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Thats a brilliant vid, cheers for sharing.
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The game footage is old Pathe News footage but not sure about the victory parade footage. The commentator's voice is different from the Pathe coverage.
Oh how we could use Gerry Helme and Ray Price at half back today.
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I was talking to an elderly Halifax supporter a few weeks ago & he was one of the kids passed down to the front over the heads of supporters to get a better view.
What an age of innocence ! Imagine trusting your kids to stranger these days.
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I remember my dad telling me about the game said was great.
Just watched link and along side is Jonathan Davies tries for the Wire what a player.
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Brilliant Chaz, my dad gave me his P&B scarf that he wore that day and now my eldest daughter has it in safe keeping for my Grandson, (hopefully only a couple of years off joining you and the other 'riff-raff' in the South ha ha)
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Well after my second kidney replacement last week I don't know if I will be able to join the hoi polloi in the South next year. I may have to make a bid for a seat in the North, although I may not be able to manage all those stairs either. Once you get past 80 life becomes a bugger.
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| Quote ="rubber duckie"I've seen some of that footage on pathe but the sound effects really add to it.
The Wire shirt looks great. I love the traditional designs, not a lover of some of the modern shirts we've had and most others had just been okay.'"
If you ever get into the Foyer at the main entrance to the HJ, they have one of those original shirts on display with all the various medals, trophies etc. |
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They had one in the George Hotel exhibition that Stevo started, I think it's closed now.
Think that shirt belongs to Jim Challenor.
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I believe it still holds the record attendance for any single sporting event ever.
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| Quote ="rubber duckie"I believe it still holds the record attendance for any single sporting event ever.'"
I have spoken to several people who were at the game. Apparently thousands jumped over the fence due to the crush.
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| Quote ="rubber duckie"I believe it still holds the record attendance for any single sporting event ever.'"
Didn't the Aussies claim to have broken the official figure with an NRL game in the last couple of years ? |
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| Quote ="rubber duckie"I believe it still holds the record attendance for any single sporting event ever.'"
Any single "Rugby League" sporting event, yes. But not any single sporting event. Not when there was nearly 200,00 in the Maracana in 1950. |
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| Quote ="WireFanatic III"Any single "Rugby League" sporting event, yes. But not any single sporting event. Not when there was nearly 200,00 in the Maracana in 1950.'"
The southern hemisphere RL game was a double header. Our record still stands I think 9A.
Perhaps the record may be any single football sporting event of any kind.
I'm not too sure. It ought to still be in the Guinness book of records if it still stands.
What is for sure, there's no chance of breaking that record here today.
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My Dad and Grandad were there and Fax folk always say we were robbed by not having a perfect try awarded by the Ref, I dunno I was not even born then?
Remarkable though such a huge crowd, legend has it the road through Halifax was blocked all the way back over the Lancashire border, Halifax people walked to Odsal all 6 miles or so and back!
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| Quote ="Fax4Life"My Dad and Grandad were there and Fax folk always say we were robbed by not having a perfect try awarded by the Ref, I dunno I was not even born then?
Remarkable though such a huge crowd, legend has it the road through Halifax was blocked all the way back over the Lancashire border, Halifax people walked to Odsal all 6 miles or so and back!'"
My late father was there and apparently didn't get in until half time. He also got home just in time to go to work the next morning. |
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| Quote ="Fax4Life"My Dad and Grandad were there and Fax folk always say we were robbed by not having a perfect try awarded by the Ref, I dunno I was not even born then?
Remarkable though such a huge crowd, legend has it the road through Halifax was blocked all the way back over the Lancashire border, Halifax people walked to Odsal all 6 miles or so and back!'"
Funny you should pop up, i've always wondered how fax fans look back at this game, not the result so much but being the other half of it. Obviously we only here our side and stories from our older folk, so its kinda nice to hear a story like the above. |
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| Quote ="Teessidewire"My late father was there and apparently didn't get in until half time. He also got home just in time to go to work the next morning.'"
Exactly the same memories my Father has told me many times, the coach must have got stuck in traffic miles away and just let the speccies off to walk the rest of the journey.
There is a good book describing the events of that day. There Were a Lot More Than That: Odsal 1954 |
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Thanks for that, well worth it for £6.
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Thanks for that, well worth it for £6.
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| Quote ="steviewire"Thanks for that, well worth it for £6.'" It's by Robert Gate and a superb read. Some great personal stories in there from fans and players alike. |
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| Quote ="Teessidewire"
Cheers Teesside, we have a copy in the family. The game has another story in my family in that my Mother took ill at the Wembley final, managed to get back to Warrington but has no memory for weeks after until one day in Warrington hospital she was awaken by a number of the players holding the cup. So it was quite emotional for her to be able to read about the game she missed.
b.t.w my mother and father didn't know each other in 54 so it was interesting for our family to hear both accounts of the famous game.
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My mother went with my uncle. When we scored she threw her bob hat into the air never to be seen again. I was not quite 1 at the time so, surprisingly, I don't remember much!!
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Unfortunately, the picture posted by Buckley Street Wire is a fake. At the time, the Odsal terraces included at least two dead areas from which you couldn't see the pitch at all and that picture has been altered to make them look full. For a genuine photograph - although much poorer quality - see
i.rlfans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=568739
Having said that, I have no doubt that the crowd was much bigger then the official figure of 102,569. I was there and I was amongst many thousands who simply walked in without paying |
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Unfortunately, the picture posted by Buckley Street Wire is a fake. At the time, the Odsal terraces included at least two dead areas from which you couldn't see the pitch at all and that picture has been altered to make them look full. For a genuine photograph - although much poorer quality - see
i.rlfans.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=568739
Having said that, I have no doubt that the crowd was much bigger then the official figure of 102,569. I was there and I was amongst many thousands who simply walked in without paying | |
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Always wondered what the makeup of the crowd was. 50/50 split between Wire and Fax or was it more Fax? Anyone remember?
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