I was there in the 60s ,this time of year, horrible conditions....Workington nil-nil at Wilderspool & dodging the pennies thrown from the back of the stand for the blanket collection. Leeds in a CC quarter final on a Wednesday night in February/March in the Wilderspool mud ,lost 3-2. Both heavy slogs in terrible playing conditions ,but in spite of the horizontal rain & sleet the Leeds game was very absorbing. Not good for the faint hearted.

Was the Leeds game a replay with a Jackie Melling a disallowed try? if so I was there too, not throwing any coins though, I've attended some games on freezing nights at Thrum Hall never thought I was going to thaw out.

The coins was the Workington game because i was stood in the big shed, where they put the snooker hall ,because the rain was that heavy (used to stand near tunnel normally).
I think the Leeds game could have been a replay while it was midweek. Nailbiting to the end & without many points.

Another nailbiter was the day we beat Saints 6-4 at Wilderspool in a quagmire. It was raining & i think it had rained for days before. Saints hadn't lost for months i believe.

The stats are now available and I was correct- your forwards made masses of metres per carry. We carried the ball 60 times more than you did yet both sides made similar amount of tackles you made just 10 more and missed fewer than we did. Difference is we respected the ball in bad conditions and you didn't. All your work was at the wrong end of the field for the most part. Wrong tactics.

For Cliff's sake.
It's Tuesday morning, and there's STILL a Yarkshiremon going on about a Friday night victory.
Even the Worriers have the good grace to stop, by the time Ant ' Dec have come on, the following night.
Give us a break.

They won you know, game of the century, they'll go on to top glory and win the lot.

They might start campaigning for a trophy to be given out to the winners of this game in future.. Maybe the "Seabrooks Crisps Hudds v Wire Challenge shield" !! Yeah !!
Early on in the season though when the weather is terrible as that makes for the classic games !!

Although to be fair they've had very little else to shout about this season and it's a back handed compliment that we are seen as a decent scalp? Nothing to get aerated over IMO

Well i for one think its great that after last year, leaving it till the very last game to hit the annual huddersfield slump, they decided to try and do it from week one, thats really really bold tactics cotton, lets see if it plays out.

Are the Average Jools coming back out though, or his he going to dodge this thread now?

I think we have got off quite lightly losing, without scoring, to the bottom team in the league.

4 times in a row

that used to be reserved for Leeds





see you at the HJ