Come on now, own up, who's making up names here ?

David Twist (Goalkicking winger) ? or was Cadishead not part of Salford in 1982 ??

I remember
S.O.Else
A.N.Other
being listed in programmes in the 50s. Think they were local lads

And they scored some cracking tries!

Bob Chadwick.....

Tommy McKinney who was a hooker with the Reds and was transferred tp St Helens then went on to play & tour with GB. He lived in Mildred Street in Lower Broughton and I was envious of his son who played out in a GB shirt!

Don't forget Graham Knowles, played a couple of games in the 80's, I was in the same class as him at St Lawrences!

Bigpev, you have hit the nail firmly on the head.My two lads went to school at St James's in farnworth, theonly option they had was to play rugby union because the LFA for that area did a deal with Bolton RFU to provide the coaches and league structure so Bolton schools could play rugby.This was despite much moaning from my son to his PE teachers who simply stood around and watched the RU coaches taking training.Going back to when I was at Cromwell Rd in winter you either plyed soccer or Rugby Union and Cromwell had some pretty good teams and produced at that time two or three good players who eventually went on to play for the Lions the Haliday bros Les and Mike, Steve Snape and Mark Sheals to name but four, now I don't even think they play any games against the other local schools.Disgrace really, but little wonder why both Swinton and salford have few local representatives nowadays.

Danny Barton, Dean Gorton, ian watson Southy

paul groves

Spot on,at the amateur club i was coaching at a few years back,my mate and myself only had 4 lads signed,we visited schools around Salford and ended up with 30 training tuesdays,thursdays and sat mornings,and ended with a really top team,so it can be done.I feel its the amateur clubs that need all the help they can get to build changing rooms,clubhouses to make them more player friendly,what gets my goat up is that union mob,we had a lad playing for us who went to a union playing school,he was told off his headmaster that if he carried on playing league he would be banned from all sports at school,true story,anyway after a meeting with his parents,who happened to be solicitors,and myself,he seen the errors of his ways and allowed the lad to keep on playing league.

I experienced this as a young lad myself along with a few lads I know. Many of the RL playing lads also played Union on Saturdays and League on Sundays. As soon as the RU Clubs found out we/they were playing RL they threatened them with total Bans from even entering the Clubhouse let alone playing. Very sad that thirteen year olds, who play sport because they enjoy it, get told something as stupid as this. kids should be allowed to enjoy any sport without petty political bias effecting their development.

Nothing surprises me with regard to the way RU sees RL. Scum of the earth.

With the right drive and determination the Amateur game could flourish as kids will always gravitate to the exciting nature of RL.

Wakdens very own, Phil Wareing

We had a few players sign first team contracts all at the same time in the Andy Greg/Steve Mac era from Folly Lane!

Danny Barton
Dean Gorton
Gary O'regan
Micky Griffin
Liam Owen