Forgot to mention, I sorted it by number of games played. There were large numbers of seasons where clubs arranged their own fixtures (!) and could play a very different number of times within the same season. But whichever way you look at it, the phrase "Big 4" existed for a reason.

Surprising stats. I wouldn't have put us 3rd. Maybe in the top 8.

In raw number of wins we're actually second behind Wigan, at least in that data.

Another reason I didn't sort it by wins though is rl1901-02rl. The top teams of the previous year had a brief strop about the YSL and LSL competitions and were in a separate league of their own.

Wigan, Leeds and Saints were all in their respective LSL and YSL leagues whilst Bradford were in the breakaway comp. There's no results data for those comps though, nor is there anything but the number of points in their final tables. All three did well though and with Wigan and Saints having at least twenty wins each and Saints getting around fifteen.

That does put Leeds ahead of us for those winter years and Wigan further ahead. But not Saints.

I remember doing this twenty years or so ago though and I knew we were up there.

Dewsbury away & where do we go from here - Bulls to win by 48 - 0 following a scintillating display of attacking rugby backed up by a tough & aggressive defence. Then unbeaten for the remaining games of the season.

I’ll have a pint of what you’re having!

Croft Original

And on Monday Jimmy is given a new 5 year contract due to the magnificent turn around in the teams fortunes.

Two pints of what he has been drinking works wonders.

But as has been said in many debates the club cannot sustain a future at Odsal with crowds of 2K. Our gates in this league must be the largest and it is doubtful we are breaking even.

Love you man

Don't blame you. I'd do me too.

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... gs_around/

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... gs_around/

So predictable, you can almost set your watch by it. Still, at least he isn't particularly having a go at the fans this time.

Quite a U-Turn in the space of a week.

To recap: the highly paid expert engaged to make sure we bought the best players we could, on the eve of a game at part-time Dewsbury, who it is known have hardly got 17 fit players and will be missing a host of their better players, believes that his crack squad of SL weres'n'wannabees are nevertheless "underdogs". Against Dewsbury part-time reserves and juniors.

Nice work, Steve.

You really couldn't write it. Ferres should just be kept away from media. Maybe then he'd have time to step his efforts to find a half a further notch