Driest I have ever been at a football match

[tommy toes]

At Leyton Orient, August 2003.
Open terrace in 80+degree heat.
Couldn’t get a drink for love nor money.
Thought I was going to pass out.

[mushRTID]

Wrexham this year at that top of that tin can of a stand, and they ran out of water.

It was a struggle!

Wimbledon away last season.

[drfchound]

Marseilles, World Cup quarter final, Argentina v Holland. 1998.
We were on a South facing uncovered terrace in 200 degree heat (slight exaggeration but it felt that way).
I didn’t have a hat so ended up putting my (England) shirt over my head.
Ended the day in the fountains in the city centre with lots of Dutch fans.

[BillyStubbsTears]

At Leyton Orient, August 2004.
Open terrace in 80+degree heat.
Couldn’t get a drink for love nor money.
Thought I was going to pass out.

It was 2003 and it was a fraction off 100 degrees in the shade.

My head was closer to 1000 degrees when Blundell scored in front of us.

[Fal]

At Leyton Orient, August 2004.
Open terrace in 80+degree heat.
Couldn’t get a drink for love nor money.
Thought I was going to pass out.

I DID pass out due to the heat and no drink, worst time too as we scored our 2nd or 3rd and people were jumping around me like lunatics

[Donnywolf]

At Leyton Orient, August 2004.
Open terrace in 80+degree heat.
Couldn’t get a drink for love nor money.
Thought I was going to pass out.

Agreed. What a memory that was. I stayed the weekend and wanted to sleep on the Balcony of Riverside hotel I stayed in. Day after the game it did hit 100 at Heathrow

In pub before Orient their fans said , there are so many of you , you have landed the open end.

Fair play to the Club as they kept warning people to drink and bringing in bottles all game

Ref blew whistle after about 15 mins and I thought wtf is that for , then he sent players for drinks. First time I had seen that

Half time was a laugh. I'd drunk so much water I was desperate for a pee. The queue was very very long but someone shouted " if you want a p*** go straight in , this is queue for watter "

I was saved. I then sat on a strange wall at back and poured about 2 litres of watter on my head during second half

The Club then let the kids and the older generation into the Stand at the side of the Ground and that relieved the pressure and I was able to get in the shade right in the corner under floodlight pylon for most of second half but I was still steaming !

It wasn't total shade but better than nowt.

Great result as well , and I celebrated near my Hotel outside a Pub by the river , cooler than the Game but in relative terms only

[Bentley Bullet]

The driest I've ever been was when I met Wolfie in the hospitality area of the Keepmoat a few years back. I got the first round in on arrival and sat with an empty glass for half an hour after I'd supped up!

[idler]

Definitely got to be Leyton Orient. I still don’t know how the players coped that day.

[tommy toes]

Cheers Wolfie. Us lot dying of thirst and you’re pouring it over your head.

[MachoMadness]

Driest? Leyton Orient? Anyone saying that couldn't have been stood near me, where you couldn't move for sweaty, shirtless blokes dripping all over. Didn't care one bit once Blundell's head connected with that cross, mind.

[philsky]

At Leyton Orient, August 2003.
Open terrace in 80+degree heat.
Couldn’t get a drink for love nor money.
Thought I was going to pass out.

80 degrees my arse Tommy; it was over 100; absolutely boiling and no escape from it.

Yes, couldnt get a drink too !

[Donnywolf]

At Leyton Orient, August 2003.
Open terrace in 80+degree heat.
Couldn’t get a drink for love nor money.
Thought I was going to pass out.

80 degrees my arse Tommy; it was over 100; absolutely boiling and no escape from it.

Yes, couldnt get a drink too !

Hi Philsky ,

Reckon you and TT were in wrong place at wrong time

I congratulated Orient , L Orient C Orient on their public spiritedness. Not only were they announcing to crowd quite often  to drink water as often / when needed but they kept bringing loads to a place right behind goal

I remember it as one of those 3 wheel Ice cream Carts but may be wrong . Every so often they came and added loads more water and though it didn't get chilled much was appreciated by those using it

Temp was something like 99.4 at Heathrow just failing to do the 100 but as above I stayed overnight and next day 100 + was reached

I don't feel guilty at pouring water over my head. I had a pee at HT waited till Q died down for water tap in bog and filled a 2 litre bottle and every so often poured it over my head.

God , it was hot as hell. The temp. not the water

[philsky]

At Leyton Orient, August 2003.
Open terrace in 80+degree heat.
Couldn’t get a drink for love nor money.
Thought I was going to pass out.

80 degrees my arse Tommy; it was over 100; absolutely boiling and no escape from it.

Yes, couldnt get a drink too !

Hi Philsky ,

Reckon you and TT were in wrong place at wrong time

I congratulated Orient , L Orient C Orient on their public spiritedness. Not only were they announcing to crowd quite often  to drink water as often / when needed but they kept bringing loads to a place right behind goal

I remember it as one of those 3 wheel Ice cream Carts but may be wrong . Every so often they came and added loads more water and though it didn't get chilled much was appreciated by those using it

Temp was something like 99.4 at Heathrow just failing to do the 100 but as above I stayed overnight and next day 100 + was reached

I don't feel guilty at pouring water over my head. I had a pee at HT waited till Q died down for water tap in bog and filled a 2 litre bottle and every so often poured it over my head.

God , it was hot as hell. The temp. not the water

It was mad. I had big Jeff Aldworth with me. He basically melted !!!

[RoversInSpain]

Valencia, pretty much every match.

[mugnapper]

At Leyton Orient, August 2003.
Open terrace in 80+degree heat.
Couldn’t get a drink for love nor money.
Thought I was going to pass out.

That was also the day my 1st wife told me she wanted a divorce.
Kind of took the edge off the day for me.
However, now when I look at my beautiful  2nd wife, it was probably one of the best days for me lol

[tommy toes]

As far as I remember Wolfie they ran out of bottles of water well before the end of the game.

[Prez]

At Leyton Orient, August 2003.
Open terrace in 80+degree heat.
Couldn’t get a drink for love nor money.
Thought I was going to pass out.

I bought a couple of bottles of orange just before kick off. I drank one straight away and put the other on the terrace below. About 15 mins later i picked it up to drink and it was that warm i had to throw it away.