It wasnt BT then.

remember both hull and wigan games..the bob eccles no try if my memory serves me correct,wasnt he put thru by dave chisnall or a forward rounded the full back only for thopson to bring him back,and ronnie duane to miss the kick..im sure the phil ford try came from a ken kelly kick which hit a hull player so played everyone on side but not to that clown..the russell smith one was also a disgrace,just typical of the decisions wigan got and still do do only on a lesser scale..imagine if silverpud was around in those days wed be relegated

I met Billy Thompson a few times and he once told me about a Wembley final he refereed...He visited both team's dressing rooms and declared *Listen lads, nobody's ever been sent of here before but Billy Thompson's never been here before*....An hour later he sent Syd Hynes off.

semi final of cc v Oldham (if I remember correctly) - forward pass that took us to Wembley in the early 90's.
Oldham were robbed.

Talking about yourself in the third person is a trait of narcissism, people who talk about themselves in the third person are also people I have the least amount of time for.

Fez if you refer to the try Thomas scored in the corner late on it was never a forward pass.

I was there and I'm sure it wasn't Mark Thomas.
I thought Steve Malloy put a pass out that Bob Jackson took out wide right of the sticks ??

It was Mark Thomas to Mark Forster in the corner.

Thomas lived on and dined out on that pass for the next 12 months.

I lived on and dined on my clouded memories of that day for nearly 25 years!
I can still see Bob Jackson scoring in my mind....

I wonder, was that in the Lancashire cup final v Oldham then?

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1st post so excuse errors!! worst refereeing display was "Bob Connell against Bradford _I think it was 1st round of the cup. We had 3 sin bins that day, when 1 player returned he sent another one there!!Radio Manchester has a discussion with Cummings and I think Connelly retired at the end of the mseason

Welcome Spacks Grandad.

Yeah, the Challenge Cup in 2003, that was. I think he binned Briers and Nat Wood (cant remember the third player), very typical of the early to mid 2000's when Bradford were refs favourites and we were often paired with big teams in early rounds, put on TV, and subsequently knocked out. Made for a good TV game but ultimately the team that the RFL wanted to progress did