I really feel for the young 'uns who've never had the thrill of seeing Trinity pick up the cup (any cup), or seeing the team bring the cup through the packed streets of Wakefield. Marvelous memories. I was stood in the crowd at Westgate station in 1960 and followed the Beverley's brewery lorry all the way up to the town hall. Great days!! I wonder if we ever will see them again.

I feel we are closer than we have been since 1979-81 when we had the 2nd best side compared to this one, since the 60's, which I am just too young to remember as a 1963 entrant to the world. We have the best management team and owner in all my 47 years and, again, my deep gratitude goes to the work and commitment and money of Michael Carter and the work of his team for some great achievements. We have an entertaining and quality side that appears to be improving by the season. We have continuity if players which I really like. We have a great family atmosphere at the club and I do think that we just might win something in the next 2 years if the momentum can be maintained and....I won't say it...the G word is the main issue. Sort that, and we WILL be cheering at the Town Hall I reckon, though after their 'input' I would take the celebrations somewhere else!

I got taken to my first game in the mid to late 80s by my dad, I've never really seen success from Trinity. The best I've really seen is avoiding mediocrity. Except this last 2 seasons have been different, it's the first time I've been really happy to say I'm a Trinity fan!!

Don't forget t'Yorkshire Cup

A plumber did a job for me a good number of years ago. He told me he followed wakey in the 60's and if they lost he used to go home and cry! His name - John Burke. I didn't ridicule him- as a young kid I think I might have shed tear once or twice!

You wouldn't have dared ridicule him!

I used to be like the OP - a bad result or a crap performance would wind me up for days - then a sense of hopeful optimism would start to creep in as the next game approached... bit of a rollercoaster. I'm a bit more circumspect these days - I try to enjoy the game one way or the other, then get on with real life until the next one - it's much less stressful.

Also did some plumbing for us back in the '70's...my bro was only talking about it at the match on Thursday how we came home from school to find him working away in the bathroom and we were both gobsmacked, unlike our parents who didn't have a clue who he was

Pardon my ignorance but I don't have a clue either.

John Burke was a hard, old fashioned prop forward, in the days of proper contested scrums. He signed for wakefield at the same time more or less as Bill Ashurst.
All I can say is, he wouldn't be out of place now and with todays fitness regimes he would be awsome.

From Wikipedia...

John Burke (birth registered January 1948[1] — 9 June 2013 (aged 65)) born in Wakefield, was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, and 1970s, playing at representative level for Great Britain (non-Test matches), and at club level for Normanton, Leeds, Keighley, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Castleford, and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 852), as a prop, he died in Wakefield.[2][3][4]

Did/does he hold the record for the number of red cards?

Hmm...not sure, but I did think he got sent off a few times !!