Following the change of laws, Rotherham Utd glamorously played Scunthorpe Utd in the FA Cup First Round replay, after the two teams had drawn 1-1 on November 16th at Scunny.
On the 26th they played out an exciting 3-3 draw at Millmoor. To save "time", penalties were legally in place so, with a 7-6 victory for the Millers, who went on to meet Burnley in the 2nd Round, losing 0-2.
Ironically, Burnley met Derby County in the 3rd Rd (FA Cup) on January 4th 1992 and drew 2-2. They then replayed on the 14th January at Derby and with the home team winning 2-0, fog had the game abandoned. By 25th January, the game was replayed and Derby won 2-0, tie end! No pens but plenty of delays.
In the same competition 1991-2, the FA Cup First Rd proper, Emley AFC (then known as Emley FC, nickname the Peewits), from the moor tops, West Yorkshire, met Bolton Wanderers in a match played at Leeds Road, Huddersfield. Bolton Wanderers cruised past the non-leaguers 0-3. Bolton then beat Bradford City 3-1 in Rd 2, Reading 2-0 in Rd 3, Brighton and HA in Rd 4 2-1 finally conceding to Southampton 2-3 after a 2-2 draw.
More local results, in 1991-2, from the Cup include Huddersfield Town who beat Lincoln United at home (note not City) 7-0, then The Terriers beat Rochdale at Spotland in Rd 2, 2-1, meeting their match at home to Millwall 0-4. Lions gnaw Terriers!
In Rd 3 Aston Villa met Cup holders Spurs and beat them 1-0 away, after a 0-0.
Non-leaguers, Witton Albion in Rd 1, drew with Halifax Town ( then a League side) at The Shay, drawing 1-1 on November 16th. They met on the 27th at home and Witton won 1-2. The reward was a 2nd Rd tie at Preston NE, Witton losing 1-5. "Do your best"
Preston went on to lose to Sheffield Wednesday 0-2 at Deepdale.
MORE FOG DELAYS
On November 27th 1948, Colchester Utd met Reading in a First Rd FA Cup tie and attracted a record crowd of over 19,000 at Layer Road. The game was abandoned due to fog after 35 minutes and everyone had to go home. It was replayed on December 4th, Reading winning 2-4.
Worse than that, in the 1904-5 season, on November 26th Everton were beating Woolwich Arsenal 3-1 when the match was abandoned due to fog after 76 minutes. No result.
The match was then scheduled for the end of the season when Everton had to play 3 games in 4 days.
Previously they played out this result on 5th April Everton v Woolwich Arsenal at home won 1-0.
April 21st Everton v Manchester City away lost 0-2
22nd Everton v Woolwich Arsenal away lost 1-2
24th Everton v Nottingham Forest away won 2-0
They lost 1-2 and if the original scoreline had remained Everton would have pipped Newcastle to the Division One championship (top div in those days). In those days there were only 2 divisions of 18 teams and 2 and a half pence (money) would have got you into the game.
In Division One then were these "historic" teams:
Small Heath ( now Birmingham) with Woolwich Arsenal.
In Div Two were Gainsborough, Glossop NE, Burslem PV (Port Vale) and Burton United.
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