jps semi 85

Sorry but

Bit of an odd one, this.

That is, of course, Peter Sterling. That photo was definitely taken during the John Player Trophy semi final versus Leeds in at Boothferry Park in January 1985. I have the programme from the Final in front of me and it has several photos from the semi, including that one. Prior to that we didn't have a sponsored shirt - I've flicked through a few programmes from that season and there is a photo from a game against Featherstone in December 1984 which shows no sponsors on the shirts.

We started wearing the ABI Caravans sponsored shirts later in the January, so it appears that the Shopacheck was a very brief shirt sponsorship in 1984-85.

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I live just 10 minutes from where the 29th November auction will be held.
If anyone is interested in any of the items and would like someone to proxy bid in person as opposed to leaving a bid with the auctioneer or online bid let me know. I'll be happy to bid up to your max and can either post them to you at cost or bring the items up with me around christmas on my next visit back to Hull.

[sizeWhat the same Kevin Dick that had dark brown hair & a moustache (front row, 2nd from left????) you can also clearly see Steve Evans in the photo who finished playing for Hull in 1985



The away shirt from the 1959 Wembley final till 1982 was thishttp://www.oldrugbyshirts.com/img/season_shirts/hull-fc-alternative-away-rugby-shirt-1982-to-1993-s_550_1.jpg" >

The Shopacheck Sponsored the team 1983/4 and part of 1984/5 as per the photo above(which is the shirt being sold)

Then ABI sponsored the team from 1985 and the away shirt was

Then Shopacheck sponsored the team again with a similar shirt to that being sold from about 1989 but it was made by "Matchwinner" not Umbro[/size

Nice to see you are using pictures of my shirt collection there Humber Stunner!

Ooops, sorry ..... rather good it is though.

Sureally, and totally off the point but just noticed you've got the same laminate as my house! It's been a long week

Been 100% serious (not taking the pee), do you ever still get people wearing Hull Sharks shirts/merchandise at games? Just looking at that website of Hull's shirt history, and to be fair to the club the Sharks name/logo was up there with the better names during that re-branding era of the 90's (i.e. a hell of a lot better then Blue Sox for example). Both the shirts from 97 don't look too bad when you see them on there now.

Was just thinking the same myself Roofs......those Sharks shirts have a certain appeal!

Funny how things work out though.....some of those names have really stuck in th SL era.....Bulls and Rhinos spring to mind.

Maybe its time we reverted back to sharks?

I think he means in the Hull/Sterling photo, mate. Someone else confused Dick (dark hair/moustache) with Sterling (blond/clean shaven).

One of the other players in that photo is sat here laughing, it is definitely Sterlo in that picture.