Re: First ever Trinity game? : Fri Dec 02, 2016 5:00 pm  

Neil Fox's 2nd testimonial match - some friends from school were asked by teacher Mr Robinson (known better now as having the first name Brian) and I went along as well. Football was always the sport of choice in my family but I was 15 and getting fed up of it because of the violence at games. Started watching RL around this time and as I was born in Wakefield I had to support them.

Re: First ever Trinity game? : Fri Dec 02, 2016 5:23 pm  

Boxing Day 2012 season. Fan ever since.

Re: First ever Trinity game? : Fri Dec 02, 2016 7:08 pm  

October 12 1975 home vs Keighley was the first serious one but my big bro took me to a home game against Huddersfield in either spring 68 or 69 I don't know which ... could be either

Re: First ever Trinity game? : Fri Dec 02, 2016 7:20 pm  

sometime early in the 60,s,i remember going to odsal 1962 championship final,got absolutley soaked,caught the train home from i think low moor,there were lots of good fullbacks in them days gerry round,frank dyson,ronnie james,bernard ganley,jacky fennel,randell (widnes) and there was one at bramley called wilson a maorie i think he was

Re: First ever Trinity game? : Fri Dec 02, 2016 7:34 pm  

JINJER wrote:

What was the first Trinity game you attended? Mine was against the touring Aussies in (I think) 1974, a midweek game, I seem to remember a player called Schubert, long blonde hair.

Ian Schubert, came to play for Leigh for a season in the mid 80's.

Re: First ever Trinity game? : Fri Dec 02, 2016 7:38 pm  

Think it was 83/84 season, Geoff Wraith in charge at home to Keighley, Peter Roe was Keighley player coach.
Got beaten something like 16-37.
Then became a regular the season after under the 'guidance' of Len Casey!

Re: First ever Trinity game? : Fri Dec 02, 2016 7:55 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

We popped our Trinity cherries together Vasty.
A 25 - 20 win for Trinity against the mighty Wigan, in front of over 8000 fans (the place was full though).
I was hooked instantly

One of the attractions in supporting a club like ours is, the team winning when everything is stacked against us and this hasn't changed in the last 30 years.

I still hope and pray for a Wembley trip to watch Trinity and just for a moment, at Leigh last season, it looked like it might actually happen.

Wigan was actually the second home game that season. We played Warrington a couple of weeks earlier, and that was the first ever match that my dad took me to. It was Steve Ella's debut and we went on to win 14-10. We beat Wire, Leeds, Wigan, Hull and one other team who I can't remember in the first five games? 28 years later it's still a family affair, with my mum, my wife and my own two kids going to most games together.

If could pick I'd take Wembley over the Grand Final every day of the week.

Re: First ever Trinity game? : Fri Dec 02, 2016 8:14 pm  

I can't remember my first game either but Trevor Skerrett was no 10, I reckon it was 1980.
The first game that I actually remember parts of the gameplay was against Wigin, it was the first game of a season where Wakey had been promoted from the 2nd division, a win was not anticipated.....but poop happens...lol....dunno what year that was.

How comes we don't have that "most memorable game" spin off thread going on ?

Thinking about it now, its quite telling that although there have been a few memorable games in recent years, all mine...the ones that stick in my mind, are from donkeys years back.


edit, oh wait....WTID

Re: First ever Trinity game? : Fri Dec 02, 2016 8:17 pm  

Can't remember the opposition, but it was ar BV in 1963.

Re: First ever Trinity game? : Fri Dec 02, 2016 8:28 pm  

So who used to try and stand on the raised concrete plynth with the handrail round it under the floodlight tower........next to the large dark haired woman, old enough to be my mam, who's shoutin gerrem onside, and the referees a w****** from whistle to whistle ??