Wigan 71-10 Bradford Northern (Burnden Park, Bolton) 1992 challenge cup semi final

Another one I remember was the traditional New Year derby against Castleford, must have been about 1976.

Castleford had Norton, Lloyd, Hartley, Lockwood etc - but we had designs on being a decent team at the time. Freezing cold, and I mean - REALLY cold - New Years Day, semi-frozen pitch and a a bit of snow falling

Resukt : Northern 0 Castleford 33

It took a while recover from that.....

I was only a young one that horrible day in Bolton.

All I can remember about the game is my dad and his mate Steve playing hell with the referee over something.

We watched the second half in a pub near the ground along with some other Northern supporters.

I see where you get it from



We were 0-35 down at half time and lucky to have 0. The ref was an irrelevence that day. I've never seen us get so utterly outclassed (mind you I bet some of our away performances in the 97 WCC might rival it!).

I must be honest and say that while in a English lesson at school I found out the full time score from Auckland and felt physically sick.

Never did I expect 64-12







The game agaisnt Penrith on the Saturday morning had theft written all over it mind.

Harrigan had the ten fingers in the air before Bardley had even made that tackle and we got nothing in terms of 50/50 calls from the video referee.

I still say that Danny Peacocks try should have been given.

I can just imagine the scene: