BOLTON ROUGHYED Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 For those who don't partake in facebook but are old enough to remember Brett Clark he's over on his jollies for 3 weeks. So if you see a Brett Clark lookeelikee knocking round town over the coming weeks approach him and buy him a drink.... He likes a beer or ten...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorside roughyed Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Wow,Brett Clark.Now that is a name that brings back some memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Naylor Posted November 5, 2016 Share Posted November 5, 2016 Just after he signed we played away, somewhere. I always to prefer to stand but at that time I took my grandfather to away games and as he got older he'd prefer to be seated, so that's what we did. Anyway, at whatever ground we were at, Brett was sat immediately behind us. I remember turning round to him and asking him if he liked what he saw and was he up for it. It might have been at Barrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughyedspud Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Wouldn't it be nice if ORSA and/or RO..or the club! put on closed season functions featuring the likes of brett clarke..?? We're never gonna play australia or new zealand again...but a evening event featuring the touring sides,at the white hart or somewhere,with somekind of presentation by the heritage trust.... Is something id organise if i ran ORSA,RO,heritage trust.. OLDHAM RLFC the 8TH most successful team in british RL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLTON ROUGHYED Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 Well they can do something special next April/May when Wally Gibson comes over. He's promised to come to a game at Bower Fold. Come on ORSA/RO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigfev Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Wally. What a player. Respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moorside roughyed Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Wally Gibson, class player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanC Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Remember the first time I saw him play (not for us, for Huddersfield). Looked a class act and I was very pleased when we signed him. Now. Help me out here. (I fear old age and too much booze over the years may have fuddled my brain). Was the game at Hyde United's Ewen Fields ground? (Because that's what my dubious memory is telling me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOLTON ROUGHYED Posted November 10, 2016 Author Share Posted November 10, 2016 Too much for me that Bryan.... I do remember him playing against us for Fartown a couple of times and ripping us to bits at times and, as I said a few weeks back on facebook, he was one of those players who you just thought "FFS sign him so he can't do any more damage"..... Scott Ranson was another who made me feel like that when he was at Swinton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Art of Hand and Foot Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Fantastic full back for us. Remember when he signed. It's funny how things change. Huddersfield were a lowly side then and we were on the up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Naylor Posted November 10, 2016 Share Posted November 10, 2016 Fantastic full back for us. Remember when he signed. It's funny how things change. Huddersfield were a lowly side then and we were on the up. I suppose that this year Huddersfield finished bottom of Super League whereas we got promoted and bucked the trend by staying up a season later. From small acorns. Oh, and Wally Gibson, true legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanC Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Looks like (as suspected), my memory ain't what it used to be. A bit of googling has helped. It appears that yes, I did watch Wally Gibson play at Ewen Fields. However, my "memory" of him playing for Huddersfield is way off beam, he was playing for us. We played a Super League game there against Sheffield (no idea why - BP unavailable?). Middle age. Tsk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne_r Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Too much for me that Bryan.... I do remember him playing against us for Fartown a couple of times and ripping us to bits at times and, as I said a few weeks back on facebook, he was one of those players who you just thought "FFS sign him so he can't do any more damage"..... Scott Ranson was another who made me feel like that when he was at Swinton. Well Scott Ranson was an underrated player in my opinion - had lots of pace and great finisher - if my memory serves me correctly you did sign from us (Swinton) didn't - you also signed Derek Bate as well, our other great winger of that period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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