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Just noticed that it's the next Worthing v Lewes encounter next week. The last one was abandoned after 68 mins and this set me thinking - what's the worst conditions you have encountered at a game?
Wind - I remember a game at the Goldstone against Swindon which finished 3-3 in 1990 when it was blowing a gale.
Cold - unbelievably at Torquay when Albion played there on New Year's Day in 1997. You can read about this fixture in Gary Nelson's book Left Foot in the Grave. It was so cold the stewards allowed all the fans on the terrace to go into the stand to get out of the icy wind. Roker Park in Sunderland was always cold too - the wind blew straight in off the North Sea.
Rain - has to be at Barnet in 1998 when Ifijiagwa scored for us - was he Nigerian? I remember singing about him being a ... international!
Heat - Southend in the Div 3 championship season
Snow - at Wigan in 1993 I think. We played with an orange ball and it was difficult to see the other end of the pitch. By the second half it was beautifully sunny!
Wind - I remember a game at the Goldstone against Swindon which finished 3-3 in 1990 when it was blowing a gale.
Cold - unbelievably at Torquay when Albion played there on New Year's Day in 1997. You can read about this fixture in Gary Nelson's book Left Foot in the Grave. It was so cold the stewards allowed all the fans on the terrace to go into the stand to get out of the icy wind. Roker Park in Sunderland was always cold too - the wind blew straight in off the North Sea.
Rain - has to be at Barnet in 1998 when Ifijiagwa scored for us - was he Nigerian? I remember singing about him being a ... international!
Heat - Southend in the Div 3 championship season
Snow - at Wigan in 1993 I think. We played with an orange ball and it was difficult to see the other end of the pitch. By the second half it was beautifully sunny!