Reading. Elm Park. March 1997.

Cold, wet, bleak, the most horrible away end in football history and gobby little Reading s**tes before, during and after...

Went 1-0up Adams (pen).
Eadie hit post and side netting.
Jackson missed open goal.
Andy Johnson injured and had to come off.
Trevor Morley scored from a jammy overhead.
Reading won 2-1 Adams (OG) in last few minutes.

The spawny little Reading chavs went into overdrive. And there's me, living in Bracknell at time, going home amongst them.

The one bright point? David Rocastle gliding over the Elm Park mud like the Rolls Royce footballer he was. How I wanted us to sign him!

Posted By: Martin Peters on March 24th 2013 at 18:08:31

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Worst/Coldest/Grimest place (NCFC) - Pragmatist, Mar 24, 17:39:11
- Barnsley SO cold (n/m) (NCFC) - canary_wharf, Mar 24, 19:07:41
- Port Vale - freezing cold and we lost 6-1 (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Mar 24, 18:42:12
- Oldham. Utter shit hole. Freezing cold. Shit game. We lost. (n/m) (NCFC) - jafski, Mar 24, 18:34:27
  - Was it an Ausguest game then? ;-) (n/m) (NCFC) - Pragmatist, Mar 24, 18:37:45
    - Not far off, last game of the season, early 90s so May. Bellers last game I think. (NCFC) - jafski, Mar 24, 18:48:20
      - I thought his last game was Barnsley away, right at the start of a season. (NCFC) - APB, Mar 24, 19:01:49
        
        Maybe, I think everyone thought this would be his last, he done shirt in the crowd at the (NCFC) - jafski, Mar 24, 19:05:20
- Grimsby without doubt the coldest place on Earth (n/m) (NCFC) - emmaroyds, Mar 24, 18:22:20
- Burnden Park, Bolton 1995 League Cup. Coldest by far (n/m) (NCFC) - R T Chase, Mar 24, 18:14:44
- Portsmouth (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Mar 24, 18:10:30
  - agree with this (NCFC) - Jumbo1, Mar 24, 18:18:33
    - certainly one of the wettest. That and Gillingham.,,, (NCFC) - Pixelman, Mar 24, 18:21:05
- only one answer (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 24, 18:09:03
- Stockport (NCFC) - Surrey Yella, Mar 24, 18:03:21
- Grimsby away FA cup (n/m) (NCFC) - UtterlyHuckerby, Mar 24, 17:58:42
  - Reading. Elm Park. March 1997. (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Mar 24, 18:08:31
- coventry in the 70s (NCFC) - robert_rosario, Mar 24, 17:54:35
- derby about 10 years ago (NCFC) - Kar1, Mar 24, 17:53:07
- Halifax (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Mar 24, 17:40:33
  - MK Dons Hockey Stadium was freezing (NCFC) - Steeno Steeno, Mar 24, 18:16:33
    - A very Cold day (n/m) (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Mar 24, 19:36:20
  - Lol (NCFC) - Pragmatist, Mar 24, 17:49:20
  - Walsall a number of years ago was easily the coldest ive ever been ever. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Mar 24, 17:47:05
    - Forest aqay one boxing day (NCFC) - Pragmatist, Mar 24, 17:51:06
      - That Blackburn one is a contender. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Mar 24, 18:02:03
      - Yes, Boxing Day at the City Ground was the coldest I've ever been (NCFC) - Jim Nasium, Mar 24, 17:57:33
        
        Was the wind blowing off the Trent that made it so (NCFC) - Pragmatist, Mar 24, 18:31:10
  - not really. Probably the Findus stadium Grimsby (well Cleethorpes) with (NCFC) - Pixelman, Mar 24, 17:43:20

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