9th August 2003

[roversdude]

Anyone know the temperature that day ?
Will Tuesday be the hottest we’ve ever played in ?

[rich1471]

Think it 100 degrees

[Nudga]

We're all going to die from summer heat induced covid.

Stay home
Stay safe
Protect the NHS

Rinse and repeat.

[Donnywolf]

If I remember correctly it didn't quite get to 100 (or  37.7)  that day

I stayed over and wanted to sleep on Balcony at Hotel as it was so hot.

On the Sunday it did top 100 f I think at Heathrow or somewhere in Kent a then record high

[Donnywolf]

Fact checked myself and was right (amazingly)

This shows that previous record was 37.1 in Cambridgeshire and wasn't broken till August 10th. Well remembered me as I knew it didn't make 100 on the 9th

hot-spell---august-2003---met-office.pdf


Although I can't paste working links lol

[tyke1962]

I was at MK that day to see us open the season against the club robbers .

In those days the MK ground had a temporary uncovered stand behind the goal which housed the away fans .

The sun beat down directly on us , it was ridiculously hot and I can't remember a hotter day than that watching ourselves .

[roversdude]

Fact checked myself and was right (amazingly)

This shows that previous record was 37.1 in Cambridgeshire and wasn't broken till August 10th. Well remembered me as I knew it didn't make 100 on the 9th

hot-spell---august-2003---met-office.pdf


Although I can't paste working links lol

Hope you had managed to shed the winter coat DW lol

At least the ref saw sense and had drinks breaks.

Having been in that stand tyke I can envisage how hot that was, bet some of your fans even had to take the old NCB donkey jacket off

[Donnywolf]

Fact checked myself and was right (amazingly)

This shows that previous record was 37.1 in Cambridgeshire and wasn't broken till August 10th. Well remembered me as I knew it didn't make 100 on the 9th

hot-spell---august-2003---met-office.pdf


Although I can't paste working links lol

Hope you had managed to shed the winter coat DW lol

At least the ref saw sense and had drinks breaks.

Having been in that stand tyke I can envisage how hot that was, bet some of your fans even had to take the old NCB donkey jacket off

Yes the coat was gone long before I got there. Bloody hot and Orient did well with the " drink lots of water," and they kept fetching more supplies

They let the kids in shade eventually which was sensible and I got it what shade I could in corner by Floodlight pylon

Had to laugh at HT with massive queue for bogs ... Damn I thought but then blokes were saying , this side if you want a pee , our queue is for tap water

I got through a lot drunk about a third of it and 2/3 rds of it went over my head in installments

...and yes after about 10 mins Ref blew his whistle and yes I did think what is THAT for ... Before he pointed to dugouts for drinks

Well done Ref I said probably for the first and last time ever . Good memories almost 19 years ago

[Campsall rover]

I thought it just touched 100 degrees F at Brisbane Rd that day.

[Donnywolf]

No deffo not ... although it may have done but not recorded but officially not 100 till next day

One thing we can agree on ... It was bloody hot

[Donnywolf]

https://wansteadmeteo.com/2013/08/08/10-years-on-the-uks-hottest-day-ever/

Best info I have found ....

[BahrainRover]

This time if year we never see below 100 even in the middle of the night. This will be until mid September.

[Campsall rover]

This time if year we never see below 100 even in the middle of the night. This will be until mid September.

Hope the air con doesn’t pack in. 

I couldn’t cope with that. Unbearable.

[Alickismyhero]

I thought it just touched 100 degrees F at Brisbane Rd that day.

I was there! I found it too hot so I climbed over the fence and sat in the stand in the shade. A friend of mine had just signed for Orient making his debut in that game. I had a chat with him after the game saying that I thought he had a good game but allowed himself to be bullied by our hugr CF. I can remember him saying no body has said that to me before. He followed that game with a number of yellows and a red . His mother has always held me responsible for his change in approach.
This was a young lad living the dream played a few games for England U19 ,Palace, Orient, Northampton, Shrewsbury, Oxford United, Brentford, Barnet and he turned down a move to Crawley managed by  Dean Saunders, there goes a story,  His career and dream is now over what does he do for a living? "pyramid selling" what a fall.

[Sammy Chung was King]

As long as he’s at the top of the pyramid it a Pharoahld career