City Matches Abandoned due to the weather in the past

Swindon away... 3-0 down...abandoned because of fog I think,not sure of the year.

 

Wimbledon at home (Odsal) back in the 85/86. This game mirrors this season's attempts to get the Scunny game on. The first attempt was called off before kick off due to (I think) a waterlogged pitch. The second attempt went ahead but was abandoned before half time due to the pitch flooding.
If I recall, this game was finally played after the 'official' season was over. I remember the game only for Bobby Campbell punching one of the Wimbledon players and getting away with it.

 

First one I saw was at home to Rochdale and abandoned at half time in 1970 due to dense fog. We were leading 1-0 but few saw the goal unless you were in the kop and we just heard a cheer. We lost the rearranged game 3-0. We had two away games abandoned in 1977 at Stockport and Swansea due to torrential rain. The Stockport one was funny as supporters of both clubs were then brawling on the pitch and just plastered in mud. We then had the famous Plymouth away game which was abandoned due to snow and extreme cold with us winning 1-0. When our players went to the ref to protest he collapsed with exposure. This game was when many City fans were stuck in Plymouth for days as the roads were blocked.Some didn’t get home till the Wednesday and it was a Saturday game. We lost the rearranged game 6-0. We had Wimbledon home abandoned at Odsal due to a downpour and of course the Crystal Palace one in our promotion year.

 

Wasn’t there a Johnstone paint game the other year, or maybe it didn’t even start. Abandoned due to the rain, total chaos as they didn’t have a plan in place to hand out tickets as people were entering or leaving

edit it was 15/16 against Barnsley and 5 minutes before kick off

 

Was there for that one, sheer joy amongst the fans for that one being called off.
The re-arranged game finished 1-1.
It was a long,long time ago.

 

Yep January 1988...was there. Brian Mitchell sent off and abandoned at 77 mins (approx). Went to the rearranged game in the March, 2 down only for City to pull it back around, with Zico equalising deep into stoppage time.
Going wild in celebrating, I thought I'd jumped on my mate to celebrate, instead, ah the local Wiltshire constabulary, whom wasn't overly impressed

 

Is this the game Bobby punched Fashanu?

 

That lot East of Pudsey 86, at Odsal though I suppose it did get finished. Animals

 

For some odd reason we had this match (the rearranged game) on VHS at home when I was a kid, I just remember the case being the Swindon programme front and back.

It wasn't part of a collection, just that one! Anyone know if it was common for clubs to sell videos of individual matches back in the 80's?!

 

Yeah, that's the one. 'Fash the Bash' as the tabloids labelled him.
As I remember it, they both went for the ball on the edge of the pitch in front on the main stand. They were both on the floor and someone took the throw and the play moved down the other end of the pitch, so the officials didn't see them. As they got up from tangling on the deck, I think Fash said something to Bobby and he just lamped him.
The funniest bit was seeing one of football's so called 'hard men' running after the ref clutching his noes which was streaming blood, whilst Bobby looked like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth.

 

Played 8th May... Original programme

 

That's it... Good memory... Didn't Bob start walking as soon as ref went across?

 

Yeah, as I recall, you used to be able to purchase them in the club shop on VHS .... I'm sure I've got some in the attic at my mums house

 

Actually Fash ran after the ref, who was down the other end of the pitch, complaining and pointing over to Bobby, who was looking anywhere but at the ref.
The ref just looked at Fash, who was having a tantrum, and waved him away. Meanwhile we're all chanting 'Bobby's gonna gecha'

 

Didn't start watching City till the September of that year.... Its what stuck in my head from a tale, I was told on a supporters coach, which has stuck. I know the chat was about the great Bobby, whom left as I started supporting City

 

The rearranged 2-2 draw....

 

Ah yes, the 5-2 chants. Now you mention it.....
We had a such a great team that season.

 

Was on the Kop that game and the roof had been ripped off for the new stand but there was no loudspeaker system. No one had a clue what was going on in the kop until a few players who had come back out to warm down had told us.

not sure you could get away with that these days with no loudspeaker