FORUMS > Wakefield Trinity > Brian Juliff |
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International Chairman | 1470 | |
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Appointed chairman of Wales Rugby League
www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480
Some great memories of him as a player for us in what was a very, very good Wakefield Trinity team. Hope it goes well for him, and that he manages to develop the game further in Wales. But 60 years old.... ouch... I'm feeling my age now too.
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Appointed chairman of Wales Rugby League
www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480
Some great memories of him as a player for us in what was a very, very good Wakefield Trinity team. Hope it goes well for him, and that he manages to develop the game further in Wales. But 60 years old.... ouch... I'm feeling my age now too.
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International Star | 2010 | No Team Selected |
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Feb 2011 | 14 years | |
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| What a great side that was. Fletcher, Diamond, Smith, Julliff, Topliss, Lampkowski, Skerrett, Mccurrie, et al...how did we not win loads with those players? Utter mystery to me. The Wakey curse
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| Quote: charlie63wildcat "What a great side that was. Fletcher, Diamond, Smith, Julliff, Topliss, Lampkowski, Skerrett, Mccurrie, et al...how did we not win loads with those players? Utter mystery to me. The Wakey curse'"
I remember 1980/81 season, when we missed out on Championship by a whisker, beating Leeds 44-4 or something very like that, the season Leeds were nearly relegated, Keith Smith was utterly majestic. I really thought we were back to the 60's ...all downhill from there sadly. We know the story eh!!!
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Player Coach | 4503 | No Team Selected |
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Sep 2005 | 19 years | |
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| Quote: charlie63wildcat "I remember 1980/81 season, when we missed out on Championship by a whisker, beating Leeds 44-4 or something very like that, the season Leeds were nearly relegated, Keith Smith was utterly majestic. I really thought we were back to the 60's ...all downhill from there sadly. We know the story eh!!!'"
43 10 at BV and 16 8 at Leeds but we lost home and away to Barrow and the 5 2 loss away at Bradford lost us the league.
Great season with some very good players the rayne twins Andy Kelly Terry Day Harrold Box Allan Agar
We went down the season after
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| Quote: RebelRebel "Appointed chairman of Wales Rugby League
For my money the best winger I have seen in the red white and blue pace power ran like a forward and went on to make a very decent 2nd row forward at Wigan and Halifax and a great fella at that
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International Board Member | 10508 | |
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Aug 2002 | 22 years | |
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2597_1613407166.jpg This world was never meant for one as beautiful as me.
WTRLC 2012 to 2014 "The wasted years"
Magic Weekend "Whipping Boys" 2013, 2014 & 2015
2017 - The year the dream disappeared under Grix's right foot.
2018 - The FinniChezz Bromance
2019 - The return of the Prodigal Son.
2020 - Keeping the faith.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_2597.jpg |
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| Remember seeing him run over George Fairburn at Central Park three times for his hat trick during the season Wigan got relegated.
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Player Coach | 1841 | |
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Jan 2010 | 15 years | |
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It is "Fifita" not "Fafita"
If you don't know the difference between "there", "their" and "they're" I might get annoyed.
Sharing First World problems so you can get it right first time.
Millionaires wanted. Apply here --- Wakefield Trinity:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_47943.jpg |
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| Quote: GET EM ON SIDE REF "43 10 at BV and 16 8 at Leeds but we lost home and away to Barrow and the 5 2 loss away at Bradford lost us the league.
Great season with some very good players the rayne twins Andy Kelly Terry Day Harrold Box Allan Agar
We went down the season after'"
I only starting watching Wakey after we'd gone down. My first game was a home victory over Huddersfield (with I think Lindsey Rotherforth flying down the wing) and it may have been a couple of years (?) before Len Casey coached us.
I didn't realise we'd been so close only a few years earlier to the Championship. What went wrong to make the team fall apart and us to be relegated within a season? I suspect Topliss going to Hull was a significant factor?
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International Board Member | 10508 | |
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Aug 2002 | 22 years | |
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2597_1613407166.jpg This world was never meant for one as beautiful as me.
WTRLC 2012 to 2014 "The wasted years"
Magic Weekend "Whipping Boys" 2013, 2014 & 2015
2017 - The year the dream disappeared under Grix's right foot.
2018 - The FinniChezz Bromance
2019 - The return of the Prodigal Son.
2020 - Keeping the faith.:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_2597.jpg |
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| Quote: wildshot "I only starting watching Wakey after we'd gone down. My first game was a home victory over Huddersfield (with I think Lindsey Rotherforth flying down the wing) and it may have been a couple of years (?) before Len Casey coached us.
I didn't realise we'd been so close only a few years earlier to the Championship. What went wrong to make the team fall apart and us to be relegated within a season? I suspect Topliss going to Hull was a significant factor?'"
I think we fired the coach? Ray Batten?
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Player Coach | 1841 | |
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Jan 2010 | 15 years | |
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47943_1488655163.jpg http://flightsandfrustration.com/
It is "Fifita" not "Fafita"
If you don't know the difference between "there", "their" and "they're" I might get annoyed.
Sharing First World problems so you can get it right first time.
Millionaires wanted. Apply here --- Wakefield Trinity:d7dc4b20b2c2dd7b76ac6eac29d5604e_47943.jpg |
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| Oh dear, firing a coach for nearly winning the Championship? We didn't have a Board like Saints or Wigan did we?
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Player Coach | 10926 | |
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Jun 2005 | 19 years | |
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| Brian is still a big fan of all his old clubs, but I think Wakey comes out tops! His Twitter feed shows that he keeps up to date with Wakey / Fax / Wigan as well as supporting the cause of RL for Wales.
Top bloke as well!
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Player Coach | 4503 | No Team Selected |
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Sep 2005 | 19 years | |
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| Quote: wildshot "I only starting watching Wakey after we'd gone down. My first game was a home victory over Huddersfield (with I think Lindsey Rotherforth flying down the wing) and it may have been a couple of years (?) before Len Casey coached us.
I didn't realise we'd been so close only a few years earlier to the Championship. What went wrong to make the team fall apart and us to be relegated within a season? I suspect Topliss going to Hull was a significant factor?'"
Toppo went to Hull Agar called it a day Lampowski & Tinker spent most of the season injured and I think Keith Smith called it a day John Lyons replaced Toppo we then sold the family silver Day to Hull Rayne to Leeds first Keith followed by Kevin then Kelly to HKR
and McCurrie in came Pickerill Derek Parker Graham Walters Bill Harris and Heslop with Ashurst as coach and down we went dark days
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International Star | 28 | No Team Selected |
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Sep 2010 | 14 years | |
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| Juliff was the best of the 3 welshmen that came up in the late 70's & was the perfect foil for Fletch on the other wing.
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International Star | 28 | No Team Selected |
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| Quote: Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo "Quote: Wollo-Wollo-Wollo-Wayoo "I only starting watching Wakey after we'd gone down. My first game was a home victory over Huddersfield (with I think Lindsey Rotherforth flying down the wing) and it may have been a couple of years (?) before Len Casey coached us.
I didn't realise we'd been so close only a few years earlier to the Championship. What went wrong to make the team fall apart and us to be relegated within a season? I suspect Topliss going to Hull was a significant factor?'"
I think we fired the coach? Ray Batten?'"
& we also lost Idle to Northern. Didn't Ray Batten fall out with the board & resign? Can't for the life of me remember who took over?
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Player Coach | 42 | |
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Mar 2006 | 19 years | |
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| If I remember correctly, although we weren't far off winning the league we lost quite a bit of money and fired assistant coach Alan Hardisty as a cost cutting measure. Ray Batten resigned in protest and Bill Ashurst was appointed.
When we got relegated Ashurst was sacked and Batten re-appointed only to resign again after we won promotion.
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Club Coach | 547 | No Team Selected |
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May 2005 | 20 years | |
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| I was a junior player at the time (signed on as a professional). As I remember the then Board managed to fall out with the only Board member with money (Trevor Woodward) and conspired to get rid of him. It was the biggest mistake the club has ever made and the crook who took over as Chairman ( I won't name him but is first name was John and his second name began with Sc and ended in e) began the decline of Trinity that has so far lasted 31 years. The 3rd grade s who were brought in the season after were unbelievable!
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