The Art of Hand and Foot

My point exactly! All the others are ten a penny.

When to F'Oldham....

To be honest, there are 2 periods in the year when it's just right at BP, one week in May and one week in September. All other times it's either too hot or too cold. It's reputation comes from the round ball game which is played between September and April.

Oldham. It could be argued that the Ref was a tad leniant with them.

Oldham v Sheffield going to be interesting. Swopped stand offs. Craven had a decent game for us against Halifax 2 weeks ago. Now he lines up against us on Sunday.

What was the crowd?

Due to delayed travel, the match is kicking off later, 1 report says 8 the other 9 our time.

Absolutely no reason why a Roughyed can't be a Bear. On an aside, what's happened to Roary? Don't know if he's been sidelined or whether I've just not noticed him?

Youre right. My first recollection of the term was Eddie Waring on TV saying 'aa and we are at aa a Waterrrrsheddings the home of Oldham a aa Rrrroughyeds'. It became a much bigger thing during the superleague Bears years. Remember the T Shirt with the bear on it and Roughyeds emblazoned across the top?

The thing is to understand what a 'Brand' is. To paraphrase Rod Stewart a brand is in your heart it's in your soul. Harley Davidson is not just a mode of transport. It has an intangible meaning to its users. Roughyeds is us, it's our history, it's Oldham RFL. It's 1876 and 1895, it's Joseph Platt, it's 1957. It's more than a cuddly toy. Although any cuddly toy could be sold as representing what 'Roughyed ' means to us.

Aaaaagh!!!! Roughyeds is a great name for a rugby team. It's unique, there are more panthers, Warriors, bulls, saints, Rovers, Hornets and crusaders than you can throw a stick at. There's only one Roughyeds. Although it has a history that is quite dull and laborious, a Roughyed is whatever you want it to be. A bear, a lion, anything. But please not that ginger snap crackle and pop mascot from years ago. Anyone who says you can't market a Roughyed needs to hand branding to someone who does.

The names mentioned are Toulouse, likely, Bradford, possible, then York. So we have to do really well second half of the season.

Widnes currently beating Toulouse 18-4 with Lawton scoring 2 tries!!!!

3,000 capacity.

Nope, not the reason we lost. We lost because TO were the better team. However, to say that the ref had a good game is patently untrue.