Re: Springfield Park : Sun Apr 05, 2020 5:24 pm  

MorePlaymakersNeeded wrote:

Kerry Gibson played for Runcorn Highfield and he had one arm. I think he was an Australian.

Cheers, I knew someone somewhere had a one armed player. I'm sure boots n all did a piece on him back in the day.

Re: Springfield Park : Mon Apr 06, 2020 11:50 am  

They had to leave Blackpool after new ground regs, brought in following the Bradford City fire in 1985, condemned wooden stands. Springfield was best option but the pitch took a battering and Athletic served then six months notice to leave. They first went to Chorley then Altrincham before returning to Blackpool in 1992.

They ran Leeds (22-12) and Salford (12-10) close in cups, finished one place off promotion to Division 1 and almost reached the second division Premiership Final. So they performed pretty well despite most crowds sub 1,000.