30 GMT
Was that the shit 0-0 draw when the Hipkiss was late getting there and we all had to jump off and run down the street to the ground and missed the first five minutes? Overall a proper shit day that. We won 1-0 at Kettering on what was indeed a very cold afternoon. But that experience of getting there late and then witnessing a tedious 0-0 draw is exactly what happened at Dag & Red the following season. Ah yes, I've collated all those memories into one! Never really had great days in Dagenham have we - two back-to-back 0-6 defeats also. |
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Post by Churton Blue on Nov 20, 2024 14:17:06 GMT
Staylebridge 4-1 at home in the league the harry Mac was shut was baynes scored two wonder goals that was cold We had to clear a huge amount of snow off the frost covers to get the game on but the scoreline made it worth the collective effort. |
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Post by newblue on Nov 20, 2024 14:40:38 GMT
In the Northern Premier League Season, Kendall away (in April) where the guy selling the fanzine was shivering and I'm not sure he had a coat! In the same season, Marine away was wet and perishing.
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Post by boughtonbliue on Nov 20, 2024 14:42:49 GMT
08/02/84 Chester 0-3 Swindon was the coldest for me or perhaps it was just so frigging depressing. Att 880 half of which had left by half time. Good ole sealand road
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Post by thestanchion on Nov 20, 2024 14:55:15 GMT
Grimsby away, Tuesday night February 2005. Lost 1-0.
Blackpool away, December 78. Lost 3-0.
Hartlepool away, January 1996. Lost 2-1.
Was anyone else at any of these? sort of games where you ask yourself, why am I doing this?
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