Warrington and that replay at Odsal in 1954 : Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:45 pm  

On Saturday 25th April, the Rugby League Collectors Federation are holding a programme fair in the Black Bull on Knowsley Road in St Helens. It starts at 10.30, admission is free and all rugby league fans are welcome to what is always a very sociable event.
On show to look at or buy will be a large collection of programmes (recent, old and some very old), photographs, banners, DVDs, badges, magazines, books, novels and other items of interest to most rugby league fans.

At 12.30 there will be an auction of some 100 lots. They include programmes for the following Warrington games

1933 v Keighley
1937 v Hunslet
1946 v Halifax
1949 at Belle Vue Rangers
1950 v Liverpool Stanley
1954 Challenge Cup replay at Odsal v Halifax

Also on display but not in the auction will be the Rugby League Challenge Cup. For the price of a donation to the Steve Prescott Foundation you can have your photograph taken alongside it but please bring your own camera.

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:50 pm  

Sounds like a good event i might head over..

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:57 pm  

FANtastic make this a sticky.

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:59 pm  

Are there any posters on here who attended this game? If so, can you give a brief summary of what it was like?

: Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:34 pm  

I think Paul Youane did. Had to leave his car on the M62 though because of the traffic jams.

Re: Warrington and that replay at Odsal in 1954 : Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:41 am  

glee wrote:

On Saturday 25th April, the Rugby League Collectors Federation are holding a programme fair in the Black Bull on Knowsley Road in St Helens. It starts at 10.30, admission is free and all rugby league fans are welcome to what is always a very sociable event.
On show to look at or buy will be a large collection of programmes (recent, old and some very old), photographs, banners, DVDs, badges, magazines, books, novels and other items of interest to most rugby league fans.

At 12.30 there will be an auction of some 100 lots. They include programmes for the following Warrington games

1933 v Keighley
1937 v Hunslet
1946 v Halifax
1949 at Belle Vue Rangers
1950 v Liverpool Stanley
1954 Challenge Cup replay at Odsal v Halifax

Also on display but not in the auction will be the Rugby League Challenge Cup. For the price of a donation to the Steve Prescott Foundation you can have your photograph taken alongside it but please bring your own camera.

is that the black bull in front of stadium, st helens?

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:28 am  

getdownmonkeyman wrote:

Are there any posters on here who attended this game? If so, can you give a brief summary of what it was like?

My dad went ,he was one of the ones who climbed over the fence,he said the crowd was far bigger than the official figures showed and it had an amazing atmosphere I used to have a copy of the programme but have not seen it for years it must be in a box somewhere.Sadly my dad passed away in 07 and some of his stories from the past wire were quite good,He once worked with Dave Chisnall fitting the seats in front of Stanleylands at Wilderspool many moons ago he said Chisnall had hands like shovels but was a great guy to get on with ,not that he would have argued with him if he said it was black and it was white it was black

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:14 am  

http://www.eraofthebiff.com/p21-yarn-04.html

http://www.eraofthebiff.com/p21-yarn-04.html

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:01 am  

The All New Chester Wire wrote:

I think Paul Youane did. Had to leave his car on the M62 though because of the traffic jams.

Jeepers...how old is paul youane?

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:03 am  

RL Lover wrote:

:shock:

Jeepers...how old is paul youane?

Think it is a joke. The clue was that the M62 was not opened until 1970.