So the good Friday game versus Salford is the benchmark


And how silly of the 'few of us' who attended the game against salford to put money into the bucket collections for the Bulls..


The shirt thing is disappointing. I was hoping for one with peter hood smiling as people fill his begging bowl or one showing the players receive partial payments or one showing your chairman and major shareholder swapping insults or the one where Hood continues to treat fans like mushrooms while they hand over their cash. Never mind.

I quite like it behind the posts, I try and stand there when I take the kids. The view is good and there's never normally too many fans there so the kids can run around a bit more.

It's often my preferred spot too tbh. 90% of my time at Odsal has been spent stood at the back of the Rooley Ave end next to the floodlight nearest the stand. There aren't many grounds where you get a reasonable view of the far goal line from behind the opposite posts.

There are plenty of grounds where you can't see the [inear[/i goalline from behind the sticks (Belle Vue and Headingley spring instantly to mind), never mind the [ifar[/i one.

Got to say I prefer watching from the side though, even if I do tend to go for the better atmosphere amongst the majority of our fans, behind the sticks, when we go away.

And after our recent trip to KR, you can Craven Park to that, but only because of the curvature of the Earth.

I watched the WCC from the corner between the South Stand & Western Terrace in the rain. I reckon I saw about 5% of the action.

It's the bane of the old fashioned terracing; stand at the front and, at best, you're somewhere near kneecap height with the players, stand further back and due to the small steps up the terrace (maybe 5 or 6 centimetres) and you can't see for people standing in front.

This wouldn't normally apply to my mate's brother, Alan, though; he plays (or did when younger) in the second row for one of the local Union teams and is of such a size that I think could look down on Karl Pryce and see if he has a bald patch. When he goes to matches he always stands right at the back so as to avoid complaints, so even he can't win!

You could always check up in the loft to see if you kept any of those platform shoes from the 1970s...?

Wasn't the story about such a lofty bloke going to Anfield, and there was a tap on the shoulder and a scouse voice saying
"Oy mate - next time you come, can yer bring yer own 'ole"

Without wishing to stereotype, the reply would be
"I did but someone stole it, la".

I was always more Cuban heels, to be honest but the principle is the same.....good advice!!

Peter Crouch he's moved on since then.

Just been told i have no work this weekend, so i'm in COYB

Still tanking it down, hope the pitch is like a swamp and slow them there fartown whippets down a bit