Re: The Death Knell For The 1895 Wembley Cup Final : Sun Aug 25, 2019 6:56 am  

THECherry&Whites wrote:

Who won? Anyone know if Derek got his dream of presenting the trophy on live TV? Did he get to compare notes with prince Harry?

Sheffield won, 36-18 - after coming from behind in the second half. Trophy presented by a true legend - Johnny Whiteley.

Re: The Death Knell For The 1895 Wembley Cup Final : Sun Aug 25, 2019 2:45 pm  

Cokey wrote:

Maybe or maybe not,but someone enquired and said, I want decking,and got a smack right on his conk.

Well that made me chuckle anyway

Re: The Death Knell For The 1895 Wembley Cup Final : Sun Aug 25, 2019 2:46 pm  

Budgiezilla wrote: The Plate final in 1997 was before the Challenge Cup final, and if you look at the footage on Youtube the stadium is at least 'half full' at the end of the 1st half, and I doubt it was just Hunslet & Hull KR fans ! RFL, either stage it before the main event, or scrap it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qc18qxRWzo I totally concur Sir.

Budgiezilla wrote: The Plate final in 1997 was before the Challenge Cup final, and if you look at the footage on Youtube the stadium is at least 'half full' at the end of the 1st half, and I doubt it was just Hunslet & Hull KR fans ! RFL, either stage it before the main event, or scrap it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qc18qxRWzo I totally concur Sir.

Re: The Death Knell For The 1895 Wembley Cup Final : Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:38 pm  

Can you imagine being daft enough to sponsor that disaster?

Re: The Death Knell For The 1895 Wembley Cup Final : Sun Aug 25, 2019 7:06 pm  

Morvan wrote:

Can you imagine being daft enough to sponsor that disaster?

Pathetic insult

Re: The Death Knell For The 1895 Wembley Cup Final : Sun Aug 25, 2019 8:14 pm  

Morvan wrote:

Can you imagine being daft enough to sponsor that disaster?

Quite right. Tell Betfred, Ladbrokes etc the same! The sport doesn’t need any sponsors. Bucket collections and gate receipts is all we need to sustain the sport in the UK.

Re: The Death Knell For The 1895 Wembley Cup Final : Mon Aug 26, 2019 12:47 am  

Harold Rigby Jnr wrote:

Well that made me chuckle anyway

Good for you..

Re: The Death Knell For The 1895 Wembley Cup Final : Mon Aug 26, 2019 8:18 am  

GUBRATS wrote:

Pathetic insult

Not really, there were many sponsors of that competition, my comment was more a criticism of the RFL, what was the point of the competition (apart from winning) the final and the media portrayal was an embarrassment.

Re: The Death Knell For The 1895 Wembley Cup Final : Mon Aug 26, 2019 9:02 am  

Morvan wrote:

Not really, there were many sponsors of that competition, my comment was more a criticism of the RFL, what was the point of the competition (apart from winning) the final and the media portrayal was an embarrassment.

Many sponsors of what event ?

Your post was aimed at the person ' daft ' enough to sponsor the competition , nobody has suggested the 1895 Cup is the finished article , it was a ' knee jerk ' attempt to increase falling Challenge Cup attendances , we will see if it remains in its current time slot or they look at how they schedule next year's event

Anybody who puts their hard earned into RL gets my utmost respect and doesn't deserve insults on here

Re: The Death Knell For The 1895 Wembley Cup Final : Mon Aug 26, 2019 6:46 pm  

atomic wrote:

Good for you..

Seriously you should try it.