Norwich once attempted, unsuccessfully, to defrost their playing surface with fire.

Their scheduled FA Cup third-round tie at home to Blackpool in January, 1963 had been postponed 11 times, and they were willing to try just about anything by the end.

In an attempt to get the game played, the Carrow Road pitch was treated with flamethrowers as, according to a Norwich spokesman, 'a last desperate effort'.

However they 'served no purpose whatsoever' for 'as fast as the ice melted it froze again'.