Joey Barton was full of praise for his Bristol Rovers players after they overcame a "horrendous" build-up to pull off a historic win at Charlton Athletic on Saturday.
The Gas has not claimed a victory at The Valley for 64 years until John Marquis struck a brilliant brace off the bench to come from a goal down and defeat The Addicks 2-1, leaving Rovers sitting ninth in League One at Christmas.
But the game very nearly never happened at all. Freezing temperatures all week across the country left the game in doubt and the days and hours ahead of the game were far from ideal preparation for the Gas.
