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I couldn't agree more. I'm sure all SL fans have anticipated the cup draw and hoped for a new place to visit. Instead we get Wigan in the draw every year despite playing them at least twice a season. I'm old enough to have watched Wire at York, Batley, Hunslet, Keighley etc in challenge cup (and old 1st div) games. They are all great days out and they are the lifeblood of the sport. We need more of that to keep everyone interested and to keep the sport alive. I've just remembered another game. Chorley away. It must have been a challenge cup fixture. The landlord of the pub we went to said he had no idea what was coming and had sold out of everything except pop and whisky. True story. Do any other Wire fans recall being there? Lindsay Hoyle (Chorley MP) and his Dad Doug (Warrington North MP) walked around the perimeter at half time and got a spontaneous round of applause as they went round.
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Very impressed with Mike Eccles in his post-match interview. Honest, realistic and proud. What a thoroughly decent bloke. I sincerely hope London come back soon as a competitive force in SL. I've enjoyed every single trip to watch Wire there over the years at various cuckoo nests. I thought Ealing would work but that's another story. I wish them nothing but good luck and maybe another massive benefactor.
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What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning
Leeds Wire replied to paley's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
I think I posted this on the wavering 'best cover versions' thread a while back. It's absolute perfection in terms of its spontaneity and harmony. Two great talents. -
What Are You Listening To - The Reckoning
Leeds Wire replied to paley's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Irish broadcaster RTE just released a documentary about my favourite band of all time, the Hothouse Flowers. I can't explain how emotional I feel after watching it. To me they are a smashing band that I've been following live since 1990, but now I've just spent an hour with wild, uncontrollable goosebumps and it means even more. I think this story could extrapolate to a thousand bands who have stuck together over many years. It's a great story of friendship and loyalty and all sorts of positive things. To quote one of their best songs, the documentary and the story are a real 'Thing of Beauty'. https://www.rte.ie/player/movie/hothouse-flowers-stick-around-and-laugh-a-while/498203176017 -
He once stepped off the pitch and walked amongst the away fans at Belle Vue after a particularly bad Wire performance. He just walked through the away fans, chatting and apologising. I've never seen anything like it. Massive respect, he didn't hide and actually did the opposite.
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ISIHAC Radio 4 comedy
Leeds Wire replied to Leeds Wire's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
I genuinely thought of you when I posted it, Futtocks It was such good fun. Yes it might seem dated but if you fill a theatre full of people and make them laugh until they cry for 3 hours then maybe don't analyse it and just let it be. There's no nastiness to it, no racism, no sexism, it is just daft and genuinely laugh-out-loud funny.