ON THIS DAY : 16 OCTOBER 1988

#LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand recalls an epic Yorkshire Cup Final from the days of yore when they had proper tackling,real scrums,and unless severely injured just 13 men playing a full 80 minutes.
#Castleford

ON THIS DAY 15 OCTOBER 1989...
"Dead Poet's Society"was top of the UK box office.Meanwhile
#TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur was watching a fully comatose performance from the Loiners.
(Report included exclusive interview with Kiwis Coach Tony "The Tank" Gordon.)

ON THIS VERY DAY 15 OCTOBER 1983...

The original,first ever #TheManInTheStand report published in #LeedsOtherPaper.
Unforeseen by anyone that coverage of 11 #RugbyLeague Seasons (including 245 match reports) would ensue. @rememberlop.bsky.social
#Castleford

ON THIS DAY : 13 OCTOBER 1985

Clint Eastwood was riding high at the UK Box Office, & over on 'Umbersard another kind of showdown was happening as witnessed by #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand

As reported by #TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper

ON THIS DAY : 11 OCTOBER 1986

The Bangles' "Walk like an Egyptian" was racing up the Top 40 & Lagentium were marching unto glory in t'Yorksher Cup as watched in splendid technicolor by #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand

ON THIS DAY 9 OCTOBER 1985 :An unpublished original match report!
John Parr - "St.Elmo's Fire"was burning up the Top 40 while at the Odsal meteorite crater lesser lights flickered under the baleful gaze of
#TheManInTheStand #RugbyLeague raconteur for #LeedsOtherPaper.

ON THIS DAY :7 OCTOBER 1984
The Glory Boys a 3-part thriller aired between 1 & 3 October starring Hollywood legends Rod Steiger & Anthony Perkins. Meanwhile legendary maniacs from Widnes rampaged across Headingley witnessed by #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand

October '84 - Prince "Purple Rain" was drenching the Top 40 & Yorksher folk were in't middle of t' Miners' Strike.
#RugbyLeague for #LeedsOtherPaper meant raconteur nonpareil #TheManInTheStand attending public autopsies that were almost but not quite a facsimile of 13-a-side.

Just a reminder that I pioneered getting banned from the Press Box by the entire Rugby Football League. #TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur. @rememberlop.bsky.social @forty20live.bsky.social

ON THIS DAY: 28 SEPTEMBER 1986

Whilst Annie Lennox (the Eurythmics) was tearing up the charts,others were making more kinetic use of Thorns into sides at the Victorian Pleasure Gardens of Thrum Hall as reported by intrepid #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand for #LeedsOtherPaper

ON THIS DAY: 21 SEPTEMBER 1986

Sigourney Weaver's iconic Ripley was ripping UK cinema screens apart in " Aliens",meanwhile at the Odsal meteorite crater over in #Bradford , #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand was observing an alien invasion from #Wigan.

ON THIS DAY: 18 SEPTEMBER 1988

The Roman Polanski noir-thriller "Frantic" is top of the UK cinema box office.Another kind of noir thriller is unfolding at Lawkholme Lane Black Death Burial Pits with #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur nonpareil #TheManInTheStand in attendance
#Keighley

#LeedsOtherPaper #TheManInTheStand reported..

ON THIS DAY: 16 SEPTEMBER 1984

Harrison Ford was raking in the treasure at UK cinemas while at Belle Vue Waste Dump,the hosts were meeting their own Doom. #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur nonpareil #TheManInTheStand had already seen the movie so watched this instead.

ON THIS DAY: SEPTEMBER 15 1985

"Nightmare on Elm Street" was still creeping round UK cinemas & at Clarence Street stadium, another horror story was unfolding in front of #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur nonpareil #TheManInTheStand #York

ON THIS DAY: 13 SEPTEMBER 1987
Timothy Dalton's debut as 007 is tearing the UK Box Office apart and #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand is watching Cas beat the living daylights out of their opponents.
#Castleford #Hunslet

How many voted? Demographic breakdown?Millenials & GenZ dominated hence the historic illiteracy. Players on career end 3rd clubs & those who never won a pot to piss in can't be Castleford Tigers T.o.t.C.Monkeys vote for peanuts
#TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague #Castleford

Castleford Tigers,totally naff & badly prepared. A pre-1996/post 1996 split would've reflected 2 wholly incompatible playing eras of what began as a 13 a side game. T.o.t.C.? Challenge Cup winning sides '69&70, 2; '86 winning side;1.
#RugbyLeague #TheManInTheStand #LeedsOtherPaper #Castleford

ON THIS DAY: SEPTEMBER 11 1988
Crushing it at No.1 at the box office "Rambo III" It was nominated in 5 categories at the 9th Golden Raspberry Awards, winning Worst Actor.
Meanwhile #LeedsOtherPaper #RugbyLeague raconteur #TheManInTheStand was royally entertained by a true gladiatorial spectacle.