: Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:59 am  

tattersfield, fartown, borough park and of course the blouevarde

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:36 am  

Going into the Riverside after a Lancs Cup tie in the mid-eighties and finding it full of Wigan supporters who made Victor Meldrew look like one of the Chuckle brothers - and Wigan had won! Oh, and they complained about us making too much noise

Re: when you were younger ..... : Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:15 pm  

meast wrote:

yes i forgot about that, the fact that we still play in a ramshackled dump in front of a few hardy souls whilst wakefield have sinced moved on with their thousands of supporters attending games in droves in a state of the stadium

Yes, it's nice that the football team lend you their ground in the summer. BV may be a dump but at least we own it.

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:53 pm  

Players playing in metal toe capped boots

Digging up the turf with your heel to make a kicking mound.

The changing of ends at half time

Players who looked about 50

The old types of shoulder pads

Banging on the cage as opposing players came out or left the field at Boulevard.

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:44 pm  

no Geordie/London/Welsh clubs full of Aussies.
Those were the days.

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:54 pm  

Budgiezilla wrote:

no Geordie/London/Welsh clubs full of Aussies.
Those were the days.

Hmmm

Newcastle

Acton

Treherbert

But not that many aussies agreed

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:08 pm  

As a Leigh fan going to Watershedings and seeing that wooden double decker stand. I was amazed by it. We thought it was a cowboy fort.

: Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:32 pm  

Things I remember from the first game at Odsal were being stood by the tunnel and trying to get the players to high-five me when they came on to the pitch, running down the very empty terraces when Northern scored and the cold. It was a friday night game in about 1994 against Cas.