cambridge united
abbey stadium
Tuesday 10th December 1991, On a freezing night in Cambridge, United were to entertain Blackburn Rovers in a Second Division League game, As the game started it was very cold, but it was becoming more apparent as the game went on, it was becoming a farce, the players were slipping and sliding all over the place and the ball was bouncing off the rock hard floor extremely high, at half time the referee deemed the pitch unplayable and the game was abandoned.
The teams that night,
CAMBRIDGE : Vaughan, Fensome, Kimble, Dennis (sub Bailie), O'Sea, Chapple, Rowett, Wilkins, Dublin, Taylor, Philpott
BLACKBURN: Mimms, Brown, Wright, Cowans, Hendry, Hill (sub Garner), Wilcox, Atkins, Newell, Moran, Reid
ATTENDANCE: 6,807
The replayed game took place on Tuesday 25th February 1992, in much better conditions, however we returned back home disappointed, Cambridge won the game 2 1, Cambridge went two goals up through Chapple and an own goal from May, only consolation was Rovers managed to pull a goal back late on in the game from Hendry.
CAMBRIDGE: Sheffield, Fensome, Kimble, Dennis, Chapple, Daish, Rowett (sub Norbury), O'Sea, Dublin, Claridge (sub Taylor), Heaney
BLACKBURN: Mimms, May (sub Wright), Moran, Cowans, Hill, Hendry, Wilcox, Atkins, Sherwood, Garner (sub Livingstone), Brown
ATTENDANCE: 7,857
The teams that night,
CAMBRIDGE : Vaughan, Fensome, Kimble, Dennis (sub Bailie), O'Sea, Chapple, Rowett, Wilkins, Dublin, Taylor, Philpott
BLACKBURN: Mimms, Brown, Wright, Cowans, Hendry, Hill (sub Garner), Wilcox, Atkins, Newell, Moran, Reid
ATTENDANCE: 6,807
The replayed game took place on Tuesday 25th February 1992, in much better conditions, however we returned back home disappointed, Cambridge won the game 2 1, Cambridge went two goals up through Chapple and an own goal from May, only consolation was Rovers managed to pull a goal back late on in the game from Hendry.
CAMBRIDGE: Sheffield, Fensome, Kimble, Dennis, Chapple, Daish, Rowett (sub Norbury), O'Sea, Dublin, Claridge (sub Taylor), Heaney
BLACKBURN: Mimms, May (sub Wright), Moran, Cowans, Hill, Hendry, Wilcox, Atkins, Sherwood, Garner (sub Livingstone), Brown
ATTENDANCE: 7,857