its now nearly 10 am on monday and no story from courier about the match why ? do they know something and cant say or are they waiting for an official announcment from the club or am i just being "optimistic" ?

you will find it will be mid afternoon before they put anything on there, for some reason they dont update it till then for the fax stories, they used to do it about 8.30 every morning,

of late have noticed the courier puts todays news on later than usual, maybe aimed at getting people to buy the paper instead of reading for free online. the times are about to start charging for online users due to this.

The defeat yesterday might be little to do with the quality of the opposition. I found the following in an old book published in the 1930's called The Story of Old Halifax by a man called T.W. Hanson. The section is entitled 'The Shay Curse'. Interestingly, subsequent reprints of the this book have omitted this information.

[iAfter Shay Hall was demolished in 1903 (in order to build Skircoat Road), the Shay site was taken over by the Halifax Corporation and used primarily as a rubbish tip. Just before the outbreak of The Great War, a group of Romany travellers set up camp there and, despite the protestations of nearby residents on newly built Heath Park Avenue and Heath Hall, refused to leave. In an attempt to help the war effort as well as to encourage the itinerants to move on, the site was partitioned and one side was used by the Territorial Army for shooting practice. Unfortunately, a stray bullet killed one of the traveller's horses. Shortly after this incident the gypsies promptly left and sought pastures new. Before departing, however, the horse's owner, an elderly lady called Vadoma, put a one hundred year curse on the land bringing bad luck to anyone who 'owned or occupied this land'. According to gypsy folklore, the only way the curse can be lifted is if 'a horse and a fox are made to perfom an act of union before an audience'. The Romany travellers were never seen again.[/i

I'm guessing she doesn't mean rugby union!

Interesting....100 year old curse starting around 1903. How did we do in 2003?

2013 here we come!!!!

Hope the Branighan and the other lads are fit for friday or we are gonna be annihilated at Fev on friday that's for certain......... We lose the ball on the first tackle, we let the opposition run at us instead of getting up and tackling, kicking was abysmal, not even making 10 yards from the KO, we hardly got over in to Leigh's half of the field a total shambles. First time I have walked out of a game but couldn't stay and watch any more of that yesterday



total embarrassment

Have to admit thats better than blaming the ref, or saying you had a bad day

Well I managed to persuade a couple of my chums to come yesterday, and I can guarantee they won't be coming back in a hurry. It's only the second time I've ever left a game early, something needs to be done, and quickly. You'd of thought losing to Hunslet would have been a big wake up call.

actually thought the ref had a good game yesterday, did not miss much really.

Wasn't that a league encounter yesterday then?