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  1. If you are in Asia Premier Sports Asia shows all the major rugby comps Union and League Inc SL.
  2. Jonty Pilkington…he’s playing career was over before I was born but meeting him in street in the 60s was a scary experience!
  3. As was Saints-it was part of a brown field re generation project that included Tesco.
  4. I think we have suffered heavily in the backs from the growing dominance and huge money available in soccer. Talented boys who 50 years ago might have chosen rugby over soccer are less likely to do so today.
  5. In the run up to Saints first try Lomax was hit very late after passing but haven’t seen/heard any comment on that.
  6. Post War period through to the early 60s was the games most successful period in terms of attendances. Low was the early mid 70s followed by a steady revival in the 80s thru to the advent of SL with GB v Aus almost reaching “break through “ in terms of wider consciousness with big gates n lots of coverage.
  7. Spot on.As far as I’m aware no one was sacked or asked to leave and they were leaving of their own accord.
  8. Crowds dropped from mid 50s to mid 70s and with increasing speed from the mid 60s before recovering gradually over the 80s Soccer saw a very similar pattern. SL gave a big boost but at a cost to Cup and lower league crowds and things have stagnated over last 10 years or so . Soccer in contrast has boomed especially in PL and Championship and still, somewhat unbelievably to me ,club RU has exceeded certainly my expectations.
  9. Plus a lot of the really big gates were for cup games and the decline of the Challenge Cup a factor.
  10. Sadly too true.The “surge “ capacity for big games seems much reduced.As you say a Saints v Wigan cup quarter final could attract 30k plus .Mot sure why -maybe the move to a more season ticket/membership approach reduces the casual interest other than for Wembley or OT.
  11. The first season at the new stadium with 14k was the highest Saints average since the early 60s.
  12. In the 1950s…as did Huddersfield and Oldham in those days.
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