Wettest you've been at a game?

I remember a home game vs (I think) Oxford, somewhen in the 90s being soaking. There was a brilliant picture of Andy Morrison sliding and the spray in the Gazette. I went to see my Gran afterwards and she gave me a right good telling off about 'catching my death' etc. I remember it cos I'd gone on my own (my dad was away or something) so I could smoke tabs without getting caught but my tabs got piss wet through cos I was way too cool to wear something waterproof.

Southport pre season this year was unbelievably wet before kick off though cos it was summer, it was actually quite tolerable and the sun came out and dried us all out.
 
Sorry everyone but the most infamous was the year we should have been promoted only for effing QPR snatching it away from us in the last minutes…Huddersfield Town when we all moved to the open end having basically filled the home end first half when it just rained and rained and rained.
As far as I am concerned QPR along with Villa for letting them score were and always be a bunch of xxxxxxxx.
Mind you if that hadn’t happened then we would never have had that most glorious and maybe still for me,though there are some that run it close,the 3 0 at the Nobbers to send us up and them down.

I was also at that Chesterfield game but fortunately went in the away stand….and yes it was wet and very cold too.
 
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NewburyOne said:
Brentford away in the 90s, lost 5 nil, stood on an open terrace in torrential rain for the whole game. I was drenched so stripped to the waist for the drive home. What made it worse was the limited seats were snaffled before we dragged ourselves out of the pub.
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yep, I think that's the only time I've ever left a game early, when we went 4-0 down. By time I got to pub on SE corner it was 5-0.
 
There was one in the 90s, a night match. I’m sure it was York but may have been Burnley instead?

The South Paddock was almost underwater. Water was flowing down from the top of the stand and we were getting absolutely hammered on the pitch.

I remember going past the point of caring to where the night is so shit you just stand there laughing.
 
Yes ,,Bristol Rovers ,,, ,and Brentford game ,,,plus this season after the game ,,walking back to car after the Reading game ,,,soaked wet through,,,,games away from poo, were ,,,Luton v Chelsea ,,,Oxford v Chelsea ....
 
Aside from BFC…having moved to Stockport way back when..we regularly played Sunday football at Fog Lane in Manchester where there were to say the least very very limited facilities…especially no showers.
By mid winter there was hardly a blade of grass on those Pitches,just mud,mud and more mud.……one game it rained and rained and rained and everyone was drenched and caked in said Mud.
Now Fog Lane had and still has a pond ( a duck pond in reality ) alongside the football pitches…that day almost everyone took to the pond to try at least to get all the mud off.
The reason was that there was a Boddies Pub “the Parrswood” ( sadly no more I believe) who simply wouldn’t let you in ( and for a Boddies Pub that is saying something at that time)if you looked like we did pre “ Bath”😉 and a post match pint or two was part of the reason for turning up😀…..We weren’t the greatest of teams but those were happy days I will always treasure …and we did win promotion one year😀.
 
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Was front row at Deepdale for the Hoolahan penalty win. Looked like I’d drowned back on the coach
 
WalwynWasGod said:
Bristol rovers away years ago when not at existing ground. The dye ran out of my coat and stained my hands for days it rained that hard 😞
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Ditto re this match never seen rain like it. There was also an LDV (I think) at Wigan stood on terrace and even though hardly anyone there stewards refused us transferring to a roofed area.
 
That Norwich home game
Chunkylad said:
There was one in the 90s, a night match. I’m sure it was York but may have been Burnley instead?

The South Paddock was almost underwater. Water was flowing down from the top of the stand and we were getting absolutely hammered on the pitch.

I remember going past the point of caring to where the night is so shit you just stand there laughing.
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That’s the one I thought of…sure it was York
 
Without question Watford away the 3-4 victory, it was pissing it down but on the walk back after the game we were walking down to the Station when a double decker bus went past and went through the world's deepest puddle, Bedford, who was with me and a few others, spotted the danger but somehow failed to warn me. It was like being taken out by a tidal wave, I couldn't have been wetter if I had jumped in a swimming pool.

My lasting memory was Bedford laughing so much I thought he was going to have a heart attack!! The bastard!! 🤣
 
Poppajoe said:
Night match at Plymouth a couple of years ago, walked up to ground in torrential rain
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I was in the away end for that game ! Drove down with a Blackpool mate & we camped in Newquay, absolutely sodden wet. Nothing worse than returning to your tent soaking wet, me mate didn't mind though coz Argyle were cack.
 
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