I wish I had seen this match!! LOL
Sat Jun 11, 2016 12:11 am
Arsenal played a friendly against Dynamo Moscow in heavy fog in 1945 at White Hart Lane and despite the urging of players to suspend play due to the fog, the referee decided that play should continue.
The fog was so thick that the game turned into an absolute farce, with both sides playing by their own set of rules and suffering their own bad luck because of the inclement weather.
Moscow at one point made a substitution but didn't take a player off, with fans watching the match believing that the Russian club had up to 15 players on the pitch at the one time.
Arsenal also made the best of the conditions, with one of their players—who had earlier been sent off—sneaking back onto the pitch and playing the remainder of the game.
However, they did suffer some bad luck, with their goalkeeper knocking himself out cold after running into the goalpost, which of course, he could not see due to the fog. A spectator reportedly took his place in goals and the match continued.
The fog was so thick that the game turned into an absolute farce, with both sides playing by their own set of rules and suffering their own bad luck because of the inclement weather.
Moscow at one point made a substitution but didn't take a player off, with fans watching the match believing that the Russian club had up to 15 players on the pitch at the one time.
Arsenal also made the best of the conditions, with one of their players—who had earlier been sent off—sneaking back onto the pitch and playing the remainder of the game.
However, they did suffer some bad luck, with their goalkeeper knocking himself out cold after running into the goalpost, which of course, he could not see due to the fog. A spectator reportedly took his place in goals and the match continued.
Re: I wish I had seen this match!! LOL
Sat Jun 11, 2016 12:21 am
Postponed matches in the English Premier League and FA Cup aren't that unusual, but consider for a moment just how many times the match between Lincoln City and Coventry City was postponed because of a bad winter in the season of 1962/63.
Due to play each other on January 5, 1963, the fixture between Lincoln and Coventry was called off inclement weather and scheduled for a few days time.
Then it was called off again. And again. And again.
The fixture was called off a total of 15 times before a match was finally played—chalking up 66 days between the start of the "round" and the end of the "round."
Coventry City eventually beat Lincoln City 5-1 on March 6.
Due to play each other on January 5, 1963, the fixture between Lincoln and Coventry was called off inclement weather and scheduled for a few days time.
Then it was called off again. And again. And again.
The fixture was called off a total of 15 times before a match was finally played—chalking up 66 days between the start of the "round" and the end of the "round."
Coventry City eventually beat Lincoln City 5-1 on March 6.
Re: I wish I had seen this match!! LOL
Sat Jun 11, 2016 12:24 am
Your knowledge about Fourth Division Argentinian soccer might not be as high as some other leagues in the world, so why don't we take a look back through the history alumnus of the South American nation.
We'll stop in the 2009/10 season where we find a match between Juventud Alianza and General Paz Juniors in the qualifying round of the Apertura for the Ronda Final at the end of the season.
Can't quite remember what happened? Quite OK.
After tying their two legs on a 3-3 aggregate, the two clubs headed to penalty shootout to decide who would progress through to the next round of competition.
Pretty normal still.
What would transpire is the highest score ever recorded in a penalty shootout—with Juniors winning on the night 21-20 in the penalty shootout.
Perhaps even more amazing than that is the fact that there was only one missed penalty—the final penalty for Alainza by Ruiz, who had his penalty saved by the goalkeeper. Up until that point, all 40 penalty attempts had been scored by the penalty-takers.
Heartbreaking for Juventud Alianza goalkeeper Gonzalez, who failed to stop any of the 21 penalties that he had come his way throughout the shootout.
We'll stop in the 2009/10 season where we find a match between Juventud Alianza and General Paz Juniors in the qualifying round of the Apertura for the Ronda Final at the end of the season.
Can't quite remember what happened? Quite OK.
After tying their two legs on a 3-3 aggregate, the two clubs headed to penalty shootout to decide who would progress through to the next round of competition.
Pretty normal still.
What would transpire is the highest score ever recorded in a penalty shootout—with Juniors winning on the night 21-20 in the penalty shootout.
Perhaps even more amazing than that is the fact that there was only one missed penalty—the final penalty for Alainza by Ruiz, who had his penalty saved by the goalkeeper. Up until that point, all 40 penalty attempts had been scored by the penalty-takers.
Heartbreaking for Juventud Alianza goalkeeper Gonzalez, who failed to stop any of the 21 penalties that he had come his way throughout the shootout.