Games you went to... but didn't!

strongbowholic said:
Villa away - possibly a Boxing Day or certainly near to it. Was waiting for a lift that never showed up. Panicked and jumped into my Datsun 120Y and hurtled down the M6.

Got to Villa Park, wondering where to dump the car and thought "seems unusually quiet for a matchday".

Game had been called off due to a frozen pitch.

What a prick I am.
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Think that may of been New years day 80 or 81.I got the special and was told at WOLVERHAMPTON it was off come straight back to town
 
strongbowholic said:
Villa away - possibly a Boxing Day or certainly near to it. Was waiting for a lift that never showed up. Panicked and jumped into my Datsun 120Y and hurtled down the M6.

Got to Villa Park, wondering where to dump the car and thought "seems unusually quiet for a matchday".

Game had been called off due to a frozen pitch.

What a prick I am.
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your lucky i got train from donny, had to get off at sheffield to change train for brum, phoned villa park and told game was on, got to brum and went to get into a cab and driver told us game was off.
 
I was at Luton - 1962 I think on a dreadful day for that infamous cup game when the wonderful Denis Law scored six. You couldn't see the pitch - it was under water and the ref abandoned it with about 20 minutes to go - the only possible reason that it was then deeper than when they kicked off ! We were 6 - 2 up and soaked through. City of course then went on to manage to lose the replayed match 1 - 3 and yes - Denis scored our only goal - the only person ever to score 7 goals in an FA cup-tie and end up on the losing side !
So long ago now I haven't heard it as a quiz question for years now !
 
strongbowholic said:
Villa away - possibly a Boxing Day or certainly near to it. Was waiting for a lift that never showed up. Panicked and jumped into my Datsun 120Y and hurtled down the M6.

Got to Villa Park, wondering where to dump the car and thought "seems unusually quiet for a matchday".

Game had been called off due to a frozen pitch.

What a prick I am.
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i did this one along with the Notts Forest game. 4 of us missed the FA cup defeat at Shrewsbury after our car left the road and demolished a street lamp in Whitchurch.
 
peoffrey said:
Only once when the football was unwatchable under Pearce. I'd been on the beer for hours and a couple of us in Mary D's thought "fuck it" and watched it in there. We didn't score...
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Something similar to me, but i did make it into the ground v Sheff Utd under Pearce. Me and a couple of mates just stayed on the concourse for the entire second half, having a pint and a laugh. We couldn't even be arsed to watch the match on the TV screens in the concourse. Ended up drinking with Sheff Utd fans on train on the way home.

I came so close to jacking in going to the games that season.
 
robinhood CITY said:
strongbowholic said:
Villa away - possibly a Boxing Day or certainly near to it. Was waiting for a lift that never showed up. Panicked and jumped into my Datsun 120Y and hurtled down the M6.

Got to Villa Park, wondering where to dump the car and thought "seems unusually quiet for a matchday".

Game had been called off due to a frozen pitch.

What a prick I am.
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Think that may of been New years day 80 or 81.I got the special and was told at WOLVERHAMPTON it was off come straight back to town
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I was on the same train, it carried on to Villa, was met by the local old bill who ensured everyone stayed on and then headed back in the direction we had come from. Complete waste of a day out in the feckin' cold.....
 
Went to Spurs in Peter Ried era? Absolutely pissing down and they game got called off about an hour before kick off. Seem to remember getting free coach travel to the rearranged game
 
Notts forest away about 85 to 86 hadn't won away all season and me and 2 mates set off about 1 o'clock in the only one who was old enough to drives car (rip Dave) didn't even make it out of Hazel Grove and ended up watching Dickie Davies world of sport in that big pub on the maine road outta there with a couple of pints and crisps for updates !
 
Stoke away LC '81. Was going with a mate from school and his dad, and we were booked on the coach from Macclesfield. Anyway, coach turned up, we got on, and off we went. It was when we turned towards Manchester instead of Congleton that my mate's dad uttered the immortal words: "Are United at home tonight?" Oops. So instead of watching City win in a penalty shootout, we ended up at the swamp watching the rags against Spurs and hoping our City scarves didn't fall out of our pockets. At least Spurs won :)
 
The Villa game that has been mentioned a few times,we were all mooching about waiting for our lift outside the Irish club in Ashton,when some bloke pulled over and told us it was off.
We then decided to go on a pub crawl around Ashton till they shut at 3,then the lads went for a City tattoo at the joke shop near Yates's forunately I was so shitfaced the tattooist refused me.
The Spurs game as well ,ended up pissed as a fart at the Ireland vs England rugby union game at Twickenham,only problem was that my ex wife's parents were due to arrive from Australia that morning and I was to be home by 7,ended up falling asleep in the restaurant.
 
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