This is a great story. In December 1937, during a football match at Stamford Bridge in London between Chelsea FC and Charlton FC, the game was abandoned in the 60th minute due to heavy fog. Unfortunately, Charlton FC goalkeeper Sam Bartram did not realise that the game had been abandoned and continued to defend his goal for another fifteen minutes. He did not hear the referee's whistle due to the noise of the crowd behind him. Believing that his teammates were attacking the opponent's goal, he remained with his arms outstretched, completely focused on protecting his goal in the thick fog. Barely fifteen minutes had passed when the ground police approached him and informed him that the game had been abandoned 15 minutes earlier.
Most iconic, probably greatest player in the history of Charlton Athletic. A real pity that he never won caps for England (except during WW2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bartram To my shame I have never read any books about him, I believe he wrote an autobiography? There must be hundreds of great stories about the man and his career. It won't be too long (another three seasons) before he begins to appear in my match reports thread from 1905 onwards.
