Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Wed Jul 20, 2011 7:02 pm  

Just remembered a big brawl infront of the shed one Friday evening early season.

Dunneman was shadow boxing Solomona with people inbetween, he was laughing but Solomona was going mental trying to get at him.

Sheer comedy genius, 'd love to see that if anyone has any footage of it.

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:57 pm  

MikeTommo wrote:

1st ever Super League game against Cas i think it was & winning 4-0.

I think that game was against Widnes, but then again could be wrong~?

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:43 am  

The Black Cat wrote:

I think that game was against Widnes, but then again could be wrong~?

I think the Widnes game was our first home game after we came back up under Harrison, I think MikeTommo is right that we played Cas in our first SL at the Willows

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:58 am  

One thing sticks in my mind, I can't remember exactly, but I think Gavin Clinch took a quick tap on our 20/30 and ran past the opposition (with their backs to him), to score.

When the floodlights opposite the shed went out a few years ago.

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Thu Jul 21, 2011 10:59 am  

Just to clear the matter up our first Super league game was against Cas in 1997 and Coussons did indeed score the only points of the game. The crowd wasn't too bad either 5,726 turned out.

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:43 am  

I remember that Phil Coussins try mainly thinking 'hes the double of buzz lightyear'

Bobbie Goulding getting sent off v Wakefield and 2003 and kissing the badge has he walked off. Never been done since I think.

Beating Wigan in 2001 with about 10 first teamers missing

Karl Harrison on crutches after a charity football game

And who could forget a pre-season friendly revealing Mike Hancock's beard.

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:45 am  

Being an oldie compared to some on here my memories date back to

Watching a Floodlight Trophy game in the driving snow, mid week game possibly a Tuesday, don't remember much more than wearing 2 pairs of socks and still being cold.

Watching Salford V the Aussie Tourists they played the game ahead of the Ashes as a warm up because we were so good.

More recent
The drop goal against Wigan when Matty Johns failed with a couple attempts and the admission by a Wigan fan writing the game report that he left before the end!


The worst?

Game V Leeds when Chris Sanderson died, that game still haunts me, I have never felt that unnerving quiet on any occasion since.

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Thu Jul 21, 2011 11:58 am  

Just been at home thinking off more great Willows memories, I remember also after beating Wigan in the CC playing rugby with Cliff Eccles in the little foyer room just up the stairs before you come into the variety centre. We were playing with a plastic coke bottle. With Cliff pretending to be the sticks I took a conversion only for for the bottle to hit him square in the mush and bust his lip. They were the days!!!

Being Mascot against Widnes at home in 1994 I think.

But the one thing that really stands out above all is the spine tingling feeling and the rush of excitement/adrenaline when you wake up on "game day". The whole day from meeting your family and friends and watching Salford is a just feeling like no other. Especially when as a kid we used to play on Sunday waking up, going to play myself in the morning then a mad dash to the Inn of Good Hope for dinner time then onto the Willows. I just don't think it will feel same at the new stadium hopefully that will come with time.

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:00 pm  

Just thought of the most mind blowing experience.

The minutes silence for Eric the Reddy V's Wigan, when it's someone close to you it is more moving.

The fact that within seconds of the kick off Wigan scored made me chuckle as Eric would have turned the radiuo of there and then.

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Thu Jul 21, 2011 5:54 pm  

this is hard to narrow down but lanchishire cup final v wigan tex evans taking the pi$$ out of henderson gill after scoring salford team doing the cougar crawl when we beat keighly
neil baker double chip and catch to score
darren brown chasing someone the lenth of the field to tackle
littler lenth of the field try v hudds
i could be here all day