Blades away games you went to that got cancelled.

[WORKSOPBLADE]

Poor you mate
I've shared the same hotel as jowett many a time and the smell of brut ewww

His farts don’t get any better too

 

[Stanthemanfan]

Derby in around 2004? It was just before Christmas.

Peterborough in 2010.

Me n 2 workmates went to derby, we didn't have the radio on due to the driver being a porn addict and having tv screen on dashboard but the looks on the drivers faces when they looked over was priceless, a guy in a range rover was having a rite nosey till his missis in the passenger seat clipped him!
We went all the way to pride park wondering where everyone was to be told by a steward as we parked up that it was off

 

[Silent Blade]

Tottenham and Middlesbrough in the 70's. Travelled by coach only to be told 1 hour before kick off. Furious.

Boro was December 1968, rearranged game was a month later, am posting the match report in the 1968-69 thread later this month. Don't think Spurs away in the 1970s was postponed? Must be 1960s? Were you thinking of Charlton in December 1968 or Palace in November 1972?

 

[derbysufc]

His farts don’t get any better too

Ask jowett about hampden Park on our scottish tour to Inverness and morton.
We did the hampden park tour after rangers and celtic ground tours all same day.
We had to take a penalty in the indoor training gym from 10 yards out , no goalkeeper an empty net and everyone scores as expected.
Jowett hit the crossbar. Missed.
The whole trip was howling including school trips.

 

[espoo blade]

My all-time favourite away ground ever.
Always a great but dangerous trip , only time I've ever left a ground early when they battered us 6-0, they had some team back then . I think bruce rioch was manager .
One of my favourite games was the 3-3 draw there ..
You had to have balls of steel to drink on the linthorpe road in the yellow or red rose pub .

Was in the home end with my Dad for that one as he lived and worked in Hartlepool at that time and I was up for the weekend. Horrible amount of goals both ways to try and convince the locals that you're not a Blade!

 

[Oreyt]

Just the Peterborough one, which is possibly the most drunk I've ever been. Got train back into London and unwisely stayed in the the Doric. Lost about three hours

 

[Large Mendonca]

Derby in around 2004? It was just before Christmas.

Peterborough in 2010.

Yeah same here (2004), only happened to me the once and we heard just before M1 junction 28 so not too much of an inconvenience (in comparison to some horror stories on this thread).

The bloody replay was cold though !!

 

[SW12 to S12 to S18]

Twice, that’s two times these days , to Plymouth, once rained off the other, illness in the United team. On both occasions we were in Plymouth for the weekend and already there.
Another occasion, a London weekend for Gillingham away on the Saturday and Reading away on the Tuesday. Gillingham snowed off then Reading cancelled due to a frozen pitch from memory. I tend not to do cancelled away games by half.

 

[dn5 shaun]

Me and a kid from school were going to Notts County (away) on train sometime around 76/77/78 can't exactly remember. Anyway we jumped on train at Donny, when we arrived at Sheffield to change train we found out game was off (snow) so we quickly jumped on next train back to Donny and got our money back telling ticket office we hadn't left Donny yet. After all we were still at school so following blades back then was expensive with only a paper round to fund it.

 

[westterraceblade]

Probably 1983, I travelled over the Pennines for a night match at Bradford, only to discover the game had been called off due to a floodlight pylon falling over. The game was eventually played on a Sunday at the end of the season, so I think I’ve remembered it right.

I think I set off for the same game. We had just got on the M62 when we found out it was off and carried on the M62 and went to watch Blackburn v Rotherham. December 82 I think Rotherham lost 3-0.

Also went to Wigan on Boxing Day when it was called off a couple of years ago. Again found out the game was off when we were on the M62. We carried on to Wigan as me and the Mrs had booked to stay the night in a hotel in Wigan. Apparently it is a tradition in Wigan to go out in fancy dress on Boxing Day night and the town was packed and we had a really good night out.

 

[Scargill]

1981 set off Friday night to Plymouth, Got there Saturday morning only for it to be cancelled, Waterlogged pitch.

 

[derbysufc]

Did a few with you on fun bus from Handsworth league one days. Kids went free.. great gesture!

Cheers mate .
Yeah met a woman belive it or not as o was getting on the train to a blades away game over 9 years ago .
We swapped numbers as we sat next to eachother and she actually rang me up after the match and came up to sheffield the next day the Sunday and I showed her around sheffield.
She loved it she still loves sheffield and we stay at the best western in Victoria quays around once a month.
After 18 months together I moved to derby as she had 2 young kids then aged 10 and 13 both still at school in derby.
We live literally 10 minutes walk from the ground near alvaston Park. I've done well for myself down here and I'm a supervisor/ stroke high up in the steel industry . She's the best thing that's ever happened to me and we do literally everything together and I've got a different life to previously.
Her dad played for both derby and forest before breaking his leg and retirement.
She turned 50 on Monday, im 56 this year and we compliment eachother well. We are always travelling somewhere in our spare time when she's not working as a senior nurse .
We get married in July after over 9 years together. I'm still up for home games and do the odd away game now and then but no longer bother with the 24 hour blades boozeathons . Must be my age but I've recently set up my own business on the side with aged 55 pension money and we are doing OK. I'm more than happy nowadays to spend my Saturday evenings going for a couple of real ales and a meal with her and leading a quiet life . Feel like I've done my shifts with the blades , went 32 years not missing a home game . Still if we play somewhere I ainf been I will be there .
Think I've got forest green and Sutton united to see the blades .
Ivs done Harrogate Town v Mansfield now so long ago so that one's ticked off.
Utb

 

[derbysufc]

My 2 local non league clubs here are
Borrowash victoria and Mickleover sports who are doing brilliant at there level .

 

[cahill]

Two games
1st hitched to Palace away, torrential rain, game called off around 14:30h. 1972 I think
2nd, Bratfud City evening kick off. Went on train with load of nut cases. Got turned round at Bratfud station. Ended up supping in Leeds. Wasn’t a league match, probably League Cup. No idea of year. Perhaps Silent Blade knows ?

 

[cahill]

Probably 1983, I travelled over the Pennines for a night match at Bradford, only to discover the game had been called off due to a floodlight pylon falling over. The game was eventually played on a Sunday at the end of the season, so I think I’ve remembered it right.

Are you sure it wasn’t torrential rain ? I went to the same « match » ? Cup match. I travelled from Sheffield but I was also living in Manchester

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

Twice, that’s two times these days , to Plymouth, once rained off the other, illness in the United team. On both occasions we were in Plymouth for the weekend and already there.
Another occasion, a London weekend for Gillingham away on the Saturday and Reading away on the Tuesday. Gillingham snowed off then Reading cancelled due to a frozen pitch from memory. I tend not to do cancelled away games by half.

FFS SW12 to S12 to S18 that Plymouth game called off through illness. I was chief - out of the way we're coming in your pub - officer for the London Blades in those days.

We checked into our B&B on the Friday, and didn't find out about the cancellation until we were Pints Deep on the Saturday.

 

[Gabsblade]

1981

Few of us (self, Ian Elvin, Wally and Flanny, I seem to recall) went down to Plymouth on a Friday for this one. Spent Friday night on Union Street got up Saturday and went to a local pub near to where we were staying, had a few beers only to find out the game had been called off, so back on Union Street again on Saturday night too, great weekend!

 

[Rochdaleblade]

I had corporate tickets for Pride Park once, can't remember the year. I went to pick them up from a mate who worked at Morrisons at Derby. It was pissing it down big time, by the time we got to the ground about 1.30 it had been called off.
We'd got a babysitter and didn't want to waste the opportunity as we were suited and booted so went for a meal instead.
When they replayed it I didn't fancy driving cos the roads were iced up to fook so we didn't go.

I remember being on my way to this game, when it was announced over the tannoy at Sheffield station that it had been called off. Lots of other pissed off Blades had the same experience, judging by the collective groan that went up. Couldn't be arsed going to the re-arranged game, and have still never been to Pride Park.

 

[bladestrivia]

Probably 1983, I travelled over the Pennines for a night match at Bradford, only to discover the game had been called off due to a floodlight pylon falling over. The game was eventually played on a Sunday at the end of the season, so I think I’ve remembered it right.

Yes remember it well we got to Bradford and coppers told us match off ,the rearranged game was near end of season went on football special with about 100 on it absolutely pissed it down and coppers let us go on the little side bit think crowd was about 4000

 

[Shawy24]

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 ?

Absolutely not. Nothing. Sorry zilch and nada. However I have a dim and distant memory of not going to the lane in the 60”s because we couldn’t get the snow off in time.

 

[Bladethebrian]

My all-time favourite away ground ever.
Always a great but dangerous trip , only time I've ever left a ground early when they battered us 6-0, they had some team back then . I think bruce rioch was manager .
One of my favourite games was the 3-3 draw there ..
You had to have balls of steel to drink on the linthorpe road in the yellow or red rose pub .

I drank in a boozer near the station after the game and there were glasses flying all over the place.

 

[Bladethebrian]

Twice, that’s two times these days , to Plymouth, once rained off the other, illness in the United team. On both occasions we were in Plymouth for the weekend and already there.
Another occasion, a London weekend for Gillingham away on the Saturday and Reading away on the Tuesday. Gillingham snowed off then Reading cancelled due to a frozen pitch from memory. I tend not to do cancelled away games by half.

The Reading game was pre-satnav and we were driving around looking for the floodlights! Finally got to the pitch black ground all locked up. Unbelievable Jeff

 

[Digs blade]

Like a few others, the Leyton orient cup game for me. Went down in the coach and arrived early.

Pre match liquid was going down well until the cops came in the pub about 2pm to tell us the game was off.

Fortunately the coach driver agreed to stay until 5pm so carried on another 3 hours with the ale.

Was pretty pissed by the time we were due to leave and remember the headache and dry mouth started to kick in about 7pm which made the rest of the journey unpleasant

 

[derbysufc]

I remember being on my way to this game, when it was announced over the tannoy at Sheffield station that it had been called off. Lots of other pissed off Blades had the same experience, judging by the collective groan that went up. Couldn't be arsed going to the re-arranged game, and have still never been to Pride Park.

Not missing much pal. I can see it through bedroom window and pass it everyday
Much prefer the old baseball ground which is an area I'd class as a no go area at night but where I work in the day.
Pride Park is on a huge retail park that gets bigger and bigger each month called the wyvern.
Last time I was there was derby v hertha Berlin in a friendly .
As mentioned before I'm always bumping into Dean Saunders round these parts .
I actually know a fair few derby lads who won't step foot in pride park as they loved the baseball ground yet they travel to most away games.

 

[derbysufc]

Baseball ground had its own train station called pear tree station after the pear tree area which is where my Mrs gew up only 2 streets from the ground.
Derby main station was only a mile away .
Pride Park is built on old swamp land beside the old derby college but is now a huge retail park, probably 3 times as big as drakehouee near crystal peaks. The young generation of derby lads love the ground as its all they've known, the older lot hate it as its in the middle of knowhere with only a couple of pubs and both are new family pubs.
The good thing is that in the city centre a couple miles away most pubs run buses/ coaches to the ground on matchday

 

[wak1889]

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 ?

Leyton Orient away fa cup can't recall the year but was going to be Kyle walkers debut

 

[derbysufc]

Leyton Orient away fa cup can't recall the year but was going to be Kyle walkers debut

2009

 

[Mario1889]

I’ve been to a few I wish had been cancelled.

 

[Salmon Pastures]

One not yet mentioned. Wrexham at The Racecourse 1988 or 89. Associate members cup on a Tuesday night. Pissed it down all the way there. Arrived at the car park, floodlights off, one steward telling the dozen or so Blades there the match was off. Went back for the replayed fixture. Lost. Booker sent off in normal time. Benstead sent off after the match for a brawl in the tunnel. IIRC. Who else was there?

 

[Groucho Blade]

One that wasn’t called off but could have been.
Spurs away 74-75 ish…we all thought it was gonna be called off because of absolutely torrential rain. All the talk outside the ground was that it couldn’t possibly go ahead. I think a lot of our fans took that view and stayed in the pub.
It turned out to be a really memorable away day. 3-1 winners with Woody and TC running riot in the swimming pool of a pitch.
Anyone else remember that game? I think we were the lead game on MOTD because most other games had been called off