Playing and Watching Rugby League in Days Gone By

[Wolford6]

44 minutes ago, EggFace said:

Sounds like hell.

Well, it's right on the border with Lancashire, which is the same thing.

[Leyther_Matt]

7 hours ago, Derwent said:

Kids running onto the pitch at full time asking players for tie ups

That was one that certainly lasted up until the early 2000s. I used to have a great collection. 

[Fevrover]

Remember going to Huyton in the 70's and the teams and officials from the club walked across the pitch in a line looking for broken bottles stuck in the pitch,and they locked us in once the game kicked off.

[johnh1]

The bloke with 'The end is nigh' poster stood outside the ground.

[Leyther_Matt]

1 hour ago, johnh1 said:

The bloke with 'The end is nigh' poster stood outside the ground.

I suppose that's a consequence of so few Sunday games these days 

[johnh1]

4 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

I suppose that's a consequence of so few Sunday games these days 

Didn’t know it only applied to Sundays!

[Dave W]

2 hours ago, johnh1 said:

The bloke with 'The end is nigh' poster stood outside the ground.

I think that bloke must post on here sometimes, such is the doom and gloom.

Always used to see him outside Naughton Park in the 80s: I'm told he was a Jehovah's Widnes.

Edited August 23, 2022 by Dave W

[Blind side johnny]

1 hour ago, Dave W said:

I think that bloke must post on here sometimes, such is the doom and gloom.

Always used to see him outside Naughton Park in the 80s: I'm told he was a Jehovah's Widnes.

That should be a yellow card at least.

[DavidM]

1 hour ago, Dave W said:

Always used to see him outside Naughton Park in the 80s: I'm told he was a Jehovah's Widnes.

Well he was outside because he kept knocking on the door to get in and they pretended no one was in and wouldn’t open it 

[John Rhino]

On 19/08/2022 at 09:52, BadlyOverdrawnBoy said:

If it was a park pitch, getting there early for a dog sh** and broken glass survey.

Our ground was next to a golf range so as well as the above it was essential to get rid of the golf balls which was not as easy as you'd think.

Until the son of one player realised he could sell them. Job done! 

[SJD]

Remember going to Dalton back in the 60's, first job was to move the cows into the corner of the field, just hoped players didn't fall on the berets, well that's what they looked like. 

[DavidM]

On 22/08/2022 at 11:44, Agbrigg said:

No kicking tees just turf divets and toe end kickers

Yes , putting your heel in to make a little mound to kick off . Then technology advanced to a little cup full of sand . Toe end kickers always looked weird , never quite got that one although Big Mal always seemed to nail one when it mattered 

[johnh1]

5 minutes ago, DavidM said:

Yes , putting your heel in to make a little mound to kick off . Then technology advanced to a little cup full of sand . Toe end kickers always looked weird , never quite got that one although Big Mal always seemed to nail one when it mattered 

'The poor lad' didn't though in 1968.

[Fevrover]

9 hours ago, johnh1 said:

The bloke with 'The end is nigh' poster stood outside the ground.

Yeah, there was one ( might have been him) outside Wilderspool.

[Wolford6]

I remember him at Swinton for a cup final against Widnes. He warned us that going into the ground was exposing us to those who were guilty of adultery and sodomy. Checking out the fans, I concentrated on the ones who appeared more likely to fancy adultery.

[Leyther_Matt]

18 hours ago, johnh1 said:

Didn’t know it only applied to Sundays!

Tbh I only ever saw him on a Good Friday at Widnes but I recall someone mentioning that he initially began doing it when permission was given to play on a Sunday

[JohnM]

Cue very old joke. His placard announced "Jesus saves fallen women".....

[Harry Stottle]

On 22/08/2022 at 14:05, Wolford6 said:

Well, it's right on the border with Lancashire, which is the same thing.

Yes but Todmorden is still a West Yerkshure town in Calderdale it's little wonder there were strange going ons, travel another mile or so west and you reach civilisation.

[Wolford6]

3 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

Yes but Todmorden is still a West Yerkshure town in Calderdale it's little wonder there were strange going ons, travel another mile or so west and you reach civilisation.

From Wikipedia:

The key date in Bacup's cultural calendar is Easter Saturday, when the Britannia Coconut Dancers beat the bounds of the town via a dance procession.

[Harry Stottle]

On 23/08/2022 at 09:39, Fevrover said:

Remember going to Huyton in the 70's and the teams and officials from the club walked across the pitch in a line looking for broken bottles stuck in the pitch,and they locked us in once the game kicked off.

I remember parking up at Alt Park, and this little kid of no more than 10y.o. said in his scouse accent "mind yer car for a quid mister" he was holding half a brick and tossing it in a manner which said if you don't yer car gets this.

[Harry Stottle]

12 hours ago, Fevrover said:

Yeah, there was one ( might have been him) outside Wilderspool.

He should have been at the HJ a month or so ago!

[Fevrover]

5 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

I remember parking up at Alt Park, and this little kid of no more than 10y.o. said in his scouse accent "mind yer car for a quid mister" he was holding half a brick and tossing it in a manner which said if you don't yer car gets this.

And no dout you would have done.

[Harry Stottle]

1 minute ago, Fevrover said:

And no dout you would have done.

I Had to,

Telling the tale many years later someone said it happened to him, and there were a number of kids, he said to them he didn't need his car minding as he was leaving his dog inside, one of the kids said "can the dog put fires out"!

[Fevrover]

41 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

I Had to,

Telling the tale many years later someone said it happened to him, and there were a number of kids, he said to them he didn't need his car minding as he was leaving his dog inside, one of the kids said "can the dog put fires out"!

Good grief .