Cougarmania : Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:26 pm  

Just a reminder that the Cougarmania- the movie is on tomorrow (Thursday 13th February) at eight o'clock at Keighley Playhouse. A number of Cougar legends have indicated they will try and be there.

Mike Smith should be on Calendar tonight (12th) talking about the great film.

A few tickets are left and can be obtained by ringing Graham on 07801 922 460 and reserving your place.

Re: Cougarmania : Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:19 am  

What a brilliant film. Amazing to see how the whole area went into orbit in those cougarmania days.

Re: Cougarmania : Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:10 am  

Great evening. When can we get it on DVD?

Re: Cougarmania : Fri Feb 14, 2014 12:02 pm  

Excellent night and well attended. Nick Pinkney looks pretty much unaged! I bet he can still run 100m in 10.5seconds. The fake sheikh was also a highlight. It was quite sad to relive the experience but refreshed the memories of those glorious years. Cougars were so close to achieving something very special, we pioneered the game into what it is today. Batley were getting 700 crowds, cougars 4000, the town got swept up in cougarmania and it was great to be part of it. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/discord-strikes-cougar-country-1614897.htmlRemember this article A few things that happened in those days are interesting. Taking 1000 school kids to wembley, perhaps the initiative of getting u17s down by giving free season tickets is an attempt at that but maybe another attempt at something like that? Again all part of a sustainable future for the club. Your Sporting chance are doing excellent work similar to that was done with the PAWS foundation, juvenile offences went down 11% against a national increase of 12%. The club are doing similar things now, albeit with less staff and budget. Sponsors were key to the success, they were willing to spend decent cash on the dream. The current directors (i know many of you are critical) have taken on a loss making company on the verge or liquidation and are trying their best with a skeleton staff drumming up support from sponsors where they can, It certainly appears better on the sponsor front this year than it has for a while. My view is we cannot punch above our weight just yet, this season does have big implications but getting a top class coach and players must be unsustainable on the current budget (demetriou called in favours lets not forget), otherwise surely they would do this? A business decision has been made not to do this and to repair an almost condemned wooden stand. I put my trust in their decisions, it is better to have a sustainable club ready to pounce when the time is right. Lets hope that's next year in SL2 or whatever they are calling it!

Excellent night and well attended. Nick Pinkney looks pretty much unaged! I bet he can still run 100m in 10.5seconds. The fake sheikh was also a highlight. It was quite sad to relive the experience but refreshed the memories of those glorious years. Cougars were so close to achieving something very special, we pioneered the game into what it is today. Batley were getting 700 crowds, cougars 4000, the town got swept up in cougarmania and it was great to be part of it. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/discord-strikes-cougar-country-1614897.htmlRemember this article A few things that happened in those days are interesting. Taking 1000 school kids to wembley, perhaps the initiative of getting u17s down by giving free season tickets is an attempt at that but maybe another attempt at something like that? Again all part of a sustainable future for the club. Your Sporting chance are doing excellent work similar to that was done with the PAWS foundation, juvenile offences went down 11% against a national increase of 12%. The club are doing similar things now, albeit with less staff and budget. Sponsors were key to the success, they were willing to spend decent cash on the dream. The current directors (i know many of you are critical) have taken on a loss making company on the verge or liquidation and are trying their best with a skeleton staff drumming up support from sponsors where they can, It certainly appears better on the sponsor front this year than it has for a while. My view is we cannot punch above our weight just yet, this season does have big implications but getting a top class coach and players must be unsustainable on the current budget (demetriou called in favours lets not forget), otherwise surely they would do this? A business decision has been made not to do this and to repair an almost condemned wooden stand. I put my trust in their decisions, it is better to have a sustainable club ready to pounce when the time is right. Lets hope that's next year in SL2 or whatever they are calling it!

Re: Cougarmania : Fri Feb 14, 2014 9:58 pm  

A great evening and a fantastic film that evoked a ton of memories,
Good and not so good .
A STERLING effort by Mike Smith who must be congratulated !
Those who missed this missed out on a fabulous evening ,
Great to see the ex players to turn out as they did , including
Paul Moses , Nick Pinkney , Simon Irving and John Wasylyw (spelling ?)

The only glaringly obvious ' Elephant in the room ' ...........
Where was Gary Fawcett ?

Re: Cougarmania : Sat Feb 15, 2014 7:30 am  

A great night and major thanks to Mike Smith for another superb video production. Copies of the film on DVD will soon be available by making a donation of £10 to Buster's Testimonial and can be reserved by ringing Graham on 0780 1922 460.

Re: Cougarmania : Sat Feb 15, 2014 8:37 am  

Yes It was a great night and well done to all those involved. Also really enjoyed the players talking about how special a time it was. The mass exodus of Keighley children to Wembley sent a shiver down my spine! I recall meeting a fan from one of the big clubs saying how impressive this was.

(to be fair to Gary I didnt expect him to be there on the night)

Re: Cougarmania : Sat Feb 15, 2014 8:48 am  

burleycougar wrote:

The only glaringly obvious ' Elephant in the room ' ...........
Where was Gary Fawcett ?

Dumbo has now left the building ....Neil Cullen was there representing the directors , and he even got the beers in for the small band of supporters who wandered round to Spoons after the event had finished .

Re: Cougarmania : Sat Feb 15, 2014 9:22 am  

Had tickets to this. But due to getting back from Scotland much later than expected i missed it.

Gutted.

Re: Cougarmania : Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:52 am  

guess who wrote:

Had tickets to this. But due to getting back from Scotland much later than expected i missed it.

Gutted.

Get the DVD GW, you will enjoy it.