Hull FC v Wigan 1902/03 season...

[Old Frightful]

I hope you lot are able to watch this, it's astonishing...

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=345795530656776

[Futtocks]

Let's just pre-empt those who use the TRL social media site to declaim that they don't do social media, or those who don't have a Facebook account.

You can still click on OF's link and watch the video without signing up to anything.

[Moove]

Never mind the game, what was the disciplinary report like? Dave will be on with his freeze frames shortly.

[Moove]

More seriously, thanks for sharing. Love this type of thing.

[Futtocks]

If there was a tad more definition, you would be able to lip-read the older fans moaning about how the game's gone downhill since 1895, and that's them done with RL.

[Old Frightful]

Has the sailor in the crowd near the end of the video just walked straight off his ship to watch the game?

Threepenny stand looks just like it did in the 1980's.

[The Ghost of 99]

5 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

If there was a tad more definition, you would be able to lip-read the older fans moaning about how the game's gone downhill since 1895, and that's them done with RL.

The game was gone when they outlawed tripping 

[Just Browny]

Is the bloke at the end walking on with a Papa John's? 

[Padge]

Ta OF, nice one.

[Ullman]

On 20/09/2022 at 19:45, Old Frightful said:

Has the sailor in the crowd near the end of the video just walked straight off his ship to watch the game?

Threepenny stand looks just like it did in the 1980's.

I know one old trawlerman who used to do exactly that if the skipper got them back to Hull in time. I'll bet he wasn't the only one either.

The only bit of the ground that looks any different is the "Best" Stand. I think the Luftwaffe's urban clearance programme had something to do with that.

[Anita Bath]

Great to see a proper scrum.

 

[Wiltshire Warrior Dragon]

On 20/09/2022 at 19:13, Old Frightful said:

I hope you lot are able to watch this, it's astonishing...

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=345795530656776

Thanks for sharing that, OF - a great piece of film.

I wonder when women started attending games in any significant numbers.  As far as I could see, the crowd shot in that clip consisted exclusively of men.

[Whippet13]

27 minutes ago, Wiltshire Warrior Dragon said:

Thanks for sharing that, OF - a great piece of film.

I wonder when women started attending games in any significant numbers.  As far as I could see, the crowd shot in that clip consisted exclusively of men.

I imagine it was in the years after 1918. The war and then suffrage changed a lot of perceptions about what women should and should not do socially.