What a great day, watch KCP beat Knottingley who are having a very good season. KCP moving up the League.
Of my adopted teams well played Greetland, tough luck Queensbury.
Irish are coming good, but, o'h Siddal what's happening?
Back to the KCP game, as I say every week, Rugby League is the best sport in the world, and no matter what level, it's the toughest as well.

Not sure what is meant by the 'oh Siddal what is happening?'

A good effort this season which many people thought would be a relegation fight after the first quarter of the season.

New coach turned things around and to finish 3rd in the highest flight of amateur rugby show's what a good job he did with a paper thin 1st team squad.

Alot of young talent at Siddal and a bright future for many years to come.

Look no further than KCP v Bank Top Harriers, 4th v 3rd, today will show whether Park really are improving.
See you all their, but hey, leave your brollies at home.
It's Rugby.

Should be a good one up at Greetland today, battle of the hillbillys.

It was an absolute cracker of a match to watch and played in good spirit, very physical encounter and just as a local derby should be played out, well done to both teams. Greetland 20 Stags 24.

Just a shame they signed those conference lads in at Stags, Tom Harnett scored all of their tries playing at centre. Ben Manning was best for Stags & Chris Robinson got Greetland M.O.M.

Large crowd to watch & it's a long time since i've seen the clubhouse so full on a saturday teatime, good day all round & well reffed by Charlie Neilson.

Very little cheer for yesterday's local sides looking at the results apart from Stainland winning against Woodhouse & Siddal winning the derby with Whitehall. The Greetland lads are all in shock at the injuries suffered by one of their players while working on friday, am not surprised their minds weren't totally on the rugby field yesterday. Results here: www.pennineleague.co.uk/home.php

Very little cheer for yesterday's local sides looking at the results apart from Stainland winning against Woodhouse & Siddal winning the derby with Whitehall. The Greetland lads are all in shock at the injuries suffered by one of their players while working on friday, am not surprised their minds weren't totally on the rugby field yesterday. Results here: www.pennineleague.co.uk/home.php

Watched Irish v Wibsey, 14 - 26, Wibsey up 26 nil at half time, 14 points for Irish within 15 mins of the second half, but, you knew it was never enough. Irish look a shadow of themselves from last year, one player yesterday has played for KCP all season as a sub, he fell out and now he is playing for Irish?
Why are Irish now so short of players? one theory is that it's because their second team is in Div 7 and none of them want to step up. Admitantly it is a big step up.
Ironic? the ref is a Super League touch judge, us four thought he handled the game very well, well we are unbiased, all the rest, Irish supporters and Wibsey supporters were very vociferously against him.
One question? If you had to take so much abuse would you bother?

We had 20 players for our 2nd team yesterday travelling away to Thorne so hardly short of players. Our 2nd team is mostly young inexperienced players with a few of us silly old buggers. Massive gap between the sides and the lads just aint up to it yet, Pennine Premier is a tough division with a number of quality teams. As for Arnie he is a good player he just needs to be loved

No disrespect intended, I always enjoy watching Irish, good players but, there seems to be a few missing since early season. Saturday Dave Smith was a sub and never got on the pitch, I think Dave is one of the better players. Do you know why he didn't get a look in?

Was it "TV Tony" ?

They could always borrow some conference lads John, it works for others.....


The governing body are selling the amateur game badly short by offering all year round RL. It's not attracting new players to the game, quite the opposite from what i've witnessed 'cos lads are now doing one or the other & a lot of lads cricket during the traditional off-season, and conference lads are drifting in and out of Pennine league sides. I predict that there will be fewer sides clubs soon turning out as a result of all year round rugby. The logical thing would be move to summer months & then the game is at one with itself in that regards.

He has had a chest infection, turned up to play but I think was struggling so didn't go on!

We had 17 including Dave but lost our fullback early doors and then lost the winger who replaced the fullback about the 30 minute mark. With no backs on the bench and also Dave struggling we lost some shape and ended up with a second row on the wing and our scrum half at fullback. We were a real mess in the first half tbh and Wibsey deserved their lead. To be fair to the lads they never gave up and if it wasn't for our lack of discipline could have made it very close in the second half. Plenty to work on thats for sure!

Dean Lawford should be promoted from the 2nd team

You're in Leon, Silsden away Saturday!

No thanks too muddy there

KCP at home, Greetland at home, which one to watch?

I heard that Greetland & Park 2nds were going to play prior to the first team cup game John, noy sure how true it is though.

No rugby for me tomorrow, too much other stuff to do after i finish work at lunchtime unfortunately.

Will be suprised if the top pitch on Saville Park is playable tomorrow, was on it today badly rutted, frozen solid and a big frozen puddle on it. Our pitchhh didn't look too good either

should be playable, our is.

Can anybody let me know if there any decent amateur games tomorrow? ( 8/12 )

I fancy a bit of fresh air and a drive over.

No its all rubbish tomorrow

If anyone has twitter - follow @amateurrlquotes


Absolutele class.

"getting hammered and ya pull the call out...lets just play for pride now"

"Lost 50-0 "We'll smash these when they come to our place"

"Big game tomorrow lads, don't go out drinking". . . . Saturday morning, everyone throwing up.

"That one person who turns up to watch all of your games, but no one knows who he is."


There's loads more - great account to read.

Went to the Moor to watch Park seconds. At 2.00 there was no one thre so assumed the game was off. Drove up to Greetlads to find their game off.
Later that day found out Park did play. Where? At what time. Would have loved to have seen it, Park won their first game of the season, no first team game? was that the reason Park won.

HAHAHA ! You're probably right there Johnnyboy



Greetland's game was off at around 10.30am according to son No.2

Not too much cheer for the local sides yesterday looking at the results with Brighouse & Park both getting beaten at home but the Stags & Greetland both won in div 3. Greetland scoring 15 tries but only kicking 3 conversions, the final score really should have been nearer to 90 nil. Hoyland turned up with just 12 blokes so they were always struggling, fair play to them though. Keighley, beaten in the Halifax cup last week & previously unbeaten in the Championship bounced back from last week's shock reversal against div 3 Stainland with an 86-2 win yesterday over Ackworth. Hmmmm, that asks a few questions & some of the Elland lads I spoke to at the Greetland game yesterday had strong opinions about it.

A great derby win for Boothtown over Illingworth, did any of our posters get up to watch that fixture ?

Oh, & to the Fev fan who posted previously in the defence of the Ponte social club & their antics, I wonder what he's got to say about the Selby v Pontefract social club abandonement for "fighting" ?????

Pontefract "social" hahahahaha, you couldn't make it up.......

you would do well to get some facts before coming out with statements like that idiot, it wasnt abandoned because of battling players