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Old 22-12-2010, 04:29 PM   #1
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Default (Don't) Blame it on the weather

s.d. akhir pekan lalu, match United "terpaksa" ditangguhkan dua kali, pertama saat hendak melawat ke Blackpool serta hari minggu kemaren saat akan bertandang ke Stamford Bridge, markas the Blues, Chelsea
jika sebelumnya hanya satu match yg dipostponed, maka weekend kmrn tidak tanggung-tanggung, 7 matches yang gagal dihelat karena cuaca extrem
sekilas ada selentingan panpel di SB yg sengaja minta match ditunda karena performa sang tuan rumah sedang labil, but tudingan seperti itu rasanya terlalu berlebihan, karena memang telah dinyatakan di semua media jika cuaca yang ada sangat-sangat-sangat tidak bersahabat, sehingga meskipun lapangan yang akan digunakan masih bisa dipakai karena sistem pemanas yang ok, but tetap saja kasihan mereka yang akan bermain serta penonton yang akan hadir di stadion

ada juga yg komplin kenapa kok keputusan postponednya keluar sehari sebelum pertandingan, kok nggak sesaat sebelum match ...
hmm ..., ini di Inggris yaa ..., bukan di Indonesia .., hehehe
di sono yang namanya perkiraan cuaca udah sangat2x ciamik, sehingga prediksi yg dikeluarkan "BMKG" sono jarang mbleset, jadi yaa jika memang udah diperkirakan cuaca gk bersahabat, kenapa juga harus nungguin sampai D-Day or H-Hour kick off ...

(jadi inget laga divisi 1 di Indonesia, yg terus dipaksakan maen, meski lapangan gak memenuhi syarat serta kondisi masih ujan deres, ya walhasil match cuman 5 s.d. 10 menit sebelum akhirnya dihentikan oleh wasit, klo kayak gini khan kasihan supporternya juga yg udah berbasah-basah hadir di stadion)

jadi udah deh ..., gak perlu kita memunculkan berbagai teori konspirasi berkaitan dengan postponed match lawan Chelsea kmrn, meski Rio Ferdinand sendiri sempet ngompor-ngompori lewat tweeternya ...

untuk United sendiri, 2 laga postponed kmrn bukan lah yang terburuk yang pernah dialami, cuaca lebih extrem pernah melanda kawasan Inggris sono sampe menghentikan jalannya kompetisi sekitar 2 bulan ...
saat itu temperatur mencapai NOL derajat di seputaran britania ...
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Andy Mitten column
Paddy Crerand remembers when the Reds really were frozen out

MEN - December 21, 2010


Two Manchester United league games postponed in a month is a freak occurrence, but it’s nothing on the savage winter of 1963, the coldest on record with an average temperature of zero degrees across Britain.

United didn’t play a league game between Boxing Day and 23 February and the FA Cup third round wasn’t staged until 4 March.

“All you ever saw on the news were stories about the big freeze, cattle being stranded and pictures of snow being piled up against front doors,” recalls the former United legend Paddy Crerand. He should know. Crerand signed for United from Celtic at the start of ‘63, but he couldn’t make his competitive debut because of the weather.

“I walked into a club where confidence was low and the team hadn’t been playing well,” he recalls. “And because of the weather, United didn’t have a chance to find form.”

Five years after Munich, gates had fallen away and crowds of 25,000 were not uncommon at Old Trafford.

In the meantime, Crerand settled into living in Manchester and had time to leaf through the little red book given to all players containing training rules and instructions. Rule 11 would raise a few eyebrows today. ‘Smoking is strictly prohibited during training hours, and players are earnestly requested to reduce smoking to the absolute minimum on match day.’

Crerand didn’t smoke, but fellow Scot Denis Law, one of the few lads he knew at United when he arrived, had a sly fag now and then.

When United seek warm weather training to escape the winter these days, they tend to escape to Qatar or Saudi Arabia. In 1963 the team did take a flight out of Ringway. To Cork.

“My first game in a United shirt was a friendly in Cork against Bolton Wanderers on 13 February,” recalls Crerand. “The weather wasn’t as harsh in Ireland, we beat Bolton 4-2 and I scored a hilarious goal. I took a shot which deflected off a stone past the keeper!

“There was a big crowd, despite the terrible rain and an afternoon kick-off because there were no floodlights. Roy Keane’s father Mossy was at the game as a supporter - he took the afternoon off and got the sack for his troubles. Some have said that he’s never worked since!”

There have been a few notable postponements in recent decades. Last season’s Manchester derby at Eastlands in the League Cup semi-final was postponed because of a heavy snowfall, while the last league game to be postponed at Old Trafford was against Aston Villa in December 1991 because of snow and strong winds.

A game at Leeds was called off a few weeks later and with United drawing the Yorkshire side away in both the FA and League Cup, the Reds played three games at Elland Road in three different competitions in just 16 days.

United won both cup games, but could only manage a draw against the eventual league champions inspired by their talismanic French striker Eric Cantona. And a freak Mancunian hailstorm meant that a 2004 friendly game against Japanese side Urawa Red Diamonds was called off at the last minute.

Older readers may be forgiven for thinking that society has gone soft. Despite 1946-47 being the coldest winter in memory, football was largely kept going by the efforts of fans desperate to see the first proper competition since the war.

Pitches were cleared by miners, players and German POWs. Men walked the lines with brooms during games to keep them clear, but 211 league matches were still cancelled and the season was extended to June 14.

Liverpool won the league, with United a point behind. Whatever the weather, there’s unlikely to be a repeat of that this season.
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