This can be for any one of several reasons.
The ref has called the game off, the fixture has been rearranged and you didn’t know, you mistakenly thought it was a Tuesday fixture not a Saturday one (or visa versa), or you just simply got it wrong thinking it was a home game......maybe there are others?
Ashamed to admit I’ve done all four of those over the years!
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First was when we played West Ham in the Premier League when that got called off... My Dad was driving me up the A2 to the game when we heard on the radio that the game wasnt going ahead so managed to divert off in time.
I cant remember another yet hadnt long parked up down my usual road and was walking down to the Valley when someone stopped me from their car and advised that the match had just been abandoned
The one time it did happen was the Southampton clash on Boxing Day; got dropped off at the Station to save me driving over, walked down to the Valley and couldnt understand why everyone was walking away, only realised when I got round to the East Stand so walked straight back up the hill and got the 422 home... Ridiculous decision from the referee that day!!
NCR, but I used to like a band, and I found out that they were playing a small gig in London one Sunday. I got dressed up (as one did) and went off up town to find a complete lack of anything happening at the venue. I went home, checked NME's Gig Guide and saw that I'd got the date wrong. I thought I was a week early. The next Sunday, I got all dressed up once more, but thought (just before going out) that I should check the listings again, and saw that I was in fact a month early! My mother couldn't understand why I wasn't going out that night anymore...
think an evening West Ham game.
also others that come to mind are away at Burnley, Sheffield? And on way to chesterfield.
Also remember us being driven to Hillsborough. Problem was, we were playing at Bramall Lane. That was the last time that mate has been allowed to drive to a game.
Woke up to find the coach turning round just before we got to the M1 and finding out that it had been called off; only away game I've ever started to travel to where that has happened, still pissed that they didnt do the pitch inspection earlier as the weather had been nasty that week
Not sure of which service station I was at but seem to remember it was around half way there.....so I made the right call on that one, along with quite a few other Addicks.
I seem to remember there were a couple of coaches who made the same decision.
The bloke who used to sit next to me was always late to get there no matter if it was an afternoon or evening match.
A few years back when we played Bristol City on the last day of the season (think we won 4-1?) it was a 12:30 kick off and he didn't show up. As we were leaving after the game, we saw him walking down Floyd Road towards the ground looking very confused as everyone was walking in the opposite direction.
He obviously thought it was a 3pm kick off and ironically would have been early to get there for the first time that season!
Mind you we went to the rearranged Tuesday night game which we one 4-0. Two things about that trip were we were in a pub in Chesterfield Town centre drinking draught Old Peculiar, when the landlord rang for last orders...……. at 5.50pm. The pub closed at 6pm during the week!
Also the dive of a B&B we were staying in - until @SoundAsa£ pulled out a large thermos flask of a particularly strong Pina Colada
We headed down to The Valley for the midday kick off. All got up a little early, worse for wear from New Years Eve. And there we found out it was a 3pm kick-off. My old man had insisted it was midday.
We sat in the club bar bored out of our minds for 4+ hours until 2:45pm, when the game was called off for a flooded pitch.
Terrible day.
I'll always remember walking out the bar and seeing some idiot go off at a steward about it. As if it were their fault.