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I know and appreciate how fitness and dietary needs have changed but looking back for a result I came across our fixtures for April 85. I was at Wigan for the April 19th defeat and couldn`t go to Workington the following day so had to come home. It was one of a few that I missed that season but look at our games below to see what I am getting at. WHAT a month that was..

6th 10 - 10 D Castleford Tigers Headingley Carnegie, Leeds TCC view
8th 12 - 12 D Barrow Raiders Craven Park, Barrow-in-Furness SLC view
10th 22 - 16 W Castleford Tigers Headingley Carnegie, Leeds TCC view
12th 12 - 36 L Hull Kingston Rovers The Boulevard, Hull SLC view
14th 18 - 8 W Castleford Tigers The Boulevard, Hull SLC view
17th 24 - 18 W Bradford Northern The Boulevard, Hull SLC view
19th 4 - 40 L Wigan Warriors Central Park, Wigan SLC view
20th 64 - 18 W Workington Town Derwent Park, Workington SLC view
21st 58 - 26 W Hunslet Hawks The Boulevard, Hull SLC view
23rd 22 - 26 L Bradford Northern Odsal Stadium, Bradford SLC view
28th 12 - 46 L Wigan Warriors Central Park, Wigan SLC view

That is incredible Judge, It looks like nearly half the season was played in one month !!!

including 3 games back to back and amazingly we won the last 2 of them !

Uppo58, we took two teams to Wigan and the second string after the game went on to Workington. It was a fixture backlog to beat em all. Cas three times in eight days, Barrow away always a tough un and then the Dobbins. It cost me a fortune to follow.

Plus most of the lads went to work f/time during the day!

The backlog was due to some match postponements in the winter and Cup runs in the Yorkshire Cup, JPS Trophy and of course the Challenge Cup. Ironically the fatigure and some injuries went against us in the Wembley final.

We played something like 47 games that season, including 19 from March to April.

Took the full A team to Barrow too!

definately!!!