Re: Who will replace Edward Hemmings at Sky? : Mon Apr 15, 2019 8:45 pm  

[Gareth] wrote:

But it isnt....

To those of us who watch Super League on Sky it is.

Re: Who will replace Edward Hemmings at Sky? : Mon Apr 15, 2019 8:51 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

To those of us who watch Super League on Sky it is.

Again, nope...

Re: Who will replace Edward Hemmings at Sky? : Mon Apr 15, 2019 10:34 pm  

More importantly, who will replace Eddie Hemmings wig?

Re: Who will replace Edward Hemmings at Sky? : Tue Apr 16, 2019 2:04 am  

Id spend half of the SL salary cap for Andrew Voss.

He alone could commentate on someone mowing the Lawn and would make things watchable, interesting and humorous !!

Re: Who will replace Edward Hemmings at Sky? : Tue Apr 16, 2019 6:05 am  

Ruune Rebellion wrote:

St Helens v Wigan is the original derby of any sport as Lord Derby gave his name to it after watching it and as such the term “derby” was coined

wrong

Re: Who will replace Edward Hemmings at Sky? : Tue Apr 16, 2019 2:59 pm  

MGarbutt1986 wrote:

wrong

You'll find it is spot on.

Re: Who will replace Edward Hemmings at Sky? : Tue Apr 16, 2019 3:39 pm  

Egg Chasing wrote:

You'll find it is spot on.

no, you will find it is wrong. The Earl of Derby sponsored a horse race, not a RL game. Delusional plastic Lancastrians make up history all you want.

Re: Who will replace Edward Hemmings at Sky? : Tue Apr 16, 2019 3:49 pm  

MGarbutt1986 wrote:

no, you will find it is wrong. The Earl of Derby sponsored a horse race, not a RL game. Delusional plastic Lancastrians make up history all you want.

Take it up with the man himself then who seems pretty confident that it's the case.

You can visit him next time you play either Wigan or Saints as his house is in the middle of the two.

Re: Who will replace Edward Hemmings at Sky? : Wed Apr 17, 2019 12:40 am  

Egg Chasing wrote:

Take it up with the man himself then who seems pretty confident that it's the case.

You can visit him next time you play either Wigan or Saints as his house is in the middle of the two.

Royal Shrovetide Football.......that's where the expression "a local derby" comes from. It has nothing to do with the horse race that pre-dates either codes of football......it has everything to do with the fact that the game was played originally in Derby.......getting a ball (or severed head, although that's a stretch) from one end of town to the other has been around since the 12th century.....it has SFA to do with "his lordship" giving it to a game between two working class settlements either side of his estate.
The expression "a derby" todesrcibe a sporting game between 2 teams has been in existence since 1840....so nothing stopping the RFU from claiming it, as they no doubt will sooner rather than later, once they tire of the Webb Eliss fable

Re: Who will replace Edward Hemmings at Sky? : Wed Apr 17, 2019 7:12 am  

Call Me God wrote:

Royal Shrovetide Football.......that's where the expression "a local derby" comes from. It has nothing to do with the horse race that pre-dates either codes of football......it has everything to do with the fact that the game was played originally in Derby.......getting a ball (or severed head, although that's a stretch) from one end of town to the other has been around since the 12th century.....it has SFA to do with "his lordship" giving it to a game between two working class settlements either side of his estate.
The expression "a derby" todesrcibe a sporting game between 2 teams has been in existence since 1840....so nothing stopping the RFU from claiming it, as they no doubt will sooner rather than later, once they tire of the Webb Eliss fable

I am pretty sure "The Auld Firm" derby is older than any RL games too.