The days when it snowed on match day. (1 Viewer)

Flying Fokker · Nov 10, 2025

This bought back memories of when games went ahead during winter.. Supporters clearing pitches, games being paused to clear lines and fans walking to matches without having to be informed it was sloppy under. Snowball fights against the opposition supporters..

Canadian Premier League final: Atletico Ottawa's 'icicle kick' lights up blizzard-hit final

Atletico Ottawa win the North Star Cup with an "icicle kick" lighting up a match that was repeatedly stopped to clear snow from the pitch.

www.bbc.co.uk

LastGarrison · Nov 11, 2025

Playing with an orange football.

Bugsy · Nov 11, 2025

LastGarrison said:
Playing with an orange football.

When this gets mentioned I Will always remember the 5 nil win against Blackburn at HR

What a game

LastGarrison · Nov 11, 2025

Bugsy said:
When this gets mentioned I Will always remember the 5 nil win against Blackburn at HR

What a game

It was the first one that came to my mind as well!!!

Great day!!

fernandopartridge · Nov 11, 2025

LastGarrison said:
It was the first one that came to my mind as well!!!

Great day!!

It was a cold winter that year because I'm sure there was also an orange ball for the game v Southampton on new year's day when Whelan scored that great individual goal

Speedie's Head · Nov 11, 2025

It wasn't that unusual in the 70s through the 90s for all games to be off. You'd often seen the snow piled up behind the touch lines for a few weeks in a cold winter. Snow before Christmas seems very rare now but it was pretty common back then.

fernandopartridge · Nov 11, 2025

fernandopartridge said:
It was a cold winter that year because I'm sure there was also an orange ball for the game v Southampton on new year's day when Whelan scored that great individual goal

There wasn't

HuckerbyDublinWhelan · Nov 11, 2025

Not playing during the snow these days?

Johnnythespider · Nov 12, 2025

I'm a bit boring so was watching the weather at the weekend, the forecaster was saying that there are 3 weeks less ground frosts today than 50 yrs ago, seems to be less snowy winters also.

olderskyblue · Nov 14, 2025

Used to love playing in crap weather. Brought everyone else nearer to my level….

Major Tom · Dec 15, 2025

Remember Middlesborough coming to a freezing snowy Highfield rd with Juninho and Ravanelli .. both had lost interest 20 mins into the game.

SkyBluePower · Dec 17, 2025

Standing/Sitting in slushy snow on the terraces in a pair of Sambas was certainly character building!
When grounds were based nearer town centres people had more options to get to a game- walking mainly.
Somewhere like the CBS would be much more likely to be called off due to closed roads and public transport cancellations, let alone the car parks..

oscillatewildly · Dec 30, 2025

I 'remember' the New Years Day 1980 game v Middlesbrough - We won 2-0. Andy Blair got one, can't remember who got the other
I'm certain there was a bit of snow.
Deffo recall the Boro fans doing a very impressive conga on the sparsely filled pen at the Kop end at HT.

Gynnsthetonic · Dec 30, 2025

Watford at home 3rd round of the FA Cup 1985, pelted down with snow, I was stood on the open Kop.

wingy · Dec 30, 2025

Gynnsthetonic said:
Watford at home 3rd round of the FA Cup 1985, pelted down with snow, I was stood on the open Kop.

Was that the a draw as I was at a replay against them?

rondog1973 · Dec 30, 2025

Week before the Qtr final in 87 we played Wednesday at home. Started snowing in the 2nd half necessitating introduction of the orange ball. My footwear that day was a pair of Hi-Tec Silver Shadow and took about a week for my feet to thaw out.

Gynnsthetonic · Dec 30, 2025

wingy said:
Was that the a draw as I was at a replay against them?

No a Saturday afternoon lost 3-1, remember the kop throwing snowballs at Tony Coton in the Watford goal

oscillatewildly · Dec 31, 2025

Gynnsthetonic said:
No a Saturday afternoon lost 3-1, remember the kop throwing snowballs at Tony Coton in the Watford goal

I'll bet he never caught many. Probably punched a few though.

olderskyblue · Dec 31, 2025

wingy said:
Was that the a draw as I was at a replay against them?

We drew at their place once, in the cup, I think 2-2, and beat them at home 5-0. The pitch was more like a swimming pool that match.

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