31 Aug 1997 - The Stoop

London 28 Bradford 24

Emotional day at The Stoop, over 9000 there, Diana died in the morning (rumours game could be called off), Bradford top of the league and London in second place, Richard Branson on board (together with Offiah and Edwards on the pitch)and everything looking very positive.....

Yep, a crowd of 9,166 at this game. Leaving aside the dubious double header attendances I think our biggest home crowd in SL. Where did it all go wrong ?

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be!

Same as Dotti for me, Edinburgh was special also as Shaun Edwards had just rejoined us from the Bulls and it was his passion that night that drove the team. Also Tony Currie had a scottish wig/cap on that he kept taking off whenever Sky cameras were on him as the two idiots kept saying he was a miserable coach. Another was our 1st ever game at Brentford when we beat Leeds, it made the national news and the police saw Julian O'Neil kicking the winning goal and turned up at Oldham a few days later to arrest him as he had skipped the country when he had played for Widnes !

A second entry from me. The Valley v Halifax a long time ago (2001?)

A shocking season and we were in serious danger of relegation and potential financial oblivion. Fax turned up with us knowing a win would probably suffice. We were edging a nervy game with a handful of minutes to go. Fax broke down their right and we looked in real trouble. Suddenly John Timu stood up to be counted. Seconds later the Fax player and the ball were in row three of the stand. All 12 of our players mobbed John. The Fax players knew they were beaten. We saw time out comfortably and avoided relegation. A match memorable for one defining moment.

A second bite of the cherry for me would be the infamous 'frozen' Cup tie against Halifax on 10 February 1985, after which our full back, Queenslander George Bryant, was treated for frostbite after the game! His temper wasn't improved by ringing home in Mackay to find that it had been over 100 F there and they'd spent the day on the beach to try to avoid the heat.

The Saints match was amazing - the most jolly with beers in hand I've ever been.... I think I kissed Homer???

Beating Leeds at Headingley 25th February 2011 36-26. Flew out of the blocks, Luke Gale played a blinder. Kev Sinfields short drop out went awry Tony Clubb like a salmon plucked it out the air and steamrollered to the try line(another 5 metres and he would have been out of puff). Leeds came back, gave us a hell of a fright and even Karl Pryce had a half decent game.
It was one of the first outings for the pink kit leading to the "Gok Wan is our kit designer" chant. Also IIRC Keith Senior had a mare. Leeds fans great as ever were gracious afterwards. Damn I am gonna miss the games up North!!!!

That was a good one to.

Happened so often I lost count some great memories here.

a lot of them games hold some sort of memory for me.

would like to ask I never saw the Broncos/Canberra, i have heard a lot about it on here and else where. So would anyone know where could maybe see that game I have tried looking on youtube but nothing there

Bradford's first defeat of the season that too.

Travelled down on the coach with my dad, no idea if the game was going to be on or not until we got there. Had to get up at stupid o'clock in the morning to get up to Odsal to get on the coach and saw the news not long after it was first announced. Walked into the bar at the stadium when arrived (or was it a pub? I forget, but it was full of fans) and there were a load of people watching the news there in silence. The first words out of my dad's mouth were "She's still ing dead then?"

Never been prouder of him.

Main memory of that night was the sheer amount of Bulls fans down at the Stoop.

Bradford 97, Canberra 97 as mentioned already. Of those the Canberra game for the performance.

For very personal reasons the following game though we lost 18 - 22 against Halifax in t'cup on 25 November 1995 at the Stoop in front of 800. Same year we played at Copthall, Valley and Brentford and finished sixth.

Too many great days/nights watching London to narrow it down to one,and many have already been covered on here,the away wins were always sweeter for me,
Beating Cas in the semi at Headingley,
Beating Bulls in Scotland at Hearts ground
Beating Leeds in Perpigan,
Not too hot on remembering dates etc as grog was normally heavily involved,but miss those away games.