Re: Bit Of Fun? : Thu Apr 02, 2020 10:30 am  

I never enjoyed going to Thrum Hall whether we won or lost. A horrible, inhospitable, hostile place. Always look forward to going to Hull at the KCom as we often seem to do well there.

Re: Bit Of Fun? : Thu Apr 02, 2020 12:17 pm  

Going back a few years I would say Craven Park was one of the worst grounds to visit imo, only visited twice before they built the new stand but the stand was that far away from the pitch you could hardly see a thing! Much improved now.

Re: Bit Of Fun? : Thu Apr 02, 2020 2:22 pm  

homme vaste wrote:

Going back a few years I would say Craven Park was one of the worst grounds to visit imo, only visited twice before they built the new stand but the stand was that far away from the pitch you could hardly see a thing! Much improved now.

The Grimsby end is still there, although the new stand at the top end of the pitch is excellent.
If/when, they do something at the other end, it will be an excellent ground. Mind you, there is always the chance of a brick or two being chucked at the supporters busses.
I dont use them often but, it happens every time we go over there.

It's a shame as RL fans in Hull (both sides) are passionate and knowledgeable in equal measure.

Re: Bit Of Fun? : Thu Apr 02, 2020 3:05 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

The Grimsby end is still there, although the new stand at the top end of the pitch is excellent.
If/when, they do something at the other end, it will be an excellent ground. Mind you, there is always the chance of a brick or two being chucked at the supporters busses.
I dont use them often but, it happens every time we go over there.

It's a shame as RL fans in Hull (both sides) are passionate and knowledgeable in equal measure.

I have always said that the worst set of fans that I have come across have been from both Hull clubs, funnily enough my Father always said the same thing.

Obviously speaking from my own personal experience and every club has there idiots, they just seem to have more.

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Re: Bit Of Fun? : Fri Apr 03, 2020 7:47 am  

That's funny because I would say the Hull fans are the best in my experience.
It's ironic as I was at the boulevard when someone climbed up tge stand to burn a Trinity scarf and also at the Semi at McAlpine when they knocked down the posts but I always enjoy going to both grounds and talking to fans.
They know their rugby and are passionate without the arrogance of Leeds or Wigan fans.

Re: Bit Of Fun? : Fri Apr 03, 2020 9:16 am  

homme vaste wrote:

Strangely enough, if some one asked me for a list of my favourite games then Bradford away in 2006 the week before the MPG would definitely be on there, Friday night and the odds were massively against us but for some reason I just knew that we was going to come away with the win.

Don't forget we were also relying on Salford to beat Cas that night! Fortunately, Salford were aiming to cement their play off position, so they had plenty to play for. I remember everyone standing on the terraces at the end, waiting for the Salford Vs Cas result to come up on the big screen, and it was like a double celebration when it finally said 26-16 FULL TIME.

Have to say, once we'd beaten Bradford that night, I knew we'd walk the last game against Cas.

I would also list that game in my favourite games. One of my old uni mates had come up from down south to watch it that night, so it was a triple celebration round Wakey afterwards!

Re: Bit Of Fun? : Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:00 am  

LyndsayGill wrote:

I never enjoyed going to Thrum Hall whether we won or lost. A horrible, inhospitable, hostile place. Always look forward to going to Hull at the KCom as we often seem to do well there.

What a weird ground that was! The toilets always seemed to be flooded, and the slope was ridiculous! I seem to have happy game memories though, I remember Michael Jackson scoring one of his trademark beauties, and Big Fritzy trampling all over them in one game.

Re: Bit Of Fun? : Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:06 am  

PopTart wrote:

That's funny because I would say the Hull fans are the best in my experience.
It's ironic as I was at the boulevard when someone climbed up tge stand to burn a Trinity scarf and also at the Semi at McAlpine when they knocked down the posts but I always enjoy going to both grounds and talking to fans.
They know their rugby and are passionate without the arrogance of Leeds or Wigan fans.

I have bittersweet memories of Hull too. I've had some great banter with fans in pubs before the game, then sometimes at the Boulevard I've never felt so uncomfortable and scared at a rugby ground. On the pitch, we always seemed to get hammered at the Boulevard, apart from once when I remember James Mosley scoring a length of the field effort? Good games at the KC generally, especially the play-off win in 2004, that run from Korki..........

Re: Bit Of Fun? : Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:23 am  

PopTart wrote:

That's funny because I would say the Hull fans are the best in my experience.
It's ironic as I was at the boulevard when someone climbed up tge stand to burn a Trinity scarf and also at the Semi at McAlpine when they knocked down the posts but I always enjoy going to both grounds and talking to fans.
They know their rugby and are passionate without the arrogance of Leeds or Wigan fans.

Not so sure about that PT recently....
They seem to love a good carve up amongst themselves!!
During the 72-10 at Belle Vue and also at Anfield Magic Weekend in the Kop when they got thrashed by Shudds........

Re: Bit Of Fun? : Fri Apr 03, 2020 12:08 pm  

BarnsleyGull wrote:

Not so sure about that PT recently....
They seem to love a good carve up amongst themselves!!
During the 72-10 at Belle Vue and also at Anfield Magic Weekend in the Kop when they got thrashed by Shudds........

There were a group of FC fans that got threw out of our ground last season as well at full time for fighting amongst themselves, and they had just beat us

There was some awful trouble outside of the KCOM in 2017 when they beat us by 1 point in the final game of the season before the super 8`s.

As I say, speaking from personal experience in the past, all clubs have there idiots but for the most part I find most true RL fans are genuine people, even Cas fans