[Karen]

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:28 pm  

I have so many great memories of away games, especially in the early 90's when we went on the club coaches. As has been said, people said The Boulevard was rough but bloody hell I was scared at some of those old grounds. I remember us getting a police escort out of Widnes once and the coppers telling us to remove all colours from view if we didn't want all our windows putting through on the way past the Widnes fans!!

One that always sticks in my mind is a Halifax friendly we went to 6 or so years ago I think. It was bloody freezing, we were trouncing them, so we all started singing random songs. The rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody that day was awesome!!!

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:30 pm  

Away trip to Cas when things were always a bit heated between us.
There was a couple of skirmishes on the pitch before a scrum broke apart into a 10 man punch up.
The ref had lost control so he took the teams off during the half for a cool down.

Back on they came and the ref gave the 2 Captains an earful.
At the end of the very first set of 6 after that, a Cas player took out Gary Pearce's standing leg as he kicked the ball down the pitch. Made no attempt at the ball at all.

Cue the longest full on 2 team mass brawl I can recall seeing (apart from Gary who was prone on the floor in serious pain).
he was never the same after that.

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:33 pm  

Karen xx wrote:

I have so many great memories of away games, especially in the early 90's when we went on the club coaches. As has been said, people said The Boulevard was rough but bloody hell I was scared at some of those old grounds. I remember us getting a police escort out of Widnes once and the coppers telling us to remove all colours from view if we didn't want all our windows putting through on the way past the Widnes fans!!

One that always sticks in my mind is a Halifax friendly we went to 6 or so years ago I think. It was bloody freezing, we were trouncing them, so we all started singing random songs. The rendition of Bohemian Rhapsody that day was awesome!!!

I was at the Halifax game - it was so cold but the singing kept us all warm.

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:07 pm  

can remember headingley in the late eighties when we use to take half there south stand up and crusher cleal got sin binned and came back on to score two try`s at the end to win us the game.the place went mental and i started off at the top of the stand and ended up at the bottom.great days.

[Karen]

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:46 pm  

Chris28 wrote:

I was at the Halifax game - it was so cold but the singing kept us all warm.

The sight of several hundred FC Fans headbanging 'Wayne's World' style will stay with me until my dying day!!!!!!!!!!!!

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:10 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

That was excellent. I alse really enjoyed the late comeback at Post Office Road (Vaikona hat-trick I think) giving Daniel Divet grief each time Featherstone were stood under the posts for the conversions. My favourite was the win at Knowsley Road in 2006. Fantastic night.

I do that fairly regularly when FC win. So hardly at all last season.

I loved that game so much I've still got it on VHS if you're interested! Best memory was Paul Sterling's try for me but I loved Vaikona for us. We used to sing his name for almost entire games. I never thought he was as good on the wing for Bradford as he was in the centres for us.

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:25 pm  

BALROG wrote:

Away trip to Cas when things were always a bit heated between us.
There was a couple of skirmishes on the pitch before a scrum broke apart into a 10 man punch up.
The ref had lost control so he took the teams off during the half for a cool down.

Back on they came and the ref gave the 2 Captains an earful.
At the end of the very first set of 6 after that, a Cas player took out Gary Pearce's standing leg as he kicked the ball down the pitch. Made no attempt at the ball at all.

Cue the longest full on 2 team mass brawl I can recall seeing (apart from Gary who was prone on the floor in serious pain).
he was never the same after that.

Someone has posted that on youtube, crazy scenes.

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 1:47 pm  

Steve0 wrote:

One of the worst ones recently was against Leigh when it chucked it down all game, it was freezing and I think we only managed a draw? Best away day was Briscoes 4 tries at Odsal, the night it rained beer

Think it was august as well

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:05 pm  

Remember Hull against Cas 92 (i think) semi final at headingley. Don't know why but I felt more gutted after that game then any other I can remember. Think we lost 8-4, we were poor and we had a real chance of making it to Wembley for the 1st time in a quite a while. We never did and we didn't anywhere close to any real silverware for a long time after that. Mind you we'd have never won, Wigan were on there roll of 28 challenge cups on the trot at that stage

Also remember getting loved from behind by someone at half-time as there was a bit of charging across the pitch between fans.

Another game I remember was some time in the late 90's again I think. we'd been removed from the top division due to Super League starting. Went to watch Hull at Bury against swinton, not a bad little ground by any means, but the rugby on display was shocking, it was then I realised "we're s**t!!". Sure a chorus of we're s**t and we know we are was sung many a time that season.

But we still went home and away experiencing the lows allows you to appreciate the highs!!

: Wed Apr 01, 2009 4:14 pm  

Bomber's tash wrote:

Remember Hull against Cas 92 (i think) semi final at headingley. Don't know why but I felt more gutted after that game then any other I can remember. Think we lost 8-4, we were poor and we had a real chance of making it to Wembley for the 1st time in a quite a while. We never did and we didn't anywhere close to any real silverware for a long time after that. Mind you we'd have never won, Wigan were on there roll of 28 challenge cups on the trot at that stage

Also remember getting loved from behind by someone at half-time as there was a bit of charging across the pitch between fans.

Another game I remember was some time in the late 90's again I think. we'd been removed from the top division due to Super League starting. Went to watch Hull at Bury against swinton, not a bad little ground by any means, but the rugby on display was shocking, it was then I realised "we're s**t!!". Sure a chorus of we're s**t and we know we are was sung many a time that season.

But we still went home and away experiencing the lows allows you to appreciate the highs!!

I thought this was about rugby memories