Re: Watersplash cup final : Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:20 am  

snowie wrote:

never took out time to read many books always busy doing something else but after reading your post I then have ordered one and it will arrive next week,
all I can remember about that day was my dad went to the game and came back with a 5 " plastic trophy and a cardboard head band with the Trinity name and logo on for me, he worked regular nights and never spoke of the game to me at all and was quickly forgotten to ask him about the game.

In the end the trophy was taken to Walton junior school and as kids we used to play football in the dinner time to see who would win it, we was that good we never lost even with 3 players less, their only chance of a result was to kick the ball into the pig pen which was at the side of the field does anybody remember the pig pen next to the walton rec

Do you mean Crofton

Re: Watersplash cup final : Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:38 am  

Hello Wakey fans. I went on train to this famous final, as a schoolboy from Kingston Upon Hull, it was my first Wembley cup final, I remember the train coming in to Kings Cross (I think) and the rain could be heard inside the station bouncing of the roof, it was chuckling it down.

I remember the excitement and anticipation of entering the famous stadium, I was probably a little young to analyse the actual game, but remember wingers running through standing water, the ball stopping dead, with players running past the ball.

Of course the most famous moment when Don Fox missed that almost unmissable kick in front of the sticks, as he dropped to the floor in obvious heartbreak, that one moment for me encapsulated the love I’ve had ever since for our great game, the cruel & the hurt in that never forgotten moment filled me as a neutral with so much sadness for Don, memories of a lifetime.

I honestly wasn’t aware of any controversy regarding the officials, and didn’t until now know the terrible circumstances which became of the referee, I suppose back then, no social media etc, it was just one more moment in time.

Re: Watersplash cup final : Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:41 am  

That's were Leeds got there lucky Leeds tag ,and they have lived up to it many a time

Re: Watersplash cup final : Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:49 am  

Riderofthepalehorse wrote:

Hello Wakey fans. I went on train to this famous final, as a schoolboy from Kingston Upon Hull, it was my first Wembley cup final, I remember the train coming in to Kings Cross (I think) and the rain could be heard inside the station bouncing of the roof, it was chuckling it down.

I remember the excitement and anticipation of entering the famous stadium, I was probably a little young to analyse the actual game, but remember wingers running through standing water, the ball stopping dead, with players running past the ball.

Of course the most famous moment when Don Fox missed that almost unmissable kick in front of the sticks, as he dropped to the floor in obvious heartbreak, that one moment for me encapsulated the love I’ve had ever since for our great game, the cruel & the hurt in that never forgotten moment filled me as a neutral with so much sadness for Don, memories of a lifetime.

I honestly wasn’t aware of any controversy regarding the officials, and didn’t until now know the terrible circumstances which became of the referee, I suppose back then, no social media etc, it was just one more moment in time.

Yup, it's such an engrossing story on every level.

Personally, I don't think the Ref was bent but I do think someone or something got to him, or in other words, he was nobbled somehow, Nothing I might add to do with the Leeds team or the club. I don't need to go into too much detail, I think we know the kind of people I am eluding to.

A truly crooked individual wouldn't kill himself, truly bad people rarely do the honorable thing, depending on your outlook.

That said it was only a part of the story and will only ever be speculation, so even if they ever do make a film of it it's just some subtext.

The real story was Don Fox, the pain he felt, and the instant forgiveness and support he got from the people of the world's largest village and his teammates, it's that that makes me proud to call Wakefield my home (not, unfortunately, my birthplace).

Re: Watersplash cup final : Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:52 am  

alegend wrote:

That's were Leeds got there lucky Leeds tag ,and they have lived up to it many a time

Not sure they were lucky, well not the players, in the documentary few of them seemed totally comfortable with what happened that day, even though it had little to do with them. It's a bit like the SLGF and the CCup of the last two years, the teams earned it but it's tainted IMHO.

Re: Watersplash cup final : Wed Oct 06, 2021 1:56 pm  

How happened to trinity in the years straight after 1968

Re: Watersplash cup final : Wed Oct 06, 2021 2:24 pm  

The pitch was so full of puddles that the marching band, at half time as they came of where going out of step

Re: Watersplash cup final : Wed Oct 06, 2021 3:04 pm  

alegend wrote:

The pitch was so full of puddles that the marching band, at half time as they came of where going out of step

Nah, that was just the excuse they used.

Re: Watersplash cup final : Wed Oct 06, 2021 3:38 pm  

2 things that may or not be true.
No lap of honour by the Leeds team
Heppletwait related to leeda player shoebottom I think.

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Re: Watersplash cup final : Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:32 pm  

Alas they key turning point for me was committee men forcing Neil to play a game before the final when he told them he'd pulled his groin.

He ended up missing this game and the GB tour.