Same as I did probably. Go through a boatload of paper and pens and spend an age scribbling and cross-checking.

These days I use nothing more sophisticated than Excel '97. I have no real knowledge of the programme and basically anybody with a computer and a couple of hours to spare each week (with a bit of discipline and attention to detail) could do the same, ongoing.

The difficultly is filling in the gaps.

I'm only amazed that a club the size of Leeds doesn't have this type of info on-line.

TVOC they should pay YOU to put YOUR stats on the website!

Don't sell yourself short and if anyone from the club is reading this, I suspect you should stick your hands in your pocket and get a great stats service... from TVOC!

Behave Gary, you couldn't afford me.

Leeds RLFC will have access to the same info I have collected and collated since the loss of Ken Dalby and the demise of his Headingley Stories.

They wouldn't need me if they decided to publish but it's still a shame that they don't (publish that is.)

It's not something I've considered. I wouldn't know where to start even if I wanted to.... and I'm not even sure that I do.

Besides which, I do publish.... you're reading it and that makes at least two of us.

Thanks for that !

Bloody hell fancy forgetting Franny

I think the figure was 179 not 178 - between 1998 and 2003.

I agree with the 179 consecutive appearances for Francis Cummins.

Carl Gibson's 91 were all consecutive starts (as well as appearances) whereas the best run of starts Francis Cummins achieved was 87.

Therefore in respect of consecutive starts Carl Gibson's 91 is Scott Donald's next target.

Meanwhile link including Ron Hill's commentary on the Donald try.

What a time to end his run tonight.

You have to give him credit though you could see him say that he'd take it on when asked.

Agreed. In a way, it would have been a litte better if it had been way off target rather than drifting agonisingly wide.