Wednesday August 13th 1997 - Derby County v Wimbledon
Derby County's first home League match at Pride Park was abandoned by referee, Uriah Rennie, in the 56th minute when the floodlights failed. Derby were winning 2-1 at the time. The clubs drew 1-1 when the fixture was re-staged in October.
Another of the more bizarre records held by football clubs went to Middlesbrough in the late 1980's. They asked the club sponsors at the time, Heritage Hampers, if they would repaint the North Stand at their old Ayresome Park Ground. This they agreed to do provided they could paint the name of their company on the roof - so two giant 'Heritage Hamper' signs with 11 foot high lettering appeared on the roof. That made the roof of the stand an advertising hoarding and being 85ft wide and nearly 300ft long it was recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the largest advertising hoarding in the country!
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