Jake the Peg wrote:I went to the game on a school trip on the British railways school special. First trip to London let aline Wembley. 1000's of kids on the train.

My memory of the matches that e were by far the best team, Sammy Lloyd missed about 15 shots at goal he'd normally have backheeled over, Fred lindop disallowed about 7 tries we scored and rovers were their usual dirty cheating barstewards. I've never watched the game back so my memory may be slightly off but won't be by much.

Loads of great memories from the 80s. I feel sorry for those who never experienced the boulevard in its pomp or got to stand in threepenny. Great times.

Special mention to watching len casey get sent off at the old caravan park and us hammering them and sering us dismantle rovers in 83 to pretty much secure the league title

Jake the Peg wrote:I went to the game on a school trip on the British railways school special. First trip to London let aline Wembley. 1000's of kids on the train.

My memory of the matches that e were by far the best team, Sammy Lloyd missed about 15 shots at goal he'd normally have backheeled over, Fred lindop disallowed about 7 tries we scored and rovers were their usual dirty cheating barstewards. I've never watched the game back so my memory may be slightly off but won't be by much.

Loads of great memories from the 80s. I feel sorry for those who never experienced the boulevard in its pomp or got to stand in threepenny. Great times.

Special mention to watching len casey get sent off at the old caravan park and us hammering them and sering us dismantle rovers in 83 to pretty much secure the league title

giddyupoldfella wrote:The Len Casey sending off is probably my earliest memory of rugby league, so that must have been a tv game that I watched as a young kid.

I remember around that time seeing James Leuluai in town working on some scaffolding near or on Bob Carvers in market place and asking for his autograph.

I do vaguely remember Clive Sullivan working in the building society at the top of my street and us kids would go in all the time to see him.

Marcus's Bicycle wrote:I was at that game it was at the old Craven Park. It's on youtube I think. Casey got sent off and he had a bit of an altercation with the linesman as he was walking. It cost him the GB captaincy for the Oz tour. I think that was also the game he had a fight with Fred Ah Kuoi. To Fred's credit he got stuck in and landed more blows!

giddyupoldfella wrote:I have a memory of Fred Ah Kuoi breaking his jaw. Was that from that incident or was it something else?

Marcus's Bicycle wrote:Don't think it was that one mate. We never saw the best of Ah Kuoi which was a shame. He was the star of the '80 Kiwi tour. He was linked with us when we signed the other 3 kiwis but went to play for Norths in the old Winfield Cup. When he eventually did sign for us in '83 he wasn't the same player. Schofield mentioned it. While in Oz Ah Kuoi bulked up and lost some of his elusiveness. Still a good player though.