Quote: roger daly "A young sub for Northern that day was a player called Kevin Morgan, who a few years later, about 1988 ish, joined us at West Bowling and we became very good mates and still are. He told me that at half time that day it was agreed in the changing rooms, if there was to be anymore thuggish tactics the players were to be brought off and that came from the directors. Not long into the second half it started again and big Jeff was sent off. He was very surprised that afterwards the directors said it was nothing to do with them and they knew nothing about it'"
I'm not shocked to hear that it came from the directors - I've never seen a game like that in all my life, and the weak, bloody awful referee ought to have curled up in shame and resigned his commission at the end of it. The fact that the RFL backed that man sums them up too, imo.
Not surprised the directors thought twice about admitting it though, I suspect they would have been banned and fined by the RFL, if they had. Thugby league had nothing on that day, an utter disgrace to the game.