Wigan Riversider Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 17 hours ago, doc said: Lancs Lynx also played at Chorley. Think their last pro game, as Chorley, was at the old Horwich RMI fc ground, versus Nottingham? Victory Park. Sept 2004 v York I think... have the programme. They played as Blackpool in 2005. To be fair it is confusing. Maybe someone should write a book about it! Wrote about the final two seasons when they were Chorley Lynx: don't know the full history however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
audois Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Remember the Chemics centre Harold Kinsey receiving a bar of Blackpool rock on Naughton Park pitch from some Borough fans. circa 1958. Maybe Aborigine wing Wally McArthur played that day too. What an athlete! Was at Municipal Stadium in Toulouse for the Lynx final against Villeneuve/Lot. Remember some Lancashire fans tumbling out of their minibus. Curtain raiser was Carcassonne-Toulouse Spacers. Fond memories. "It involves matters much greater than drafting the new rules...the original and existing games have their own powerful appeal to their players and public and have the sentiments which history inspires" - Harold 'Jersey' Flegg 1933 "Just as we had been Cathars, we were treizistes, men apart." - Jean Roque, Calendrier-revue du Racing-Club Albigeois, 1958-1959 Si tu( Remi Casty) devais envoyer un fax au Président Guasch? " Un grand bravo pour ce que vous avez fait,et merci de m 'avoir embarqué dans cette aventure" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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marklaspalmas Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 That's my take on the chequered history of two different clubs. https://www.fevarchive.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derwent Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 29 minutes ago, marklaspalmas said: Borough Park - that brings back many memories of the wonderful Stix nightclub that was based there ! I’m not prejudiced, I hate everybody equally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrome Dome Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 19 hours ago, clifford said: Blackpool Gladiators, playing, I think, at Fylde RU for a while. They played at Blackpool mechanics fc Yes they did play at Blackpool Mechs. soccer ground.nr Blackpool airport. I remember going and seeing us (Workington Town) win 78-12 in front of 646 spectators in season 1992/93 (28/2/93)...I also remember being in a bar at the ground about 1 hour before kick off and Blackpool had only half a dozen players there.......the rest did turn up before kick off, even tho the scoreline would suggest not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigan Riversider Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 18 hours ago, doc said: Lancs Lynx also played at Chorley. Think their last pro game, as Chorley, was at the old Horwich RMI fc ground, versus Nottingham? Victory Park. Sept 2004 v York I think... have the programme. They played as Blackpool in 2005. To be fair it is confusing. Maybe someone should write a book about it! Wrote about the final two seasons when they were Chorley Lynx: don't know the full history however. Lancs Lynx played at Deepdale Preston. Shaun Edwards played his final game for Wigan there in 1997 pre season friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronicler of Chiswick Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Derwent said: Borough Park - that brings back many memories of the wonderful Stix nightclub that was based there ! Ah, the memories (oh, the hangovers!!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubby Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Some Easyjet destinations are closer to the actual town than some professional RL clubs. And that is saying something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 4 hours ago, marklaspalmas said: Lynx played at Preston Grasshoppers as well. This could be a round on Pointless! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headtackle Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 I remember Chorley playing Nottingham in front of about 150 fans at Victory Park Freezing cold and as the paper described it, a game for the die hards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treize Hombres Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Wigan Riversider said: Lancs Lynx played at Deepdale Preston. Shaun Edwards played his final game for Wigan there in 1997 pre season friendly. They also played St Helens in a friendly at Deepdale and if memory serves won the game. I recall Featherstone's Ian Hardman playing in that game for Saints Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigan Riversider Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 18 minutes ago, headtackle said: I remember Chorley playing Nottingham in front of about 150 fans at Victory Park Freezing cold and as the paper described it, a game for the die hards Think I vaguely remember the then Chorley Lynx owner Mr Hemmings(?) having grave concerns about the future of the RL club after a similar attendance in 2004 possibly against Gateshead. Plug was pulled in final week of 2004 season prior to home game against York. Might have been called 'Chorley Sporting Club' with Dennis Ramsdale as it's manager. It included the soccer club which is doing very well in 2019: average gates 1000+. And yes...I do watch the soccer at Victory Park 4/5 times per season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigan Riversider Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Might also be watching Chorley Panthers tomorrow...attend when I can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clogiron Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 4 hours ago, Chrome Dome said: Yes they did play at Blackpool Mechs. soccer ground.nr Blackpool airport. I remember going and seeing us (Workington Town) win 78-12 in front of 646 spectators in season 1992/93 (28/2/93)...I also remember being in a bar at the ground about 1 hour before kick off and Blackpool had only half a dozen players there.......the rest did turn up before kick off, even tho the scoreline would suggest not. Remember going that season to watch the Cougars there, the week after Workys game, it was ridiculous, they couldn't cope with the size of the crowd, 1214 or the Cougar's 8-82, think we parked what seemed like miles away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treize Hombres Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 23 hours ago, doc said: To be fair it is confusing. Maybe someone should write a book about it! A book on this subject would make War and Peace look like the Dandy!!! London's nomadic history has nothing on these clubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Putt Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 42 minutes ago, Celt said: Am pretty sure that one of the Lancashire Lynx players won the 'Gladiators' TV show. I remember him being virtually unstoppable on the Powerball game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyther_Matt Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Wigan Riversider said: Think I vaguely remember the then Chorley Lynx owner Mr Hemmings(?) having grave concerns about the future of the RL club after a similar attendance in 2004 possibly against Gateshead. Plug was pulled in final week of 2004 season prior to home game against York. Might have been called 'Chorley Sporting Club' with Dennis Ramsdale as it's manager. It included the soccer club which is doing very well in 2019: average gates 1000+. And yes...I do watch the soccer at Victory Park 4/5 times per season. Trevor Hemmings, current owner of Preston North End. 3 hours ago, Celt said: Am pretty sure that one of the Lancashire Lynx players won the 'Gladiators' TV show. I remember him being virtually unstoppable on the Powerball game. Neil Parsley. Think he played full back. I was buzzing as a kid to see him on telly having known he’d played against Leigh. I just about missed the Lancashire Lynx days at Deepdale but have seen Leigh play at Chorley (I actually walked to the game from Leigh as a sponsored walk and Neil Turley equalled the club record for points in a game), and I’m pretty sure we were the first opposition for the re-formed Blackpool at Bloomfield Road in front of a decent crowd before also seeing us at Fylde RU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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