Benfica Vs Olympiacos

[GazLaz]

The pitch is miles worse than the one at The Valley that fateful day. Still playing and probably shouldn't be.

[Dare to dream!]

Its a joke get it off, ruining my bet also.

[adge]

the whole situation was a joke.
conditions were far worse than at Charlton
so bad that they couldn't be compared at this is a champions league match

referee didn't even bother inspecting while it rained at half time. just stayed in the warm and dry dressing room

[RedJ]

Anyone remember that Bolton match in the UEFA Cup a few years back now? bloody horrendous conditions, Jaaskelainen nearly slid out of his box trying to collect the ball on a number of occasions and it was barely rolling at all.

[andysly]

Very rare a game will be called off with live TV involved

[The Red Baron]

Very rare a game will be called off with live TV involved

Very true. I remember a game at Ipswich a few years back which was on Sky and they went to extraordinary lengths- including sweeping the lines and repainting them- even though the pitch was bone hard and the snow was coming down.

Was anyone at Rochdale in about 1984? We played on a pitch so wet it made the Valley in August and the Estadio de Luz last night look like the Kalahari. From what I recall it was a cracking game and ended 3-3. Wasn't on the telly either, but I think no-one- teams or officials- fancied coming back on a Tuesday night.

[Donnywolf]

Yeah Rochdale

Promoted only twice in their history. A guy I know (fellow old scrote) said the reason they always did badly was because they got waterlogged pitches regularly and ended up having a backlog of fixtures to deal with every year and were always knackered with lots of injuries

Then a few years back they decided to "upgrade" or improve the Pitch drainage to put and end to it once and for all .... and guess what ?

They had no pitch drainage whatsoever - and have had promo since "improving it" by putting some in !