: Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:14 pm  

Starbug wrote:

And the point of that would be what ?

You wouldn't be plugging up the Crusaders' boards with vitriol. You'd be writing to the very people you say you have a problem with instead, thus allowing the Crusaders fans to get on with their chat without being trolled to death.

: Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:30 pm  

SaintsFan wrote:

You wouldn't be plugging up the Crusaders' boards with vitriol. You'd be writing to the very people you say you have a problem with instead, thus allowing the Crusaders fans to get on with their chat without being trolled to death.

And you think they would reply ?

: Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:44 pm  

Starbug wrote:

And you think they would reply ?

They might do. You won't know unless you try. And think. If all the so-called dissenters on here - or the 90% of them you refer to - emailed the RFL en masse then they would be blitzed by emails. cc Sky and you'd be laughing.

And meanwhile, the Crusaders fans could just get on with chatting about their club without being buried by trolls. Which I'm sure the fans of Leigh and every other club would prefer for their own boards.

: Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:30 am  

SaintsFan wrote:

They might do. You won't know unless you try. And think. If all the so-called dissenters on here - or the 90% of them you refer to - emailed the RFL en masse then they would be blitzed by emails. cc Sky and you'd be laughing.

And meanwhile, the Crusaders fans could just get on with chatting about their club without being buried by trolls. Which I'm sure the fans of Leigh and every other club would prefer for their own boards.

It would get a bit boring for them , it would be much easier just to chat across the room while having a brew








Look I'm kidding ok

: Fri Aug 28, 2009 7:55 am  

jannerboyuk wrote:

c'mon dude. 20 years in sport is a starting point. I got grief somewhere else for saying ten years - thats a blink of an eye. Sports develop in generations. Did Cumbria and castleford get up to speed in 2 minutes. .

Workington were the League Champions in only their 5th year, and won the Challenge Cup in their 7th year. HTH.

: Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:25 am  

Derwent wrote:

Workington were the League Champions in only their 5th year, and won the Challenge Cup in their 7th year. HTH.

thats a great achievement. what year did they enter the championship and were they playing rugby league before then?

: Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:03 am  

jannerboyuk wrote:

thats a great achievement. what year did they enter the championship and were they playing rugby league before then?

They entered the RL Championship in 1945 at the end of the war and won it in 1950/51 season.

Prior to that there had been no professional RL anywhere in Cumberland. Workington were the first club and Whitehaven joined the league in 1948.

Barrow had of course existed before then but Barrow was in Lancashire until 1974.

: Fri Aug 28, 2009 3:46 pm  

Derwent wrote:

They entered the RL Championship in 1945 at the end of the war and won it in 1950/51 season.

Prior to that there had been no professional RL anywhere in Cumberland. Workington were the first club and Whitehaven joined the league in 1948.

Barrow had of course existed before then but Barrow was in Lancashire until 1974.

what was the amateur scene like prior to that? had any foriegn teams toured? Genuinely interested. Are there are any cumbria rugby league histories knocking about?

: Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:18 pm  

Derwent wrote:

Workington were the League Champions in only their 5th year, and won the Challenge Cup in their 7th year. HTH.

My Dad reckons they were one of the greatest teams to play the game of Rugby League he ever saw.

: Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:18 pm  

The problem with growing old is, what people today call history, you remember as yesterday. You talk about Workington in the late forties, and who led it? None other than Gus Risman born in Cardiff. He recruited ' Ginger' Hughes from Barrow to organise the forwards. Hughes came from Llanelli, and had a son called Emlyn-average footballer I believe.
Buy 'The 'Indomitables' it covers the '46 tour of Australia and New Zealand published by London League publications. It gives you the state of the game at the end of the war, and there are pen pictutes of all players who took part.
There were often up to ten Welshmen in a side of the top rugby league teams in the forties. By the way we used to beat overseas teams at that time. A very good reason for having a Welsh team in the league.