Post subject: RFL give credit to the only true Derby
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:01 am
pugwash pal
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Joined: Jan 01 2010 Posts: 393
The RFL are have given in to the fact only Hull have a true Derby. Phil Clarke has jumped to the defence of Wigan v St and says there are 2. The big one in Wigan and the other in Hull. At Cardiff Rovers v Hull is the last game of the weekend and and Wigan v St the first.
The RFL need Rovers and Hull to make the game over there credible.
Sky have also stated there is only 2 proper Derby games and the big one is ST v Wigan.......Bo@@ocks.
The fight goes on............
Peter Gentle was rejected by Hull KR as their new head coach due to his lack of ambition.
Post subject: Re: RFL give credit to the only true Derby
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:10 am
Sheldon
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Joined: Mar 26 2006 Posts: 22320 Location: York
And what a fight it will be!
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The Reason wrote:Hi Andy
The Rugby Football League are in the process of reviewing the video that you are referring to. We do not condone behaviour of this nature and have contacted the player’s employer, Hull F.C., who have confirmed that they are dealing with the incident under their club rules.
Of course, the meaning of words evolve and you can make a case for derby now meaning a match between two teams from the same city. Given their records of success, it is difficult to make a case for HKR vs HFC being a bigger game. And if the Lord Derby story is true then Saints-Wigan is the origin of term! My guess is that the intimacy and intensity of the KuH rivalry is greater though.
Neither McManus or Clarke are unbiased observers. And nor are we
Of course, the meaning of words evolve and you can make a case for derby now meaning a match between two teams from the same city. Given their records of success, it is difficult to make a case for HKR vs HFC being a bigger game. And if the Lord Derby story is true then Saints-Wigan is the origin of term! My guess is that the intimacy and intensity of the KuH rivalry is greater though.
Neither McManus or Clarke are unbiased observers. And nor are we
'Thus I am tormented by my curiosity and humbled by my ignorance.' from History of an Old Bramin, The New York Mirror (A Weekly Journal Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts), February 16th 1833.
Mrs Barista wrote:That, and the fact the games are usually a lower standard and played in front of far lower average attendances than Wigan v Saints.
Well, erm, yes, there is possibly that fact to consider also...
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.
Post subject: Re: RFL give credit to the only true Derby
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 11:01 am
Mild Rover
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Joined: Jun 01 2007 Posts: 12670 Location: Leicestershire.
pmh wrote:Thought this was a pretty established fact.
Well, erm, yes, there is possibly that fact to consider also...
Looking at Wiki, it could be indirect though. The Derby (the horse race, named after the Earl of Derby) got huge crowds and a Derby, it is suggested, was any match that attracted big crowds. In the days before big away followings, these were most often between local rivals.
'Thus I am tormented by my curiosity and humbled by my ignorance.' from History of an Old Bramin, The New York Mirror (A Weekly Journal Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts), February 16th 1833.
Post subject: Re: RFL give credit to the only true Derby
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:19 pm
Sandro II Terrorista
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Big Dave T wrote:http://www.kgbanswers.co.uk/where-did-the-term-local-derby-come-from/1878020
Ah, how unlike RLFans for one answer or other to be utter bollox!
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; or it may be a physical one; or it may be both moral and physical; but it must be a struggle.
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