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: Thu Apr 02, 2009 7:50 pm  
Like Al said just remember it being a very deeply emotional time and people around you either understood or they didnt, the fact is we knew if we got relegated then there was probably no way back, we were not popular with the rfl, sponsors would have gone, most of us knew our "name" players were already off to pastures new. it wasnt just super league survival it was club and many friendships forged on sundays all over europe on the line.....and it meant more than I ever though supporting a sports team would.

I suppose its like this.......I thought it was all going to go away, the fun the laughs, the sheer excitement, the bloody mindedness you had to have to be a wtrlfc fan, and on that night in bradford suddenley we had hope.

looking back it was the start of what the club is now, probably the proudest professional sporting club in this country at present and certainly one of the most respected.
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: Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:01 pm  
Scratty rough-house hags screeching poorly expressed obscenities at us as we walked back into town, because we were victorious (albeit quiet and unassuming) Wakey fans and they were ungracious losers. I wouldn't mention it if it was only a one off, but I remember similar on a couple of occasions.
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: Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:08 pm  
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Scratty rough-house hags screeching poorly expressed obscenities at us as we walked back into town, because we were victorious (albeit quiet and unassuming) Wakey fans and they were ungracious losers. I wouldn't mention it if it was only a one off, but I remember similar on a couple of occasions.

might need to edit that one a tad for the programme!
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: Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:11 pm  
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might need to edit that one a tad for the programme!


I have done.
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: Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:18 pm  
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yeah good point you put hags!
give you that!
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: Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:46 pm  
TRB mentioned 1989. One game I will always remember. Topliss was in charge that year. There had been many yo yo years beforehand. We needed one win to secure survival. Night match at Odsal. We went along not expecting anything at all. It was tight at half time with little in it. Paul Mallinder had gone off to hospital with a broken leg. We came out and blew them away in the second half finishing 28 points to something winners if my memory serves me correctly. We then went on a winning run at the end of the season beating Saints at BV the week before they were due yo play the cup final. Season finished at Thrum Hall Halifax. We were getting hammered at half time then Billy Conway came on and we destroyed them in the second half. Tracey Lazenby was superb for us back end of that season.
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: Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:41 pm  
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TRB mentioned 1989. One game I will always remember. Topliss was in charge that year. There had been many yo yo years beforehand. We needed one win to secure survival. Night match at Odsal. We went along not expecting anything at all. It was tight at half time with little in it. Paul Mallinder had gone off to hospital with a broken leg. We came out and blew them away in the second half finishing 28 points to something winners if my memory serves me correctly. We then went on a winning run at the end of the season beating Saints at BV the week before they were due yo play the cup final. Season finished at Thrum Hall Halifax. We were getting hammered at half time then Billy Conway came on and we destroyed them in the second half. Tracey Lazenby was superb for us back end of that season.


Great memories - exactly as I remember them. :D

I also remember that at the Thrum Hall game there was an exhibition match by the Womens RL. There was one player who was the female equivalent of Ellery Hanley! :shock: My missus later went on to play RL with the Wakefield Panthers - without any doubt the most successful RL team to represent Wakefield - if only they were based in Wakefield! :?
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: Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:42 am  
For me it has to be the superleague survival game at odsal, main reason being it happens to be where i took my gf on our first date, shes a Bulls fan and me a Wildcat. Happy to say shes still with me after we upset the odds, and then getting the double feeling of relief when looking at the Video screen for it to reveal that Salford had beaten Castleford setting up for me the greatest Wakefield home game ever.
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: Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:47 am  
forgot the score but its was a very cold blustery wednesday night when Andy wilson intercepted to score the game breaking try.
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: Sat Apr 04, 2009 7:04 pm  
Hey up - I thought there'd be a bit more enthusiasm for this one TBH.

Anymore for anymore..... please! :)
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