The Worst game you have been to Weather wise

[lynchy23]

13 degrees, 12millemetres of rain predicted around cbd tommorow

Have fun cats and richmond supporters!

does anyone remember any really bad games they went to or played in with the weather? if so please explain.

i vaugley remember a game at the mcg between freo and melbourne, about 8 degrees and rain

 

[SirJimi05]

Any game at VFL park during the early 90's.

 

[Dagless]

I remember going to a Crows/North Melbourne match about 4-6 years back... About 10-11 degrees, pelting rain all game... Didn't let up all game... A lot of points kicked to say the least...

 

[Pal22]

Round 20, 2004 Geelong vs Fremantle was the worse game weather wise I have been to. It was 6 degrees and there was about 30mm of rain from the start of the game until the end.

 

[Harry Bosch]

Richmond v Hawthorn at waverly in 95 probably , rained all day and their were lakes of water on the ground. IIRC we won by kicking only 4 goals..

 

[pazza]

Some of those days in the outer at Windy Hill or the Western Oval would be right up there.

 

[Dagless]

Richmond v Hawthorn at waverly in 95 probably , rained all day and their were lakes of water on the ground. IIRC we won by kicking only 4 goals..

Richmond won 4.16 to 5.4

 

[JUBJUB]

Geelong v Freo about 4 years ago at Skilled Stadium was one of the coldest games I've been to.Some of the Docker players suffered hyperothermia.

 

[hendo1963]

1978 wafl grand final at subi between perth and east perth.
i have never seen rain like that which fell in the last quarter,turned the ground into a swimming pool.

 

[stewie griffen]

port v st kilda last year at aami, there was something like 27mm of rain during the game, couldnt see a damn thing all night

also the port v richmond game in 99, we won a high scoring affair 4.8 to 3.12, looked more like a game of soccer that day

 

[D0nk]

Geelong vs. Kangaroos @ KP, can't remember what year, a few years ago I think, ground looked like a swimming pool. I believe Geelong were thrashed by the Roos.

Geelong vs. Adelaide @ KP, back in the 90's sometime, Geelong won by 90 odd points from what I remember.

 

[beaver's army]

Richmond v Hawthorn at waverly in 95 probably , rained all day and their were lakes of water on the ground. IIRC we won by kicking only 4 goals..

yea thats the worst ive been to, was absolutly freezing.

 

[lynchy23]

Round 20, 2004 Geelong vs Fremantle was the worse game weather wise I have been to. It was 6 degrees and there was about 30mm of rain from the start of the game until the end.

i just remember that who got hyperthemia from freo?

 

[bata_bing_9]

13 degrees, 12millemetres of rain predicted around cbd tommorow

Have fun cats and richmond supporters!

does anyone remember any really bad games they went to or played in with the weather? if so please explain.

i vaugley remember a game at the mcg between freo and melbourne, about 8 degrees and rain

couple of years ago freo played geelong, coldest day ever! Jeff farmer and a few other players got mild hypothermia from memory

 

[Total_Juddshanks]

Eags v Roos at Subiaco in 2003

Was absolutely bucketing continously that whole weekend, there was hail pre game, and I missed the first quarter as the trainline to subi had been struck by lightning.

Bucketed throughout and the visibility was just non existent- when Sampi kicked the winning goal, I remember hearing people go off at the other side of the ground, so my block started cheering without quite knowing what had happened on the other side of the rain sheeting across the ground.

There was one very entertaining moment when Leigh Brown went face first into a large pool of mud, and came out with the ball, but completely blinded and absolutely covered in thick clay- this weird big mud monster running randomly around trying to clear it out of his eyes so he could at least see enough to get a kick.

 

[Captain_Judd]

Any game at VFL park during the early 90's.

A game at VFL park in (84 I think) Carlton v Collingwood. Might have been anzac day. Where Warren Ralph missed from 20 metres out right in front that would have tied the game, after Carlton came back from 40 odd points down.

Pisssed down most of the game and my kid brother and I got soaked as well as losing the game.

 

[Vegas.]

Haha yup, I was at the Freo game, standing section - true support for my club.

Coldest I've ever been I reckon, but when Steve Johnson kicked that goal from the boundary I was warm inside...

 

[nicko99]

ANZAC game between collingwood essendon a few years ago when mark mcgough won the medal scores were lik 33 - 66, so damm wet

never been to a game where its been too hot though

 

[Macca19]

Theres been a few.

Showdown 2 was wet, cold, windy. Showdown 3 was just as bad, if not worse.

Probably Por v Richmond 99 was the worst AFL game ive been to as it just bucketed with rain the entire night non stop. I think final scores were 4.8 to 3.12 which shows how high the quality of football was. Throw in, punch, out of bounds. repeat 10 times. Throw in, punch, kick, out of bounds. Then Repeat A 10 times. Terrible stuff.

But the worst game ive been to in terms of weather was an SANFL match about 3 years ago. Was Port v West at Alberton in either 04 or 05. Started raining halftime in the reserves and didnt stop for the rest of the day. Not only that but it had the most bitterly icy wind which just cut through your whole body. Was the most uncomfortable ive ever been at the footy. One of those 'why do i do this?' days. Remember going on the ground at 3/4 time to go to the huddle and it was unbearable and that was with two pairs of pants and two jumpers on...let alone shorts and a guernsey.

 

[skilts]

Neither cold nor wet. If it had been wet, it wouldn't have been THE FOG GAME, Fitzroy V Carlton at the Junction Oval. Never seen anything like it. In fact, I saw almost nothing. Seeing (that word keeps coming up) my mob won, I chose not to ask for my money back.

Edit: Possibly the most famous, if not the only, photo you see from that game was of a Carlton player and number 38 for Fitzroy, their full-forward on the day, Paul Shanahan. They were merely standing in the fog, not in any action. Shanahan and I played cricket together in the YCW competition for a couple of years. He went on to play as the opening bowler in Northcote's famous win over Essendon in the VCA Grand Final of 1965-66 (Lawry's game - 282 N.O.). Paul took 4/112 in that same GF. His footy career wasn't quite as decorated, though I seem to recall him kicking six or seven goals in one VFL match.

 

[Philth]

Jeez Lynchy I'm shivering just thinking about it......my first ever game I saw live in Melb was Richmond v Sydney at the MCG, must have been around 1994. The game where Jamie Lawson broke his leg. It was FREEZING and we were stuck out in the open, got saturated. We won, but shit it was cold!

 

[Adelaide Cows]

Crows v Fitzroy. Jammo kicked a goal after the siren to win the game, making a miserable night worthwhile.

 

[winty]

i just remember that who got hyperthemia from freo?

I think Jeff Farmer was one. I remember footage of the Dockers players wearing beanies on the bench too. Geelong had a heat chamber set up in the rooms, and when players went off they went straight up the race to thaw out, and only ran back out when they were about to go back on.

I remember we won that game by 50 points, 9.21 to 3.7

Here's hoping history repeats itself tomorrow!

 

[Marklar_33]

St Kilda vs Western Bulldogs, Aurora Stadium c.2003

Dogs kicked 1 goal to 3/4 time, I think they ended with 3 for the match... I didnt see the last 2, I went home drenched!

Edit: This game http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/games/2003/071520030824.html

 

[GoOsH]

eagles v richmond I think, about 5 yrs ago? ridiculous storms, luckily I was sitting up in the stands, had a good laugh at the poor buggers that weren't under cover!