Watersplash cup final : Tue Oct 05, 2021 2:17 pm  

Just watched the cup final again.I don’t think the club fully recovered from that sensational lose it just blow us off direction

Re: Watersplash cup final : Tue Oct 05, 2021 2:27 pm  

I was there and I still haven't recovered!

Re: Watersplash cup final : Tue Oct 05, 2021 2:36 pm  

cosmicat wrote:

Just watched the cup final again.I don’t think the club fully recovered from that sensational lose it just blow us off direction

It's a good job we sneaked the championship play off final against Hull KR the week before.

Re: Watersplash cup final : Tue Oct 05, 2021 2:39 pm  

cosmicat wrote:

Just watched the cup final again.I don’t think the club fully recovered from that sensational lose it just blow us off direction

I went to the game and 53 years later I still haven't had the heart to watch it again. Unless you were there I don't think people understand there was so many things that wasn't right on the day.

Re: Watersplash cup final : Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:00 pm  

sandcat20 wrote:

I was there and I still haven't recovered!

I haven't yet dried out!

Re: Watersplash cup final : Tue Oct 05, 2021 3:59 pm  

sandcat20 wrote:

I was there and I still haven't recovered!

Same here. Was a day I'll never forget. Awful journey home.

Re: Watersplash cup final : Tue Oct 05, 2021 4:13 pm  

It was a long depressing drive home. I was 17 at the time, you are right, there were many elements of not getting over it covering many people, referee included.

Re: Watersplash cup final : Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:25 pm  

I was there never watched it again .The ref was shocking , the penalty try was a disgrace .The ref committed suicide in a caravan a month later

Re: Watersplash cup final : Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:37 pm  

cosmicat wrote:

Just watched the cup final again.I don’t think the club fully recovered from that sensational lose it just blow us off direction

Not quite sure you could blame the 1968 final for the way the Club are today, but it had a heck of a psychological effect on players, club and fans at the time. The documentary that was on tv two or three years ago added insult to injury when the ex Leeds players were gloating over the result. I was particularly unhappy about Alan Smith (a Wakefield Lad), was one of the culprits.

The whole spectacle is firmly lodged in Trinity and Rugby League folklore.

Re: Watersplash cup final : Tue Oct 05, 2021 6:51 pm  

I went on a train called the midnight special it left Wakey at midnight Friday and returned from King's cross midnight Saturday. There were Wakey and Leeds fans on that same train all been drinking it was absolute bedlam. Police boarded train at Peterborough to quell the trouble. What a night. And remember that 1968 trophy .WE MIGHT NOT HAVE GOT IT BUT WE ALL KNOW WE WON IT.