I have a funny feeling that the pitch at Fev could be a tad heavy tomorrow night and I hope that the tales going round that Fev may water the pitch to give a level playing field are not correct. Because if we had a level playing field at Fev those at the top would be ankle deep and those at the bottom would be in danger of drowning.
Which brings me to my main point,what do fans think have been the worst conditions they have seen either on the pitch or on the terraces (I use the term terrace loosely)

I can go back to the fifties and heavy grounds in the winter where the norm(at least ankle deep), but I allways found Bradford to be an absolute quagmire most times I went there. I remember a night match in the late fifties it was horrendous.

As for the terraces one match springs to mind. Wigan played Hunslet away in the cup in 1959 and Hunslet in those days had a very good team,especially the forwards, two in particular Geoff Gunney and Shaw (Shaw was soon to go to Leeds for a world record for a forward of £13.000 pounds)they where really hard men as well as being very good players.
When we got to the ground Wigan where sent to a section of terrace which ran from one try line to the halfway line with no cover. This was just a bank which was based on pit slurry and it was slippery and wet,you had to dig footholes to create somewhere to stand.
Here is where I had a problem,I was 18 and I went in my best suit (a black one), as I intended to go straight out as soon as I got off the coach when we got back into Wigan.
After the match when I got back on the coach my black shoes and pants where grey all the way up to my knees. ( all the fans on the coach where the same). But Wigan won 22-07 so I just accepted it. It will be interesting to see other fans comments about pitch and terrace conditions years ago.

When was the last time we played at Featherstone? I seem to remember going there when I was at university in Hull which was 1993/94 but I could be mistaken.

Not that long back, We were away at Bradford in thick fog! We were behing the sticks as usual and didn't know lockers had scored till the announcer said it. To make matters worse, we lost and didn't see why!

Thread title is a bit disturbing...

Now this story comes from my old Dad who can relate to Wigan matches going back to the late 1920s. He has told me of a match where they literally had to dig Wigan scrum half Tommy Bradshaw out from the mud in one match.

Wigg'n,I hope you dont mean my bed.

Halifax away at the shay sticks out in my mind. The pitch wasn't too boggy iirc but it was waterlogged and wouldn't have gone ahead if the match hadn't been on sky.

Terry Newton was immense that night splashing in for a couple of try's I think.

Also Catalans away in 2007 was it? When it was lashing it down the full weekend. Our in goal area was about 4ft deep in water in the first half but that miraculously disappeared at half time.

remember getting pretty wet at Headingley pretty recently, was it a play off match ?

For rain...... Perpignan!! That match would have been cancelled was it not for Sky being there i'm sure. Was that 2007?

Sky weren't there. It was played because it was in France, the first game back at Catalans' actual home ground, and they didn't fancy peeing 2000 Wiganers off.

I'd based my luggage on the year before and took a tracksuit top as my 'coat'. Absolutely soaked.

Worst place I've ever been was The Whitebank at Oldham, earlier this year. I don't want to wade in too much, cos I know Oldham have troubles at the moment, I hope they get it sorted soon.

With regard to the wet pitch, you do realise that God is a Flat Capper don't you? This is all part of his divine plan to get Fev into the next round.

Hi Brian, check your PM'S please mate.

Not there but - Nissan 7s in Australia - Offiah aquaplaning in for a try or two, was pretty wet that day.

But nowadays it is nothing like when the game was played in winter, there were many games where you could not tell which team was which as they were all mud coloured!

Went to St George v Sydney back in 1998 and St George had to change shirts at half time they were that caked in mud.

It looks as though we should be o.k. for tonight. www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ ... ather.html

It looks as though we should be o.k. for tonight. www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/ ... ather.html

Milkman been again has he ?

Well I'm a good thirty miles from Featherstone, but it's mighty fine here weather wise compared to what we've just had. It's still gonna be heavy under foot but hopefully the weather will remain dry and won't spoil the players handling of the ball. But more importantly hopefully we shall all remain dry on the terraces.