That rings a bell, yes.

Leeds were expected to demolish Donny that day but had a reality check instead.

Do you remember Don Robson and the late and great Tony Banham from a decade earlier?

Banham was later landlord of the late and great Fforde Grene boozer IIRC.

What a long and winding Cup year that was for Leeds - 7 ties and still no appearance at Wembley



Swinton (prelim) 30-8
Halifax (a) 24-4 (great win in a year in which Halifax won the title)
Doncaster (away tie but switched to home, 28-10)
Widnes (a) 10-10
Widnes (H, replay) 5-0
HKR (Ell. Rd) 24-24
HKR (replay Ell.Rd) 0-17

Total attendance for those 7 CC ties above was 96,608.

I attended every one of them.

Robson I remember as a name but cannot place him. Banham was a Dons legend, despite being from Hull IIRC but with a cockney accent. In the dark days of the late 70s/early 80s he was virtually the only Dons player capable of scoring a try. He was incredibly mobile for such a huge bloke. The last time I saw him was in a pub in London prior to a CC Final in mid 80s. He died not too long after.

Robson and Banham appear in the following superb documentary...

[url=http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-another-bloody-sunday-1981/[uAnother Bloody Sunday[/u[/url

Hi..Dons fan here:

On the subject of Another Bloody Sunday and Tony Banham. We had reunion in the mid 00's with pretty much everyone from the original film, including opposition players and coaches, Tony's kids were there as guess of honour. Had a good drink and all watched the Documentary together (after months of arguing with Yorkshire television over rights to show it, they agreed to a one off showing if they could cover the event on Calendar). it's still worth a watch. Stewart Piper, the local winger who coined the phrases "Another Bloody Sunday" is still very much associated with the club today. As is Don Brooks, who even by then was the old physio with the sponge.

On the CC draw...am I right in thinking you usually play your cup games on Friday nights?

We have a game on Monday and then a game the Thursday after so assume it'll be Friday.

Are Tom Morton and Don Robson still alive and kicking?

I know Kevin Parkhouse was sadly killed after being sandwiched between two huge lorries on the motorway about a decade ago.

Don Robson was a decent bloke. I remember him training eager kids (including me) at Butlins Filey. I sold him a dummy and he called me a cheeky little b******

Two other former players and coaches who were there training us kids were Albert Fearnley and Laurie Gant.

Some great quotes

"the directors meet in their mobile boardroom"



Every September I can't wait until May when the cricket starts



I am not quite sure what the chairman called Banham in the Huyton game but it didn't sound very PC!!

Fantastic Documentary



There was reference to Doncaster scoring a load of points away at Bramley and still losing 34-32. Pretty sure I was at that game and the scoreline was higher than that for both sides... more like 42-38 or something like that. I definitely remember Tony Banham carrying about half a dozen Bramley players over the line with him when he scored one of his tries.

As for the Huyton skipper Geoff Fletcher, he used to wear a wig.