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  1. Most Cas supporters would say the shellacking of Wigan in the Regal Trophy Final of 1994. But for me, the most memorable Cas match was against our bogey team, St Helen’s in 2002. After 15 minutes or so Saints were 18-0 up with Scully running riot. However, instead of the expected hammering, Cas got back in the game and ended up winning 38-22.
  2. Just looking up the date now gave me a touch of hypothermia! It was 1 January 1984. Cas was away at Bradford. A mild day in Cas when we set off. Got into Odsal and the sun was still out. But just before kick off the freezing fog descended. It was so cold even Sherpa Tensing said ‘F@@@ it, I’m off home!’. The pitch looked fine until you realised the grass was floating on a pond of ice water. Both teams got bogged down. It seemed, from memory, that the pitch between both 20m lines resembled my toilet after a beef vindaloo whilst both areas between the 20m and try lines were left in pristine condition. The forwards were indistinguishable and the backs were adorned with icicles. The freezing fog gave me a blinding headache. So I went to the burger van and cadged five empty long plastic bags that the breadcakes - ooops, that’ll cause some lively discussion on here - came in. Me and the mates each put one on our head. The bags stood a good two feet in the air but the warm air inside stopped the headaches. I would have said that we looked like a Marge Simpson tribute band but The Simpsons were still 5 years away from airing. The result was a 2 all draw. The crowd was 7,167.
  3. Count me in if you do this. Surely 40 people can be persuaded to contribute £20 a month. Or attract a greater number if some people can only contribute less than £20. Quick question. Was the original RL Development Fund created just to offer financial assistance or did it offer other assistance in how to assist in the sustainability of clubs?
  4. You might be right. I may have misunderstood Blind Side Johnny’s post at the top of this page.
  5. It will be interesting to find out what the financial support is to make all grounds ‘broadcast ready’. However, if the deal goes ahead and the income is spilt 78, 13, 9 split in favour of SL then simple math shows that each SL club would receive £3250 in year 1 rising to £6500 in year 3. Surely, for an elite league these amounts are simply minuscule. Here is a radical idea …. let the Championship clubs have the money!
  6. Jesus, never heard of any of the above artists in the previous posts. Never really been interested in music unless it was on TOTP or Radio 1 as a young lad. But here is a group that I doubt few of you have heard of ….. Tycho Brahe. Went to see them last week as they supported the Human League on their Aussie tour. Wife’s cousin knows the band members of Tycho Brahe very well and they stayed at his house in Adelaide for a few days to save money on hotel expenses.
  7. Thanks John for the work that up you put in. I thought I had been banned for incorrect use of the Grocers’ apostrophe
  8. Seeing the name John Godber took me back to when I worked at Wakefield MDC and did day release at Wakefield College between 1980-1984 completing my BTEC in Public Administration. One lass on the course was called Janice Godber and I am sure she told me that John was her older brother. Could have been winding me up though. Whilst driving around Adelaide today I came across ‘Strike Boy’ on the BBC Podcast. It is a 10 part series presented by Mark Watson. Mark lived in a Nottinghamshire mining community and he was 10 years when the Miners Strike commenced. Brought back lots of memories as my father was on strike for the duration.
  9. The current set up - because of the time difference - works great for me as I can watch the Thursday, Friday and Saturday night games on Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings. Therefore, I have watched all SL games so far with the exception of the Cas v Hudds game that was not listed on the Fox Sports channels. No real downside for me regarding the presentation and commentary as this season is a learning curve and I expect improvements as we go along.
  10. Probably to stop his saliva running down his chin from sucking his dummy and falling on his Stella McCartney leopard print jacket!
  11. Dave T. Regarding the ‘walk up’ or lack of anticipated ‘walk up’ it was announced on the pre-game show that Las Vegas had been hit by a large desert storm. That was why some people attending did not get inside the stadium until after the first game was underway and may have deterred those that had not purchased a ticket from attending.
  12. 1969, you lucky bu$$er! Mine was around 1971 had to wait 15 years before walking up Wembley Way.
  13. Two absolutely cracking games. Well done to all concerned.
  14. Watched the Wire v Cas game live then went to a 9am gym class with the wife then back home to watch the Saints game followed by the Wigan game. If you fast forward every stoppage you can watch every ‘recorded’ game in an hour. A very enjoyable Saturday morning. Roll on Sunday morning!
  15. Last couple of days ‘Don’t walk away Renee’ by The Left Banke has been bouncing around the old cranium.
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