Re: Lost Stadiums of Rugby League : Thu Apr 02, 2020 2:29 pm  

Not far geographically from Warrington but a million miles away in RL culture, watch the Yorkshire TV documentary featuring Huyton v Doncaster at the ALT PARK STADIUM (Huyton)in 1980.

Re: Lost Stadiums of Rugby League : Thu Apr 02, 2020 6:01 pm  

Karen wrote:

Completely off topic, but WHY WHY WHY is everyone saying that SL is 25 years old this year?? It isn't, it's 24. It's the 25th season of SL but it's still only 24 years old and it's getting right on my unmentionables!!

Rant over.

Re: Lost Stadiums of Rugby League : Thu Apr 02, 2020 6:29 pm  

Old Chemic wrote:

Not far geographically from Warrington but a million miles away in RL culture, watch the Yorkshire TV documentary featuring Huyton v Doncaster at the ALT PARK STADIUM (Huyton)in 1980.

Is that the one on BFI Player? Another Bloody Sunday?

Re: Lost Stadiums of Rugby League : Fri Apr 03, 2020 9:13 am  

Old Chemic wrote:

Not far geographically from Warrington but a million miles away in RL culture, watch the Yorkshire TV documentary featuring Huyton v Doncaster at the ALT PARK STADIUM (Huyton)in 1980.

This game was played at Tattersfield Doncaster

Re: Lost Stadiums of Rugby League : Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:32 am  

Thanks for all your recommendations and contributions. They are really appreciated.

Please keep them coming!

Re: Lost Stadiums of Rugby League : Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:34 pm  

Stanley Park The Oval Ground Blackpool

Re: Lost Stadiums of Rugby League : Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:01 pm  

Never saw Sunday Bloody Sunday , so just watched it now , The Late Hits and spear tackles (which seemed legal) where horrendous . Amazing to see how bad it was back then and the coaching was just about getting stuck in and certainly not always legally , £12 Losing pay to get beaten up . Must have been the most Amateur filming and tv show of its time , but it told a perfectly true story

Re: Lost Stadiums of Rugby League : Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:49 pm  

It's an absolutely superb documentary. I'd never seen it before.

Re: Lost Stadiums of Rugby League : Sat Apr 04, 2020 3:34 am  

Hunslet Parkside stadium Leeds
Barley Mow Bramley Leeds later renamed McClaren Field
Wiggington Rd York
Borough Park Blackpool
The Boulevard Hull
Craven Park Hull
Hilton Park Leigh
Athletic Ground Rochdale
The Willows Salford
Station Rd Swinton

Re: Lost Stadiums of Rugby League : Sat Apr 04, 2020 10:14 am  

Sunday Bloody Sunday ,never seen it ,where is it available please ?

On the subject of Alt Park ,i remember going watching a Wire game there just after it opened & we were stood on duck boards .I believe there was also a lot of player involvement in the building of Alt Park.
I have faint memories of Knotty Ash , where Huyton played as Liverpool Stanley/City.

A ground i love is Keighley with its cricket pitch next door,a bit like a rustic Headingley.