This has happened to me 3 times in my 55 years as a blade.
First was a night game at scunthorpe at the old show ground around early 80s.
We got there early on a Tuesday evening through thick fog but heard nothing on the car radio to say the game would be called off.
Parked up went to a pub and was told by the landlord the game was off.
I wasn't old enough to drive back then but the bloke who had drove was going mad, it had been called off an hour before
Luckily I'd been twice before in 81/82 plus a friendly there .
Next up was leyton orient in the fa cup I think 2009 .
Went down by train arrived in East London around 10am , had a few pints and hundreds of blades were in the boozers when the coppers came in and said the game was off due to a frozen pitch . To say blades fans were angry is an understatement.
We had booked set times home on the train and ours was due to leave London around 8pm so we searched for a game to attend.
We had a choice , I think it was Barnet v grimsby which then got called off or yet another visit to millwall who were playing crewe in the fa cup.
I was sick of visiting the den but it was our only option . It ended an entertaining 2-2 draw but the funny thing was sitting with the crewe support , fair play crewe took around 200 noisy supporters but around 50 blades boosted crewe support . At half time everywhere I looked were blades I knew on the concourse including a blades flag and crewe fans were praising blades for backing them.
Last one was Peterborough away one freezing Saturday, again we arrived very early by train and took a real ale boozer over the brewery tap or something and dozens of blades flags hung on the balcony. We were told again near kick off by coppers the game was off again passing off huge numbers of blades.
With no game to go to we had a few pints and headed home , the coppers had made the train home alcohol free but a few of us got beers on board.
I managed to get to both re arranged games but it was costly .
One other I remember thinking that's it the games off was Portsmouth away the year the blades fan ran on the pitch at pompey and knocked the linesman clean out sparko.
There was a huge delay and word was going around it could be postponed.
Anyone else had similar ?
First was a night game at scunthorpe at the old show ground around early 80s.
We got there early on a Tuesday evening through thick fog but heard nothing on the car radio to say the game would be called off.
Parked up went to a pub and was told by the landlord the game was off.
I wasn't old enough to drive back then but the bloke who had drove was going mad, it had been called off an hour before
Luckily I'd been twice before in 81/82 plus a friendly there .
Next up was leyton orient in the fa cup I think 2009 .
Went down by train arrived in East London around 10am , had a few pints and hundreds of blades were in the boozers when the coppers came in and said the game was off due to a frozen pitch . To say blades fans were angry is an understatement.
We had booked set times home on the train and ours was due to leave London around 8pm so we searched for a game to attend.
We had a choice , I think it was Barnet v grimsby which then got called off or yet another visit to millwall who were playing crewe in the fa cup.
I was sick of visiting the den but it was our only option . It ended an entertaining 2-2 draw but the funny thing was sitting with the crewe support , fair play crewe took around 200 noisy supporters but around 50 blades boosted crewe support . At half time everywhere I looked were blades I knew on the concourse including a blades flag and crewe fans were praising blades for backing them.
Last one was Peterborough away one freezing Saturday, again we arrived very early by train and took a real ale boozer over the brewery tap or something and dozens of blades flags hung on the balcony. We were told again near kick off by coppers the game was off again passing off huge numbers of blades.
With no game to go to we had a few pints and headed home , the coppers had made the train home alcohol free but a few of us got beers on board.
I managed to get to both re arranged games but it was costly .
One other I remember thinking that's it the games off was Portsmouth away the year the blades fan ran on the pitch at pompey and knocked the linesman clean out sparko.
There was a huge delay and word was going around it could be postponed.
Anyone else had similar ?