: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:22 am  

Wires71 wrote:

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

Still before my time mate, i didn't have a clue when the m62 was opened.

As far as im concerned it could have been built by the romans.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:42 am  

RL Lover wrote:

Still before my time mate, i didn't have a clue when the m62 was opened.

As far as im concerned it could have been built by the romans.

Before my time too.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:58 am  

Wires71 wrote:

Before my time too.

yeah whatever

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:21 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 Grandad (who died before I was born) went, but older cousins of mine recall the story of how he got a real roasting off his wife coz he went with a new overcoat she had bought for him and it was so crowded that his jacket just came off his back in the crush.

York 79

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:30 pm  

The Rugby League historian Robert Gate wrote a book called "There were a lot more there than that" about that replay at Odsal. One of the sellers might well have a copy to sell on Saturday, which is one more good reason why it will be worth turning up.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:04 pm  

Glee,

I'm not up with this programme collecting lark but I do have one from a game between Warrington and Wigan at Shelbourne Park, Dublin dating from May 1934 (Its actually in quite good nick) for the Irish Hospitals Trophy.

I do not remember seeing anything whatsoever about this game anywhere. Would this be a bit of a colector's item? Does anybody know anything about this game?

How rare/sought after are programmes from this era. I've got a few from the 1930's and the following couple of decades including Warrington v Leeds at Wembley plus other Challenge Cup and Championship finals. Can't say they are all in great condition but to be honest they aren't going to be sold either as I suspect their actual monetary value will be nothing compared to the historical and emotional worth.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:52 pm  

Paul - The Warrington-Wigan match in Dublin is one of a very small number of historic Warrington matches for which a newsreel exists. You can download it from the British Pathe site at http://www.britishpathe.com/product_dis ... t=1&rpp=20 Wigan won unfortunately. I wasn't there but I was at Odsal in 1954

Paul - The Warrington-Wigan match in Dublin is one of a very small number of historic Warrington matches for which a newsreel exists. You can download it from the British Pathe site at http://www.britishpathe.com/product_dis ... t=1&rpp=20 Wigan won unfortunately. I wasn't there but I was at Odsal in 1954

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:27 pm  

JBS wrote: Paul - The Warrington-Wigan match in Dublin is one of a very small number of historic Warrington matches for which a newsreel exists. You can download it from the British Pathe site at http://www.britishpathe.com/product_dis ... t=1&rpp=20 Wigan won unfortunately. I wasn't there but I was at Odsal in 1954 Thanks for that link, absolutely superb. Is this one from the Warrington v Halifx replay at Osdal? no. 42: Rugby League - Warrington Win The Cup http://www.britishpathe.com/product_dis ... =41&rpp=20

JBS wrote: Paul - The Warrington-Wigan match in Dublin is one of a very small number of historic Warrington matches for which a newsreel exists. You can download it from the British Pathe site at http://www.britishpathe.com/product_dis ... t=1&rpp=20 Wigan won unfortunately. I wasn't there but I was at Odsal in 1954 Thanks for that link, absolutely superb. Is this one from the Warrington v Halifx replay at Osdal? no. 42: Rugby League - Warrington Win The Cup http://www.britishpathe.com/product_dis ... =41&rpp=20

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:19 pm  

no. 42: Rugby League - Warrington Win The Cup

That one is the 1950 cup final. Warrington 19 Widnes 0. I was at that one too. The newsreel clip has one of the very few shots (maybe the only surviving one) of Brian Bevan in action.

: Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:25 pm  

is the old history of the wire video available on dvd anywhere,the best bit is where the players are waiting for the train to go and play an away game and just seem to be dicking about on the platform whilst having a fag!