I remember a game at Odsal that Marty ran 40 yards to stick a punch on Brendan Hill (?). Remember being both shocked and finding it hilarious as a kid. Think Marty might have been walked for that but don’t remember that but too well, it was 33 years ago...

Marty Gurr was a very decent player, we also signed an unknown young Centre/stand off Called Peter Jackson, who was Australian 6 a year after and gad a stellar career cut short by injury, and tragically killed himself after struggling to cope with the child abuse he suffered as a kid.

You can have Alex Walker from us, won't even need a new shirt! Better still take Gigot, PLEASE.

What a great day that was. Schoey stepping Hampson at Supermarket end. 19-6.

Were those the days Grandstand would show just one half of a match? I think just half of that match was shown

tunks had a good game that day too iirc

No, I ave the full game on video, just need a video player now!!!

What a great game it was. As a sixteen year old I remember thinking we were now the best team in the league. Sadly Saints edged us in the final. We had a number of false dawns in the 80s and 90s.

Thanks to doc-rhino for this, I was there but had forgotten the game. I have just watched the whole thing on YouTube. If you have amazon prime just ask alexa for you "you tube leeds v wigan 1988 John player semi final". Great memories, thanks doc.

Was the day Lee Crooks did his shoulder. He missed pretty much the entire rest of the season and "bulked up" considerably. Never got back to his best IMO.
I clearly appear in the video of that game.

As for the final.....DOUBLE MOVEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

again if iirc shane coper won the final with a one pointer and we seemed to have a few one point defeats where we never looked capable of kicking one - even with kev we seemed to scramble , gale seems the most certain since john holmes to correctly kick one

As i remember Doc we had chance after chance to kick a 1 pointer in that final and never took one. Typical Leeds at that time we fluffed it on the big stage. Jeez we had some dark days in 80s and 90s particularly in semis and finals and most of them seemed to happen at Central Park.

I remember travelling to Central Park, for a cup game which may have been in the same year. We lead 10 nil in front of a massive crowd and then they just blew us away. Still., when we finally started to win things the success was all the sweeter.

Yeah same season. Schoey and Medley scored early. Iro brothers killed us tho.

It's all coming back to me now, like Vietnam flashbacks. The next year Widnes walloped us in front of 25k at HQ. The Cup was massive back then. In some ways despite our lack of success I can't help but think that the late 80's early 90's were something of a golden age for the game. GB were certainly pushing the Aussies all the way. It's hard to see when that might happen again.