To leave the pitch players used to walk to the corner by the Pavilion, as opposed to going back under the main stand, thereby mingling with fans.
On one occasion a lad I was at school with got punched in the face by Don Vines, who was by then playing for Wakefield Trinity. Don always had a hair trigger temper but in the aftermath said that he’d been kicked by someone and what he did was just an automatic reaction.
My schoolmate told us on the Monday he hadn’t done anything wrong but seemed quite happy with his 15 minutes of fame and the matter went no further.
Imagine it happening today with every man and his dog (obviously a very clever dog) carrying a mobile phone to video each waking moment.
Don died in 1989 and I’m sure would be well remembered by any other old timers on here.