 |
| 
 |
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 1576 | Coventry Bears |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| May 2010 | 15 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Mar 2025 | Feb 2025 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
|
TO BE FIXED |
|
|
Amazed they did a draw, I thought Rovers fans had already awarded themselves the cup on Saturday evening.
If we turn in a similar performance to Saturday, I don’t fear Rovers.
| | |
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 7545 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Dec 2005 | 19 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Mar 2025 | Feb 2025 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
|
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Jake the Peg:Rugby Raider:BP1:
With Leigh's defeat last night, next Saturday will see the current top two in SL go head to head. I reckon the last time the pair of us stepped out as 1st & 2nd was Good Friday 1984? Unless any of the old heads can recall such an occasion over the past 41 years!!?
Good Friday 1984 at old Craven Park (Holderness road next to the bus depot!!), and the infamous Len Casey sending off after Fred Ah Khoi baited him once too often and Casey bit, but it was the aftermath of the sending off that caused all the subsequent kerfuffle!!!
Seem to recall those of us stood at the old greyhound scoreboard end going mental as the linesman fell over!!!
We ended up running away with game, winning comfortably by the end, although it wasn't enough to stop them from taking the League title crown we had won twelve months previous.
Fairly sure that was the last time we faced off as 1&2 at the top of the league.
I was at the game too. Think Rovers had already won the league, but Hull destroyed them that day, Fred Au Khoi scoring a brilliant individual try regathering his own kick. With regards to the Len Casey sending off, he actually pushed the linesman after he got sent off. He was suspended Sine Die (indefinitely), but think it was reduced to 12 matches on appeal!! I was there too. It was a weird place the old caravan park. I see to remember that there was a train carriage turned into a food outlet at the back of one of the stands Can't remember us being first and second at a Derby with the exception of 84 The railway carriage was spot on think it was a tote office for the dogs too. Sure was a strange place do you remember the Tote Board end where we all stood behind privet hedges in the late 70's? | | | |
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Club Coach | 1214 | Hull FC |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Sep 2005 | 20 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Mar 2025 | Feb 2025 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
|
TO BE FIXED |
|
| The Dentist Wilf:Jake the Peg:Rugby Raider:BP1:
With Leigh's defeat last night, next Saturday will see the current top two in SL go head to head. I reckon the last time the pair of us stepped out as 1st & 2nd was Good Friday 1984? Unless any of the old heads can recall such an occasion over the past 41 years!!?
Good Friday 1984 at old Craven Park (Holderness road next to the bus depot!!), and the infamous Len Casey sending off after Fred Ah Khoi baited him once too often and Casey bit, but it was the aftermath of the sending off that caused all the subsequent kerfuffle!!!
Seem to recall those of us stood at the old greyhound scoreboard end going mental as the linesman fell over!!!
We ended up running away with game, winning comfortably by the end, although it wasn't enough to stop them from taking the League title crown we had won twelve months previous.
Fairly sure that was the last time we faced off as 1&2 at the top of the league.
I was at the game too. Think Rovers had already won the league, but Hull destroyed them that day, Fred Au Khoi scoring a brilliant individual try regathering his own kick. With regards to the Len Casey sending off, he actually pushed the linesman after he got sent off. He was suspended Sine Die (indefinitely), but think it was reduced to 12 matches on appeal!! I was there too. It was a weird place the old caravan park. I see to remember that there was a train carriage turned into a food outlet at the back of one of the stands Can't remember us being first and second at a Derby with the exception of 84 The railway carriage was spot on think it was a tote office for the dogs too. Sure was a strange place do you remember the Tote Board end where we all stood behind privet hedges in the late 70's? We may have been 1st & 2nd the previous year also (April '83), but not wholly sure on that. The April '83 Boulevard derby was postponed by a couple of weeks, I think, due to our Challenge Cup involvement. We ended up meeting a little later on a Friday night game (possibly?) in what was essentially a title decider. We ended up running out easy winners that night (21-3ish?) and simply strolled to the crown after that. Being a high-octane early eighties derby, that night was not without incident either! culminating in an all-in 26-man brawl around the hour mark. This resulted in Gary Kemble and John Lydiat being given their marching orders. I think they were dismissed for being the only two players who didn't throw a haymaker during the melee, think all other 24 players landed at least a couple of direct hits on the opposition!! All good clean fun, eh!! But there sure was some tough hard-nuts on that pitch that night. Heaven only knows what they would make of some of the penalties and sending-offs being dished out today. Most of those early eighties Fc-rovers forwards would be lucky to play half a dozen games per season by today's standards!! PS I'd forgotten all about those privet hedges, but I can picture them now. We all used to cram onto the crumbling terraces at the Holderness road end on derby day, peering over the top of those hedges!!! | | |
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 30836 | Hull FC |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Mar 2007 | 18 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Mar 2025 | Feb 2025 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
|
TO BE FIXED |
|
|
I remember the tote board but no privet hedges but was early 80s before I started going to away derby games so maybe they'd chopped them down by then
| | |
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| Player Coach | 30836 | Hull FC |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Mar 2007 | 18 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Mar 2025 | Feb 2025 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
|
TO BE FIXED |
|
| BP1:The Dentist Wilf:Jake the Peg:Rugby Raider:BP1:
With Leigh's defeat last night, next Saturday will see the current top two in SL go head to head. I reckon the last time the pair of us stepped out as 1st & 2nd was Good Friday 1984? Unless any of the old heads can recall such an occasion over the past 41 years!!?
Good Friday 1984 at old Craven Park (Holderness road next to the bus depot!!), and the infamous Len Casey sending off after Fred Ah Khoi baited him once too often and Casey bit, but it was the aftermath of the sending off that caused all the subsequent kerfuffle!!!
Seem to recall those of us stood at the old greyhound scoreboard end going mental as the linesman fell over!!!
We ended up running away with game, winning comfortably by the end, although it wasn't enough to stop them from taking the League title crown we had won twelve months previous.
Fairly sure that was the last time we faced off as 1&2 at the top of the league.
I was at the game too. Think Rovers had already won the league, but Hull destroyed them that day, Fred Au Khoi scoring a brilliant individual try regathering his own kick. With regards to the Len Casey sending off, he actually pushed the linesman after he got sent off. He was suspended Sine Die (indefinitely), but think it was reduced to 12 matches on appeal!! I was there too. It was a weird place the old caravan park. I see to remember that there was a train carriage turned into a food outlet at the back of one of the stands Can't remember us being first and second at a Derby with the exception of 84 The railway carriage was spot on think it was a tote office for the dogs too. Sure was a strange place do you remember the Tote Board end where we all stood behind privet hedges in the late 70's? We may have been 1st & 2nd the previous year also (April '83), but not wholly sure on that. The April '83 Boulevard derby was postponed by a couple of weeks, I think, due to our Challenge Cup involvement. We ended up meeting a little later on a Friday night game (possibly?) in what was essentially a title decider. We ended up running out easy winners that night (21-3ish?) and simply strolled to the crown after that. Being a high-octane early eighties derby, that night was not without incident either! culminating in an all-in 26-man brawl around the hour mark. This resulted in Gary Kemble and John Lydiat being given their marching orders. I think they were dismissed for being the only two players who didn't throw a haymaker during the melee, think all other 24 players landed at least a couple of direct hits on the opposition!! All good clean fun, eh!! But there sure was some tough hard-nuts on that pitch that night. Heaven only knows what they would make of some of the penalties and sending-offs being dished out today. Most of those early eighties Fc-rovers forwards would be lucky to play half a dozen games per season by today's standards!! PS I'd forgotten all about those privet hedges, but I can picture them now. We all used to cram onto the crumbling terraces at the Holderness road end on derby day, peering over the top of those hedges!!! I was at the boulevard in 83. Don't remember too much about the game other than I think we scored off a kick which rebounded off the post. Threepenny went mad. Great times | | | |
| Rank | Posts | Team |
| International Star | 1193 | No
Team
Selected |
| Joined | Service | Reputation |
| Nov 2011 | 13 years | |
| Online | Last Post | Last Page |
| Mar 2025 | Feb 2025 | LINK |
| Milestone Posts |
|
| Milestone Years |
|
|
| Location |
|
| Signature |
|
TO BE FIXED |
|
| Jake the Peg:Rugby Raider:BP1:
With Leigh's defeat last night, next Saturday will see the current top two in SL go head to head. I reckon the last time the pair of us stepped out as 1st & 2nd was Good Friday 1984? Unless any of the old heads can recall such an occasion over the past 41 years!!?
Good Friday 1984 at old Craven Park (Holderness road next to the bus depot!!), and the infamous Len Casey sending off after Fred Ah Khoi baited him once too often and Casey bit, but it was the aftermath of the sending off that caused all the subsequent kerfuffle!!!
Seem to recall those of us stood at the old greyhound scoreboard end going mental as the linesman fell over!!!
We ended up running away with game, winning comfortably by the end, although it wasn't enough to stop them from taking the League title crown we had won twelve months previous.
Fairly sure that was the last time we faced off as 1&2 at the top of the league.
I was at the game too. Think Rovers had already won the league, but Hull destroyed them that day, Fred Au Khoi scoring a brilliant individual try regathering his own kick. With regards to the Len Casey sending off, he actually pushed the linesman after he got sent off. He was suspended Sine Die (indefinitely), but think it was reduced to 12 matches on appeal!! I was there too. It was a weird place the old caravan park. I see to remember that there was a train carriage turned into a food outlet at the back of one of the stands First Rugby league game I watched was there in the mid 40's when Rovers played Wigan. Mum and dad went to the greyhounds at that time and I followed suit about 10 years later. Did quite well as the lass next door to us was a kennel maid and she gave me some great tips! | | | |
| |
All views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the RLFANS.COM or its subsites.
Whilst every effort is made to ensure that news stories, articles and images are correct, we cannot be held responsible for errors. However, if you feel any material on this website is copyrighted or incorrect in any way please contact us using the link at the top of the page so we can remove it or negotiate copyright permission.
RLFANS.COM, the owners of this website, is not responsible for the content of its sub-sites or posts, please email the author of this sub-site or post if you feel you find an article offensive or of a choice nature that you disagree with.
Copyright 1999 - 2025 RLFANS.COM
You must be 18+ to gamble, for more information and for help with gambling issues see https://www.begambleaware.org/.
Please Support RLFANS.COM
|
|
