Davycc wrote:Remember those days well John, fog! played once in such a pea souper that 5 minutes into the second half a fella from the opposing team gave me a nudge and said "your game is on the other pitch mate"
Back in 1958 I played in a trial game for the GB team for the 1960 Rome Olympics. I played for the north of England against Stockport County. A young Bob Wilson was in the north of England team. The fog was so thick that you couldn't see the goals from the half-way line but the game went ahead. The selectors, sitting in the stands, couldn't have seen anything of the game. I never heard anything more, but neither did Bob Wilson! Laurie Brown of Bishop Auckland (went to Spurs) got the centre-half spot.
Didn't Wilson end up playing for Scotland a couple of times ??
Maybe that's why
Davycc wrote:Remember those days well John, fog! played once in such a pea souper that 5 minutes into the second half a fella from the opposing team gave me a nudge and said "your game is on the other pitch mate"
Back in 1958 I played in a trial game for the GB team for the 1960 Rome Olympics. I played for the north of England against Stockport County. A young Bob Wilson was in the north of England team. The fog was so thick that you couldn't see the goals from the half-way line but the game went ahead. The selectors, sitting in the stands, couldn't have seen anything of the game. I never heard anything more, but neither did Bob Wilson! Laurie Brown of Bishop Auckland (went to Spurs) got the centre-half spot.
Didn't Wilson end up playing for Scotland a couple of times ??
Maybe that's why
Rigger, only just spotted this! If you read my post carefully you will see I said it was for the Great Britain team. The Olympics was the clue.
The black and white picture (earlier post by Rigger) of the players in the mud brought back memories. Both league clubs and non-league clubs played on pitches like that - sometimes even in August.