Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:21 pm  

does anyone remember in the 70s an old guy used to carry a ventriloquists dummy round the ground with him i think he was called charlie ( the dummy ) not the old bloke i think there is a pic of it on some of the 70s champion winning side

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Fri Aug 05, 2011 3:57 pm  

Salford Academy V Halifax Academy Friendly 2002 , cant remember the score,619 Reds debut at the Willows

Salford 5 Harlequins 2 2007 marks the start of 619 Red`s attending The Willows on a regular basis, our spot was at the top of the terracing between the shed and the north stand.

The next lot can`t remember the dates
Female streaker running on the pitch, a steward friend of mine got the job of covering her up much to the dismay of the crowd.

Maintenance guy using an angle grinder on steel work through out a reserve game.

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:00 pm  

sat behind the sticks in the top tier when we beat wigan 14-4 farrell missed a kick right infront of the post and a great view seeing the salford fans weaing viking helmets and inflatable kangaroos cheering

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:28 pm  

mctiques headband wrote:

does anyone remember in the 70s an old guy used to carry a ventriloquists dummy round the ground with him i think he was called charlie ( the dummy ) not the old bloke i think there is a pic of it on some of the 70s champion winning side

Wasn't it Neil Barker's dad carrying the dummy?

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:45 pm  

LUKETIES,ICE CREAM.

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Fri Aug 05, 2011 5:51 pm  

I would say beating halifax on the big stage at old trafford in playoff final and also who can forget beating wigan at home. there are many more but these are two that stand out for me

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:47 pm  

eccles star wrote:

I would say beating halifax on the big stage at old trafford in playoff final

Willows memories matey.

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:54 pm  

Dancing pitchside with moments to go as we beat Halifax on the last day of the season to stay up after a miracle 2nd half of the 86-87 (off the top of my head) season.

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Fri Aug 05, 2011 8:20 pm  

I was talking about this to my dad the other day, for me the abiding memory is a long walk back to the car after another loss.

Going to that cup game against Warrington (the one that Hunte scored the winner about 10minutes into injury time), getting to the turnstile, for my dad to remember he had left his wallet at home and having to drive home and watch on telly.

The blue cars. Does anyone know what replaced those?

The awful feedback from the tannoy whilst the grown up's tried to alter the team lineup and subs in their programme.

Most of my abiding memories of following Salford have happened at away from The Willows though.

Re: Your 100 great Willows moments : Sat Aug 06, 2011 7:15 am  

Sometimes feel like I've missed out being the only RL fan in the family, not having memories of my dad taking me to my first game etc (he's a RUan for his sins ).

A few of my memories post 1990 when I started watching.......

A certain CC game which I don't think has been mentioned yet . Utd in 99 is the only thing that surpasses that in my personal sporting favourites.

Bonfire night matches & struggling tower the ball through the smoke

All dayers/nighters in the VC back in the mid 90's & failing miserably to keep pace with the adults!

Bovril

Taking my Widnes supporting mate into the shed 5/6 years ago when we leathered them by about 30.... he lasted until HT then dragged me to the AT stand to get away from the abuse I then spent the 2nd half getting it back twice as bad by some Widnes granny!

Any wins against the 'big boys'

The defence in 05/06 and dragging opponents into touch every few minutes (or so it seemed)