Re: 2022 Betfred Challenge Cup Quarter Finals Draw : Sat Mar 26, 2022 9:54 pm  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Semi finals are at neutral venues aren't they?

Yes, double header at Elland Road.

Forty years on from the 1982 Cup Final Replay...

Re: 2022 Betfred Challenge Cup Quarter Finals Draw : Sat Mar 26, 2022 10:17 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Yes, double header at Elland Road.

Forty years on from the 1982 Cup Final Replay...

We’d turn it in to a Home game if it’s at Elland Road, just like we did in 1982!!! We had several great games at Elland Road during the 80’s.

Finally, a good decision by the RFL. A stadium with enough capacity for all fans, held at a central location and on a Saturday afternoon.

Would love it if it was Hull v Rovers and Sts v Wigan.
Hull would bring 10,000+ fans; Rovers 5,000+; Saints 3,000; and Wigan would bring 500.

Re: 2022 Betfred Challenge Cup Quarter Finals Draw : Sun Mar 27, 2022 9:38 am  

Mrs Barista wrote:

Semi finals are at neutral venues aren't they?

In theory Mrs B, but last year we traveled one hundred miles, or more to the semi, “there’s a song in there” whilst the saints had to get over around twelve miles.

Re: 2022 Betfred Challenge Cup Quarter Finals Draw : Sun Mar 27, 2022 6:31 pm  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Yes, double header at Elland Road.

Forty years on from the 1982 Cup Final Replay...

Forty years ago.
Wow, that makes us sound old, even if we don't feel it.
It was some night.

Re: 2022 Betfred Challenge Cup Quarter Finals Draw : Mon Mar 28, 2022 8:05 am  

I still we get KR in the semi's

Re: 2022 Betfred Challenge Cup Quarter Finals Draw : Mon Mar 28, 2022 10:05 pm  

Ellam wrote:

I still we get KR in the semi's

Bold statement but I’m going Cas v FC and Catalans v Wakefield

Re: 2022 Betfred Challenge Cup Quarter Finals Draw : Tue Mar 29, 2022 12:16 am  

Armavinit wrote:

Bold statement but I’m going Cas v FC and Catalans v Wakefield

Think you are correct about Cas.Can see them turning over HKR but i would love to beat them in a semi final

Re: 2022 Betfred Challenge Cup Quarter Finals Draw : Tue Mar 29, 2022 5:35 am  

WIZEB wrote:

Forty years ago.
Wow, that makes us sound old, even if we don't feel it.
It was some night.

It was indeed, I went with my dad and his pal, I was late for school the next morning and the form teacher at Boulevard, Jack Harrison, was a Rovers fan and gave me a weeks worth of detention, still never dampened my joy at what I was lucky enough to witness. My older brother went on coach and didn't get into the match until just before half time, the traffic was that chaotic.

Re: 2022 Betfred Challenge Cup Quarter Finals Draw : Tue Mar 29, 2022 5:37 am  

bonaire wrote:

Think you are correct about Cas.Can see them turning over HKR but i would love to beat them in a semi final

Me too, but I'd be too nervous to enjoy it- I always hate derby day, makes me that nervous! It is true I never enjoy them until we are in a winning position, which we usually are of late, anyway.

Re: 2022 Betfred Challenge Cup Quarter Finals Draw : Tue Mar 29, 2022 11:29 am  

ComeOnYouUll wrote:

Yes, double header at Elland Road.

Forty years on from the 1982 Cup Final Replay...

In my forties then and after seeing the drawn match at Wembley was unable to make the replay as I was in the US on a company business trip from Aus. Before leaving Aus in order to make the Wembley game I reorganised the business trip and reversed the original itinerary by starting the trip in England and finishing in the US. Rang my wife to get the result and watched a recording of the match when I returned home.

Trivia alert! '40 Years On' was my high school song which was bashed out at the end of every school year. Originally written for Harrow school in the late 19th century and used as a school song by many other schools.