Quote: coco the fullback "Welcome to the madhouse.
What you're actually doing is admitting that the decline of WTRLFC is really all your fault. What would the club have been like now had you not deserted it at its peak?
If we club together and buy you a house in Flanshaw will you come back? I've heard we can get one for 2\6d these days.
Are you planning to attend a game? It would be interesting to hear how you feel things have changed.
P.S. I'm envious really, being born 2 years after the last win at Wembley I've never known what it's like to support a classy team.'"
Firstly, apologies for not answering sooner, Coco!
I admit that Trinity's decline is my fault; in fact, it was me who seeded the clouds and caused the Watersplash Final. Trinity would have filled the Town Hall with silver by now if I hadn't moved away. If you can find a house on Flanshaw for next to nowt, I'll be up there like a shot.
The ball handover changed the game so much. I remember when our front row used to stuff the ball up their jerseys and take it forward a foot at a time. It was so tedious to watch. The players are much fitter now; I remember in the early 60s watching Trinity lose badly against Leeds days after Christmas; we looked as though we had had too many second helpings!
Very occasionally though, a dull game would suddenly ignite; I was at Belle Vue watching a drab game against Batley; it had been bad-tempered from the start with lots of ref intervention. A scrum went down with us leading 13 - 2 and the two front rows came up swinging like mad. The ref waved his arms in despair, whistled, abandoned the game and pointed to the dressing room. We all looked at each other as the players left the field and thought ' Right, better go home then........'
