It has been announced that the championship finals day will be held at the LSV. Well Fax have a final, Leigh have a final and Fev cant win a final!!!! I think its a great move forward at playing them at championship grounds and put some coffers back in our pockets. I will be attending Both, Hopefully with a massive smile when we do the double. www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/27 ... tone-press

It has been announced that the championship finals day will be held at the LSV. Well Fax have a final, Leigh have a final and Fev cant win a final!!!! I think its a great move forward at playing them at championship grounds and put some coffers back in our pockets. I will be attending Both, Hopefully with a massive smile when we do the double. www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/27 ... tone-press

Fair enough, I suppose. Leigh won't be there.

Tommy Sale told me that Leigh once won a play-off game but only he was old enough to remember it.

Made me chuckle!

That is signature quality!

it does kind of make a mockery of the finals though when a team can be at home.
why not name 3 grounds and decide once know who is in final.
sorry forgot thats common sense n we are talking about RFL

I am fairly certain that Headingly has been used for the old Yorkshire Cup Final and Leeds were finalists in the 60's and 70's.

We lost in the Yorks cup final against Leeds at Headingley in 1979 IIRC

Another stupid decision

Proper shambles.

Esso insisted on it being there as a condition of their sponsorship as there were bu99er all decent grounds in the county at the time.

I wasn't complaining, simply making a statement !

[uHalifax[/u

1 - Jimmy Birts
2 - Derek Howard
3 - Graham Garrod
4 - Dave Cholmondley
5 - Keith Waites
6 - Mick Blacker (Captain)
7 - Terry Langton
8 - Peter Jarvis
9 - Dean Raistrick
10 - Alan Wood
11 - Mick Scott
12 - Greg Sharp
13 - Dave Busfield

Subs - Mick Snee & David Callon

Coach - Maurice Bamford

[uLeeds[/u

1 - Neil Hague
2 - Alan Smith
3 - David Smith
4 - Les Dyl
5 - John Atkinson
6 - John Holmes
7 - Kevin Dick
8 - Roy Dickinson
9 - David Ward (Captain)
10 - Steve Pitchford
11 - Graham Eccles
12 - David Heron
13 - Phil Cookson

Subs - John Sanderson & Bryan Adams

Coach - Syd Hynes


Fax lost 15 - 6 (H/T 10-6) in front of 9,137.

Now, does anyone know which 3 teams we beat to get to the final?

Tommy also told me ,YOU were in the same class at School as his Grandad

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Hi Tony,

In that era I was a staunch loyal Fax fan (before switching to the Bulls in the 90s) and I remember it well.

1st round - Fax won at Bramley 12-5
2nd round - Fax beat Hunslet (or was it "New" Hunslet?) 23-12 at Thrummers
Semi - Fax beat Dewsbury 5-3 in a nail biter at Thrummers

My (now) beloved Bradford (Northern!) lost against Wakey 30-5 at Odsal in the 2nd round. You can see why I didn't bother with them in those days!

Glory hunters not welcome here, stick to our own forum please.

is that the final that mick blacker made a miraculous recovery from an appendix op to play

Hobbo, you cheeky monkey! Maybe it's about time you returned to the fold, the bullies have won nak all for ages and the Fax are serving up some entertaining good honest rugby league. And we're winning trophies!

I think that might have been the CC semi the following season against Hull KR, in which Mick was flattened and Roger Millward stopped the game to get a physio on the pitch.

Correct. Mick had had his appendix removed or something similar & was out on the pitch winding the Fax choir up waving his arms around & singing songs while the players were having a walkabout pre-match.
He later told us the tale while coaching us at Greetland that they'd stopped at the pub at hellfire crossroads for beans on toast ( yeah, i remember Bamford on about beans beans beans ) on the way to Headingley that a couple of the lads couldn't stomach theirs ( probably backs ) so Mick assisted them to clear their plates. I deduced one or two things from my time in Mick Blackers company which would resonate with this story just a couple of hours prior to the big match.
1: He was tight fisted & saw an opportunity for a free meal.
2: He was a greedy get !!!!

Love the guy, loved him as a player, coach & friend & was one of my inspirations while playing amateur RL. Great to have around, and playing for him & Gwyn Merrifield for Greetland AllRounders in the conference was my happiest times in a long time playing up there. Much respect.

Actually Grif, I'd challenge that statement because Fartown was just as decent as Headingley in that era, in fact the Leeds v Bradford premiership final was held there in the very same season. The only Yorkshire venue for several years 'cos Station Rd was also a regular venue at that time & with the cricket sunday matches affecting the availibilty of Headingley at the back end of the RL winter season.
In fact, looking at the history of the Regal/Players No.6 trophy finals & venues between 1971/72 season when we beat Wakey at Odsal & the return of that competition's return to Huddersfield at it's new stadium at McAlpine in 1994/95 only Odsal & Fartown other than Headingley were rugby league venues. Boothferry park & Elland Road were also used to host the final. As opposed to Lancashire rugby league grounds for this comp Central park, Wilderspool, The Willows, Knowsley Road & Station Road along with the old footy ground at Bolton by comparison. Nobody can convince me that Station rd, Wilderspool, Knowsley rd & the Willows were better than the old Fartown ground.
And finally, looking at the BBC floodlit trophy ( god bless it

) finals were also held at Naughton park & Hilton park in it's short history along with both the former grounds in Hull & Wheldon road. And I distinctly remember getting soaked watching the GB dad's army beat the jumped up Aussies at Odsal in '78 i think it was, Christ we've been treat like crap as spectators over the years watching rugby league........

Fair comment, though the first part of my post is fact and the second merely opinion.

I would not go that far, the old Fartown ground was showing its age and lack of any investment, the terracing was decaying and full of weeds in many parts but it was I agree a decent stadium in that era. I remember going there to see a Challenge Cup semi final between Saints and Keighley which Saints just won from memory, we went as a neutral (we used to pick a semi every year to go to), I do recall there was not many people there the game was not doing well at that time crowds were very poor.

9800 at that game. 13000 at the other.

I would expect sponsors to prefer the finer wining & dining of Headingley as opposed to pie & peas at Tattersfield or elsewhere to be honest.....

At the time, there was nowhere like Headingley.

I don't think I'd want to, Tony! I remember when "Naughty Nigel" bumped up the admission for the visit of us bullies at that Thrummers game (the one where Amonie taunted us when you was well up, I still LOL at our come back!

) - it stuck like a claw in the throat and me and many other bully fans felt like we were being mugged. Bad PR, Halifax. Anyway, I'm confident the Bulls will make a dramatic comeback - we have a fantastic fan base and even the RL recognise this with their fantastic support (you're not so bad after all Nige!

). I showed my loyalty by buying a season ticket when they came down to 60 quid, as did many of my mates, so the interest is still there. And let's face it, chanting "come on you bullsssssssss ...." in a crowd of 20k is far better than the lame chants of "Oh alli alli ...." in a sp 1.5k, so I'll stick where I am ..... for the time being!