I'm sure it'll be more entertaining than the footy tonight lol

Wasn't it Eddy who couldn't come to HP without mentioning 'The Dark Satanic Mills' which gave us our fanzine name?

I agree with you entirely peawap. Eddie Waring also commetated for It's a Knockout and he treated RL with the same reverence. He made it out to be a joke game, played by idiots. Maybe most people on here are too young to rememebr him, but he set back RL even more than Richard Lewis has....and that's saying something

how can one post contain so much rubbish

He not only loved the game but also managed Dewsbury during the war years. He put a lot in to bring the game to the notice of others and but for him i doubt it would have been on the BBC. I wont be watching it but I will tape it for later in the week.

I saw it, and Eddie Waring did more than anybody else to promote the game in the early years of TV. He also managed Dewsbury and Leeds with quite a measure of success, so for someone to say he was a joke is naive to say the least. OK, he promoted himself as well, which didn't do him any good, but he was steeped in the game. And I'd love for Peawapp to try and do a commentary, because it's NOT easy trying to think on your feet, give an unbiased view, and entertain at the same time. I'm also gonna watch the classic final, and the film after.

What a cracking final the Leeds v Saints match was.
Tough players and a lot of skill onshow.

In fact I'd happily lose some of the speed in the game today to get back some of the skill we are sometimes missing.

Some great skill... I thought Steve Pitchford for Leeds had a top game

Thoroughly enjoyed tonight programmes, well done to the BBC.

Lest I forget, Honest Joe gets the award for prat of the year.

Stevie Pitchford was a good forward unfortunately he played for the Loiners........George Nicholls had a good game for Saints.........
Note to the pimps at Sky aka eddie and steveo...... Do you remember we actually had a game pre SL..........

how sad that eddie spent his last years in that victorian style mental institute,

his thoughts and ideals for the game were way ahead of his time, the game was better off for the services of eddie.

hope honest joe and peawapp have changed there minds

WHAT A SUPER FINAL THE 78 GAME WAS, that was the year i started watching my beloved leigh, not watched the eddie waring doc yet, but have sky+ so will watch it later, excellent.

I'm, glad that most of you enjoyed it Gullible people that you are, i of course refused to have it on my telly,when they show the documentary " another bloody sunday" the one from the seventies about Doncasters long losing run which the finally ended by disposing of piggy Fletchers Huyton I shall be an avid watcher, now that's what you call a documentary