| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? 16:40 - Aug 10 with 2002 views | rigabeliever |
Anyone else go to this fixture? As we're making our way down the M6 listening to the radio every game in the country was being called off but we carried on in the full expectation of sitting in a Staffordshire/Shropshire pub whilst the game was called off.
Much to our disbelief we got to the ground and the terraces were covered in snow (the PA warned any accidents were our own fault!) and the pitch was white bar where the ground staff had dug out (ironically) the white lines.
Andy Preece came out with no skin showing other than for his face (if it would have been today I'm sure he would have wore a wooly hat), the ball was orange and to be honest it was a farce of a game which we won. I can't remember why but that win was significant in the season overall! |  |
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| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 17:08 - Aug 10 with 1993 views | CheungChi_doy |
Helped turn the season round and save Megson's job.
Preece took appalling racial abuse from the local troglodytes. Monkey chants and all | | | |
| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 17:33 - Aug 10 with 1968 views | TwoPhillips |
| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 17:08 - Aug 10 by CheungChi_doy |
Helped turn the season round and save Megson's job.
Preece took appalling racial abuse from the local troglodytes. Monkey chants and all |
Wow that's brought back some memories! CheungChi_doy - remember those chants - wasn't Marvin Bryan playing for us as well. I remember Jingle Bells being sung by the away fans and Preecey going head first in to the snow when he scored. Happy, simpler, days! | |
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| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 17:49 - Aug 10 with 1953 views | Wizaard |
We won3-1. I was there.
As you say, as we drove down, the temperature on the dash was showing -5 and eventually -8. Presumably leaving the snow on the pitch insulated the pitch to some extent. it's as cold as I've ever been at a game, apart from Boundary Park in June
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| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 17:51 - Aug 10 with 1950 views | mikeyboy |
Yes I was there - glad to see a game after travelling and remembered it as quite entertaining. Good 3 points. | | | |
| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 19:03 - Aug 10 with 1925 views | original_insider |
| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 17:51 - Aug 10 by mikeyboy |
Yes I was there - glad to see a game after travelling and remembered it as quite entertaining. Good 3 points. |
I was there. Hairy scarey drive but well worth it. | | | |
| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 19:23 - Aug 10 with 1915 views | stu |
No but anyone remember Chesterfield away early 80s playing space invaders in the rain. |  |
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| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 19:51 - Aug 10 with 1900 views | SteveBanksDiscoPants |
| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 19:23 - Aug 10 by stu |
No but anyone remember Chesterfield away early 80s playing space invaders in the rain. |
Yes.. I was there. I remember stopping on the way and standing in a pub car park in Market Drayton saying WTF are we doing ! Great game. Andy Preece and his tangerine gloves. Jumping up on the barrier of the away end when he scored. |  | | |
| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 19:55 - Aug 10 with 1896 views | stu |
Quality Stevie , bet memory than me re tangerine gloves.
This'll turn into a Barnet probably only about 2 or 300 there | |
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| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 22:02 - Aug 10 with 1875 views | SteveBanksDiscoPants |
| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 19:55 - Aug 10 by stu |
Quality Stevie , bet memory than me re tangerine gloves.
This'll turn into a Barnet probably only about 2 or 300 there |
And I remember a chant of "tangerine ball, tangerine ball"  | | | |
| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 22:29 - Aug 10 with 1869 views | 1953Original |
| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 22:02 - Aug 10 by SteveBanksDiscoPants |
And I remember a chant of "tangerine ball, tangerine ball" |
Now if my mind serves me right wasn't it 3-1 and Megson did all he could to get the game called off!! | |
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| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 08:23 - Aug 11 with 1853 views | tangerinedom |
Didn't the old Gay Meadow have a river running alongside it and they had a man on a match day in a boat collecting all the balls that went over the stand!
Always remember losing there under McMahon and most of us were resigned to the fact the season was over but we just did enough to get in the play offs and get promotion. From memory the only two trips I had to Gay Meadow! | | | |
| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 10:06 - Aug 11 with 1834 views | bollieboy |
| Anyone go to the Gay Meadow on New Year's Day? on 08:23 - Aug 11 by tangerinedom |
Didn't the old Gay Meadow have a river running alongside it and they had a man on a match day in a boat collecting all the balls that went over the stand!
Always remember losing there under McMahon and most of us were resigned to the fact the season was over but we just did enough to get in the play offs and get promotion. From memory the only two trips I had to Gay Meadow! |
For that Steve McMahon game it was first game of cricket season and we were playing at Oakmere on the A49 - one of the coldest days of playing cricket I've ever known. I had 4 sweaters and 2 pairs of flannels on and looked like the Michelin man.
I didn't know the score but I was fielding on the boundary by the road when the Supporter's coaches so was gesturing to the fans trying to get the result. Obviously all I got back was a load of V signs and w**ker salutes. | | | |
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