They are completely separate businesses.

That may be, but the clubhouse still provides the club with revenue streams, surely.

Agreed - I actually found that quite upsetting to watch.

brilliant documentaries by the BBC i have to say, they should do more RL themed stuff,like maybe show a cup final in its entirety again?
on the eddie waring documentary, there were some moments of brilliance and humour "he's all over the place,but he's only small so he's not got far to fall" when the camera's picked up on an injured player for example, but also quite moving in the end.
i remember going to my grandparents as a little boy and hearing eddie waring on the tv but i probably remember him more doing it's a knockout,i didn't realise that he had so much resentment from rl fans though.

I'd love the BBC to make a load of the old finals available on iplayer, especially the saints bradford game of early 90s fame.

I'd be quite happy to buy them on DVD. Micron video used to sell copies of finals, I'm not sure if they still do, but they didn't seem to have a complete collection the last time I looked.

Code13 - you might find rlthisrl of use.

i'd love to see any old rugby league,scrumdown etc ,i suppose if we campaigned long and hard we might get some shown on espn classic as we did last year IIRC?
i have quite a few huddersfield games on VHS which im hoping to try and get onto dvd from the 90's always worth watching that 30-0 at keighley in the cup now and again

Think it is/was available on demand on BT Vision or summat along those lines. The differences in that era and the modern game are startling, particularly in terms of an attacking line.

Cheers for that terrific link, Paul!

Not only is there Wakey's triumph in the Yorkshire Cup '92 final against Sheffield on there, but there's also the semi final against Fev! Amazing stuff. My dad had taken me to a few matches before then, but that was the game that really got me hooked on RL. I was only seven and I still remember plenty, but I'm going to have to buy it.

There is another RL documentary to come from the Beeb according to this link... www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/georgeriley/ ... e_way.html

There is another RL documentary to come from the Beeb according to this link... www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/georgeriley/ ... e_way.html

BT does have some CC finals in their catalogue, but their sport section is horrendously organised. There's lots of stuff on there, but its all under the genre of 'football', so its near impossible to find stuff.

I dont want to pay for them from Micron, I already paid for them with my liscence fee.

I'd agree in principle although I'm guessing the wording in the fine print on the TV license may disagree

The BBC should launch a 'classic sport' channel. They must have literally millions of hours of sporting archives that they could show.