Quote ="Fames"That's true as well - very late 80's or very early 90's and Wigan hammered Saints (again!). You could see the frost on certain parts of the pitch.'"
A little voice from the memory bank is telling me that the match that you talk about that should have been called off was a New Years Day match against Warrington.
A mate and myself went on the ground about 1-45 and the Ref and the various officials of both teams where wandering about the field trying to dig an heel in ,some trying more than others.
We went into the bar on the popular side thinking that the match must be called off it was so cold, at 2-30 someone came in the bar and said the match was on.
We left the bar and walked down the pop side to the Whitbread stand and the gate in the corner from the terraces (to let them get machinery on) to the pitch was open, so me and my mate had a wander on to test it and we have never seen a pitch as hard . In that corner it was like concrete and was already going white with new ground frost.
What makes this match stand out in my mind was Edwards went from the hallway line and scored in that corner and a young second row from the Wire chased him all the way. When Edwards put the ball down he turned round and gave the young lad a pat on the back in appreciation for chasing him all the way.
It was certainly the hardest pitch I have ever seen when a match actually took place.
I'm too young to remember that.
