Total Rugby League Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Rugby League Heroes: Neil Holding Neil Holding played 343 times for St Helens between 1977 and 1989, scoring 145 tries. He was the first-choice scrum...View the full article Total Rugby League www.totalrl.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighting irish Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 34 minutes ago, Total Rugby League said: Rugby League Heroes: Neil Holding Neil Holding played 343 times for St Helens between 1977 and 1989, scoring 145 tries. He was the first-choice scrum... View the full article Loved this. Hell hath no fury, like a woman from Wigan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hela Wigmen Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 5 minutes ago, fighting irish said: Loved this. Hell hath no fury, like a woman from Wigan. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RIpky7zto6s Further proven by the above link. No try and no pint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Neil Holding also played for Widnes for a brief spell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 The Wigan story is unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 39 minutes ago, Damien said: The Wigan story is unbelievable. It's great! Just the sort of stuff we need to help us through these dark gameless winter days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Stottle Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Total Rugby League said: Rugby League Heroes: Neil Holding Neil Holding played 343 times for St Helens between 1977 and 1989, scoring 145 tries. He was the first-choice scrum... View the full article Excellent, thanks for that. On the same lines, I was on the ciach going to Blackpool for the Summer Bash and across the aisle was the great John Woods, sat behind me were two girls John asked one of them where did they come from and she replied Westhoughton to which John replied Ah, Westhoughton that's famous for two things good Rugby players and beautiful women.................."what position do you play" ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunbar Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 That was a fantastic article. The insight into the coaches was great as well... and the Roy Haggerty piece. "The history of the world is the history of the triumph of the heartless over the mindless." — Sir Humphrey Appleby. "If someone doesn't value evidence, what evidence are you going to provide to prove that they should value it? If someone doesn't value logic, what logical argument could you provide to show the importance of logic?" — Sam Harris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cumbrian Fanatic Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Neil Holding used to visited and train with Broughton Rangers up in Cumbria with Peter Gorley, I worked with a lad who playing there at the time and he said they loved it when he came up, he have them all in stiches in the club after training. Apparently he was a good impersonator too. 100% League 0% Union Just because I don't know doesn't mean I don't understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris22 Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 I remember the incident, but had no idea he ended up in Court. Holding ended up back at Saints doing half times year later. Didn't last long as he encouraged the pop to sing a derogatory song about Bradford. Unfortunately, for those who remember Knowsley Road, the Sky gantry was right above our fans and the song could be heard clearly. Which was Holding's aim of course. For some reason, the bosses at Sky didn't appreciate the words "f.. off, you're a c..." being broadcast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Interesting comments about Alex Murphy "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wollo Wollo Wayoo Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Damien said: The Wigan story is unbelievable. I imagine that there were a few Walrus around who weren't too pleased with the comparison? This world was never meant for one as beautiful as me. Wakefield Trinity RLFC 2012 - 2014 "The wasted years" 2013, 2014 & 2015 Official Magic Weekend "Whipping Boys" 2017 - The year the dream disappeared under Grix's left foot. 2018 - The FinniChezz Bromance 2019 - The Return of the Prodigal Son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbruce Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 5 hours ago, Cumbrian Fanatic said: Neil Holding used to visited and train with Broughton Rangers up in Cumbria with Peter Gorley, I worked with a lad who playing there at the time and he said they loved it when he came up, he have them all in stiches in the club after training. Apparently he was a good impersonator too. Use to be on the old rugby league roadshow quite a lot doing just that I seem to remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Frightful Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 Remember him on "Question of Sport" once. The "What happened next" bit came on and it was a clip from a cricket match where a batsman lofted a ball into the outfield but they stopped the video as the ball was in the air. After a bit of deliberation, Neil said "I think it hits a pigeon". His team got the points. Hull FC....The Sons of God... (Well, we are about to be crucified on Good Friday) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinking Jimmy Posted January 28, 2021 Share Posted January 28, 2021 That sort of humour was commonplace in the eighties and of course still is today. It’s beyond belief that someone would react like that instead of laughing it off. Absolutely nothing wrong with it; give some, take some and enjoy the banter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopping Mad Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 That's a great read. Loved watching Neil do his stuff for Saints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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