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No it's 3 pm.

This Sunday 2nd August the Town RL and the Comets speedway team both have home fixtures @ 3 p.m. - possibly a first ?????

Yeah he took off to avoid post match interviews. And allegedly watched the footy world cup final in a Keswick pub.

One of the best teams in the league. It's not apparent to the locals then - considering only 194 turned up to support them v Swinton. What's the use of them trying to compete in a soccer mad area?.

He helped me lots with stats when I was involved compiling the Workington programme.....RIP Irvin.

Yep night match. And I think Cocker got hat trick via his trademark play the ball kick throughs. Probably was him who got that scoring act barred by the RFL?.

Well I hope what I put here will lift spirits v Barra marra. Happy New Year 2/1/1994.................Town 50 v Barrow 6. Attendance: 3237. Town scorers; Tries - Cocker 5, one each from Drummond, Kitchin, Hepi, Schubert. Goals - Marwood 7. Town line up - Mulligan, Drummond, Kay, Burns, Cocker, Kitchin, Marwood, Pickering, McKenzie, Schubert, Hepi, Armstrong, Byrne. subs- McGuirk, Buglass. So looking at that certainly cheered me up. Great memories for the club and the loyal 'town army' of that era. UTT.

Yes 63 years ago Town played Wigan at Derwent Park. And Town scraped home by 8-6. Towns scorers were Tries - Glastonbury, Archer. Goal - Foster. Town line up = Lowden, Glastonbury, O'Neil, Brennan, Southward, Archer, Roper, Edgar, Tabern, Gardiner, McLeod, Foster, McFarlane. Town played 10 matches during May of 1963, as a catch up, owing to a three month closure because of the severe 62/63 winter freeze up. Also 9 matches were played during April, so 19 matches in two months - wow.

Just thought I'd look back at Town's Superleague days - I like a good dose of nostalgia. As most fans know Town made it to join up with another eleven clubs to kick off the top league. However the optimists among us were disappointed with Town finding it hard work, winning two (Paris (h) and Oldham(a), drawing one Halifax(h)) and therefore relegated. So on this day 18/5/96 Town faced Wigan at Derwent Park in a game covered by Sky TV. A quite healthy crowd of 3176 saw the visitors take the spoils at 16-64...I still recall Town playing better than that scoreline would indicate. Match details: Town line-up = Campbell, Wallace, Allen, Fraisse, L.Smith, Kitchin, Marwood, C.Armstrong, Bethwaite, Phillips, Palmada, Holgate, Nairn. Subs = Burns, Carter, Penrice, Filipo. Town scorers = tries; Allen, Smith, Holgate. goals; Marwood 2. Of the twelve clubs in Superleague 1 there are 6 who no longer play in that division nowadays... i.e. Town, Halifax, London, Oldham, Sheffield and Paris. With the latter disappearing from rugby league life a long time ago.

So do you?

I remember that too. Said he would fund Oldham big style - presumably he changed his mind then ?

Yes funds from the William Low sale was great for the club and growing army of fans. But Superleague involvement (1996 one season only)quickly ruined all the good we enjoyed. And will we ever see the likes of Mulligan, Pickering, Hepi at Worky again? I really dislike this Championship division we play in-especially when you have clubs situated in the M62 catchment area borrowing players on a match by match basis a la Hunslet this weekend.It's a bit unfair on west Cumbria.

Early this season I went to the Whitehaven v Newcastle game. I had a conversation with a guy who did Newcastle match reports- while walking over to grandstand with him. One thing I said was how good Evan had been in the 'Ike' match. His reply was yes he's good - but sadly he suffered lots of injuries so Newcastle agreed for him to join Town. Seems like the injury bugs still affect him then?....

And I think the RFL hierarchy are watching clubs struggle and are not too fussed if more do collapse. In fact with the all too often crazy fixture lists they do hinder clubs somewhat.....e.g. Clubs with a string of home fixtures (with away ones then as catch up) rather than the good old days of home/away alternating - this makes fans puzzled and they lose interest. Here in west Cumbria our two teams clash far too often nowadays.

Yes I did read about Boundary Park problems. At least Bower Fold is a vast improvement on that White Bank venue.