FA which ground is this at

I was thinking Knowsley Road but doesn't look like they were playing against Saints

Get Stephenson, Mumby and Grayshon signed up while you're at it! Would probably pass on Gary van Bellen and Bridges, though.

One of the strange foibles of RL back then was that in the case of a colour clash, it was the HOME team which changed shirts, not the visitors, so it's not immediately obvious who we were playing, but I don't thinks it's Saints as we'd still have been using Yorks and Lancs leagues in those days, so odds on it's a Yorkshire ground.

Even stranger than the home team having to change was the fact that some folk actually complained when it was changed to the away side.....

I can't remember having Yorkshire and Lancashire leagues, this is late 70s and we definatley played Saints then

Not so, actually. It must have been 1979-80, which was the only season all 7 of the players to be seen there played for the club, and that season, we were in division 1. My money would be on either Salford in their regular kit, or Hull KR in their change strip.

It's Knowsley Road mate.

It is indeed Knowsley Road,
Date: 23/02/1980
Competition: Challenge Cup 2nd Round

Bridges? You'd pass on Bridges? Tell you what, when you needed to be hard to be a hooker, there were none harder than Bridges, and as good a hooker as any around. I suppose though the role has disappeared. Like his hair.

I can tell the young uns something else too, there'd be no giving up and conceding 40 in the second half if Jimmy Thompson was on your case

I think we won. If I remember right Saints scored late on and forced a dramatic finale but we held on. There was fighting between supporters cops dragging people out. Those were the days.

Oh indeed. Playing under 1980 rules, most modern hookers would be wailing for their mums after five minutes against the likes of Bridges. Under today's rules, though, I think I would pass, unless he got special dispensation to use motorised transport between rucks.

It's a big call identifying the 3 Saints defenders in that photo. I think Mel James could be the number 8 but I think I'm going to ask Uncle Mick to help us out with the other two as I don't think hot stepping Geoff Pimblett ever had a perm like that full back! Come on Mick - for a man that had a re-tweet from Joe Cobb last week this could be your chance to quieten the doubters.

Ha ha, my memory playing tricks again, thought it might have been earlier!!