alanharper

100% Boxing Day. We were 2-0 up and drew after Harkes got a red for daring to attempt a slide tackle in the torrential rain. I especially remember it because I've never felt so ill at a game, got absolutely hammered the night before, had one of those massive spew ups in the morning that convince you that you feel much better now, but it came back. Spent much of the game sitting down on the Kop so didn't see too much although I managed not to puke again. I remember a dog invading the pitch unless I was hallucinating.

KO times revealed, England's first round game times are reasonable for the European audiences. However I'm a veteran of several North/South American World Cups, had many a late night, but I can't remember any games kicking off as late as many will be in 2026. Lots don't even kick off until 3, 4 or even 5 in the morning UK time. Maybe to do with the heat, and I expect the Australia and Japan games with 5am start times are with their domestic audiences in mind, but I'm going to be a bloody vampire for those 3 weeks I already booked off work!

This OP does come out with some right rubbish tbf. Especially when pretending to be ITK about United.

I've been at the two recent (well, this century!) home abandonments against Wigan and Coventry. Remember a home game against Derby being called off very very close to kick off in the early 80s.

It exists at Accrington, just a few miles away. Game completed there.

Dear EFL...

Players applauding fans, it's officially off

Refs still trying to make the ball bounce, it's not happening mate.

Pity he's never played for us.

Can't restart when it's still pouring down surely, it'll be back to square one in minutes. What if it restarts, a player gets a bad injury and it still gets abandoned anyway?

Abandon it so we can have an unbeaten weekend. And then lose the rearranged game 6-0

Game off, surely. It's not going to improve

Square it ffs

Seems that the guy who passed away was a very well known character amongst Charlton fans, nicknamed "Headphones Norm", who'd been following them for years. RIP. In a way it was perhaps an apt place for him to go.

This ref though. 3 yellows already, all soft to say the least.